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Our team of professional fleet, travel, and relocation management consultants is recognized throughout the industry as experts on a wide range of mobility topics. Articles such, we are routinely invited to write articles for industry periodicals and manuals. In our ongoing effort to provide information to fleet, travel, and relocation management professionals on how they can optimize their operation we are pleased to make a number of our recent publications available online.

 

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Replacing specialty vehicles and equipment, like fire apparatus, in a timely manner can be a fiscal challenge for any fleet manager. Many operations refurbish such assets, because they perceive this to be more cost effective. This article explores the argument about refurbishing versus replacing expensive fire equipment.
Title : Fire Apparatus - Replace Versus Refurbish
Subject : asset lifecycle; fleet replacement; specialty and heavy equipment
Synopsis :

Replacing specialty vehicles and equipment, like fire apparatus, in a timely manner can be a fiscal challenge for any fleet manager. Many operations refurbish such assets, because they perceive this to be more cost effective. This article explores the argument about refurbishing versus replacing expensive fire equipment.
Date : 1/2007
File Size : 230 KB
Download : Replacing specialty vehicles and equipment, like fire apparatus, in a timely manner can be a fiscal challenge for any fleet manager. Many operations refurbish such assets, because they perceive this to be more cost effective. This article explores the argument about refurbishing versus replacing expensive fire equipment.
 

Fleet Management Best Practice on How to Specify and Maintain Snow and Ice Management Equipment
Title : How to Specify and Maintain Snow and Ice Management Equipment
Subject : preventive maintenance; specialty and heavy equipment
Synopsis :

Supporting a successful snow and ice removal operation requires well managed and maintained specialized equipment. By implementing standardization, aggressive maintenance and asset cleaning policies an operation can achieve optimal vehicle availability during seasonal demand and lower operating costs.
Date : 12/2004
File Size : 421 KB
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Fleet Management Best Practices for How to Cost-Effectively Support Street Maintenance Operations
Title : How to Cost-Effectively Support Street Maintenance Operations
Subject : fleet management; preventive maintenance;  specialty and heavy equipment
Synopsis :

To be successful, fleet management must develop a productive relationship with the operating departments, vehicle and equipment drivers, and service and parts vendors. Fleet is the pivotal player in these relationships as it manages vehicles and equipment from cradle to grave, especially for key, specialty operations, like street maintenance.
Date : 4/2004
File Size : 249 KB
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Fleet Management Best Practices for Improving the Cost Effectiveness of an Emergency Response Vehicle and Equipment
Title : Ten Ways to Improve the Cost Effectiveness of an Emergency Response Fleet
Subject : cost control; fleet management; preventive maintenance; specialty and heavy equipment
Synopsis :

Fleet operations, even emergency vehicle fleets, are under constant pressure to contain costs of maintenance and operation of equipment. However, there are several proven techniques to increase cost-effectiveness without sacrificing asset reliability and availability. This article highlights ten methods for achieving these often polarized goals.
Date : 2/2004
File Size : 160 KB
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