Mercury - fleet maintenance consulting, fleet management consulting

<body bgcolor="FFFFFF" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <tr> <td> <p align="left"> <img border="0" src="../images/mai-logo.gif" width="173" height="46"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="bottom"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <tr> <td><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-home.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> <td><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/services.asp"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-services.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> <td><a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/solutions.asp" target="_self"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-solutions.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> <td><a href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/resources" target="_self"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-resources.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> <td><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/aboutus.asp"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-aboutus.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> <td><a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/contactus.htm"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/mai-contactus.jpg" width="112" height="33"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/blue-back-2.jpg" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <center> <table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" class="border" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <tr> <td class="font" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <tr> <td width="70%"> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/B383-L.jpg" align="left" hspace="2" vspace="2" width="188" height="120">Mercury is a fleet maintenance consulting firm focused on providing comprehensive management services to public and private sector operations. The consultants on our team have been providing innovative solutions to government agencies, school districts, special districts, public safety departments, waste disposal, utility companies, commercial trucking companies, shipping companies, private companies, and small businesses for over 40 years. In fact each maintenance consultant on our team has served dozens of private and public sector clients, including large cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston - almost half the states - public safety agencies such as Los Angeles Police, Broward County Sheriff, Florida, Sacramento Police, Alaska State Patrol - major utility companies such as Pacific Gas and Electric, Hawaiian Electric, Georgia Power - and Fortune 500 companies such as Sprint and Walt Disney World Company. At the other end of the spectrum, we have worked with maintenance operations with as few as 100 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></span></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/policecar.jpg" align="right" width="169" height="117"></font></span></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"> Moreover, our team of consultants have assisted organizations with some of the most diverse vehicles and equipment in the world, such as weed eaters, chain saws, small and large generators, military tanks, sewer vacs, tandem trucks, school buses, police cars, ATVs, snow blowers, cars, pickup trucks, helicopters, waste disposal trucks, utility aerial trucks, planes, golf carts, air boats, ships, hover craft, transit buses, and much more. This has given us a full appreciation of the daily demands and expectations that most fleet maintenance management organizations share in common, and of the operational, managerial, and political environments that make each fleet manager's job unique. We do not employ a "cookie cutter" approach to our consulting engagements. Rather, we tailor each project to the particular circumstances, needs, and objectives of our client. We are passionate about seeing our recommendations implemented, so we work hard to understand the communication channels and decision making processes through which a fleet manager must navigate if he or she is to effect real business process changes and tangible, measurable improvements in performance.</font></span></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">  </p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/images/bus.gif" align="left" width="177" height="105">Our comprehensive fleet maintenance consulting services include, but are not limited to organization structure and staffing reviews, business process reviews, competitiveness assessments, fleet size and composition reviews, vehicle and equipment utilization studies, lease versus buy analyses, outsourcing and in-sourcing feasibility studies, managed competition, replacement plan development, charge back rate development, information system implementation and replacement, leasing and maintenance contract auditing and negotiation, alternative fuel program planning, bulk fuel site design and reengineering, fuel management software, fuel tax reimbursement optimization, e-commerce solutions, parts availability and stocking levels reviews, parts management reengineering, benchmarking, and best practices and competitiveness assessments. Virtually no other fleet consulting firm in the industry offers our technical capabilities, range of services, and experience.<br>  </font></span></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"> One of the key factors that has made Mercury a leading fleet management firm has been our determination to provide consulting services whose value far exceeds their costs. Our focus on every project is to develop and secure management's commitment to implementing real-world solutions that produce the greatest return on investment for our client - regardless of the size or complexity of their fleet or the challenges and opportunities they are facing. </font></span></td> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/news.htm"> <img border="0" src="../images/mai-news.gif" alt="Mercury is recognized as a leading provider of fleet management consulting services. As such we are retained by many public and private operations with diverse fleets to assist them in reducing costs, improving services, and increasing equipment safety. Read below to see contracts recently awarded to Mercury." width="112" height="33"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#0033CC" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#0033CC" bordercolordark="#000080"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" align="left" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> 2/5/04 -</b> Mercury awarded contract with the <b>Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority</b> to benchmark component rebuilding and heavy maintenance costs for its fleet of 2,400 buses. LA MTA is one of the largest transit operations in the United States.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> 1/22/04 - <i>State of Oregon</i></b> selects Mercury to perform management review and competitiveness assessment of its state-wide fleet of 7,500 vehicles and pieces of equipment.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> 1/22/04 - <i>NISH</i></b> extends contract with Mercury to provide fleet maintenance consulting services at Fort Lewis, WA US Army base and to develop strategic business plan for nationwide initiative to provide fleet management services for federal DoD and civilian agencies.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> 1/8/2004 - </b>The<b> <i>University of Alabama</i></b> retains Mercury to assess the feasibility of outsourcing its maintenance and motor pool services and analyze vehicle leasing options.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="justify"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b><i><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/news.htm"> <img border="0" src="../images/arrow-blue.gif" alt="Mercury's fleet management consultants are recognized by many as being experts on the most complex topics in the industry. As such we are often retained to speak at industry events and write articles for a variety of professional publuctions. This link will take you to the full list of events that we are scheduled to speak at in the next year." width="21" height="17">View archived fleet news</a></font></i></b></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/resources/events.asp"> <img border="0" src="../images/mai-events.gif" alt="Mercury's fleet management consultants are recognized by many as being experts on the most complex topics in the industry. As such we are often retained to speak at industry events and write articles for a variety of professional publuctions. Below are some of the events that we are scheduled to speak at in the next year." width="112" height="33"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#0033CC" bordercolordark="#000080"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" align="left" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> 3/3/04 - National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA)</b><br> Website: <a href="http://www.ntea.com">www.ntea.com</a> <br> Location: Baltimore, Maryland<br> Speaking Management Consultant: Paul Lauria<br> <i><b>Subject: Understanding and Controlling Fleet Costs</b></i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <img border="0" src="../images/blue%20button%20x.gif" width="15" height="16"> </b></font><font face="Arial"><b><font size="2"> 4/21/04 - National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA)</font></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> Fleet Management Institute (FMI)<br> Website: <a href="http://www.nafa.org">www.nafa.org</a> <br> Location: Atlanta, Georgia<br> Speaking Management Consultants: Paul Lauria & Randy Owen<br> <i><b>Subject: Managing Managed Competition</b></i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b><i><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.mercury-assoc.com/resources/events.asp"> <img border="0" src="../images/arrow-blue.gif" alt="Mercury's fleet management consultants are recognized by many as being experts on the most complex topics in the industry. As such we are often retained to speak at industry events and write articles for a variety of professional publuctions. This link will take you to the full list of events that we are scheduled to speak at in the next year." width="21" height="17">View more speaking events</a></font></i></b></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial">For further information about our fleet maintenance management consulting services or our consultants please contact us at:</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <font face="Arial"> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center">Mercury Associates, Inc.<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> Fleet Consultant Services<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0" align="center"> 7701 Shady Brook Lane<br> Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879<br> voice/fax: 240 631 6780<br> email: <a href="mailto:contactme@mercury-assoc.com?subject=Request for Consulting Services Information"> 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