Some tips to reduce your fleet maintenance and repair costs
2020-06-29T22:00:00.000Z
Fleet management is not a simple task! Finding ways to reduce maintenance and repair costs for the fleet can seem even more complex.
Keeping your fleet well maintained not only optimizes the availability and life span of your vehicles, but also ensures the safety of your assets and a perfect control of maintenance costs.
In this article, you'll find some essential tips for reducing your costs, improving the health of your fleet and achieving significant savings.
Plan for repairs
Excessive vehicle downtime is usually a sign of an inefficient fleet maintenance process and can have a direct impact on maintenance costs. Using a preventive fleet maintenance program, you can limit downtime by taking a proactive approach to fleet maintenance.
However, having an organized plan and following it will result in less time spent on daily vehicle inspections, reducing downtime and expenses.
Recognize downtime
When vehicles break down, their costs skyrocket! Implementing an integrated solution, preventive maintenance practices and streamlined processes are key to minimizing unnecessary fleet downtime and effectively controlling expenses.
Clearer maintenance budget
Establishing a maintenance budget is essential for good cash flow management. The problem is that it is difficult to know in advance if certain months will be more or less expensive.
Grâce à un logiciel de maintenance, vous avez la possibilité de centraliser l’historique de toutes les réparations effectuées par véhicule, ce qui vous vous donne une prévision précise des réparations susceptibles de se produire au cours d'un mois donné.
Simplify your data
Tracking data with fleet management software is the best way to reduce your costs and streamline your maintenance management processes. Using versatile dashboards and reports, you get fast and relevant results to view and assess vehicle health, check financials and more.