When Miami’s fleet team began tackling its aging operation, the biggest problem was hard to miss. Some solid waste trucks designed for an eight- to 10-year useful life were still working at 17. Police vehicles expected to serve about…
International Motors launched Fleetrite.com on Oct. 1, giving fleets, independent repair shops and owner-operators searchable access to more than 400,000 parts across OEM, Fleetrite-branded and third-party aftermarket lines. Orders…
I have read many articles on parts management. They always seem to include inventory cycles, LIFO vs. FIFO, obsolescence, shelf organization, Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) applications, min-max levels and yada, yada…
Each fleet workplace has its own culture, created by the people who work there but heavily influenced by management. When fleet professionals talk about shop performance, they often focus on key performance indicators: turnaround…
Public fleet operations could track a hundred metrics. Steve Saltzgiver, CAFS, thinks they should focus on three to five. The longtime fleet manager, current RTA strategic advisor and 100 Best Fleets judge says the key is figuring out…
Football’s back, and I have a confession. I grew up in the Los Angeles area in the 80’s and 90’s and never ”had a team.” They all left me. It makes me a little ambivalent about who to root for so I’m left cheering for the most…
For years, Sarasota County Fleet had four maintenance facilities. What it didn’t have was a fleet facility. That distinction is at the center of the modernization effort Fleet Manager Justin Mullins has been leading since arriving at…
NASPO ValuePoint has named suppliers for its Automotive Parts Portfolio contract, opening a new cooperative purchasing avenue for state and local government fleet operations.
Whether a fleet runs its own parts room or contracts the operation to a third party, the fundamentals are the same. The operation must keep the right inventory, hold vendors accountable, control obsolescence and keep technicians…
A fire damaged a nearly finished public works facility in West Allis, Wisconsin, delaying a project the city had been building toward for its fleet and operations staff.
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