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Reducing maintenance costs for material handling equipment
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Fleet Management
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
The customer, a business services company, was under intense pressure to reduce costs associated with its material handling equipment used in its facilities. The customer operated approximately 70 units, mostly forklifts, in 11 sites around the United States. Each facility handled its own maintenance needs using a variety of manufacturers/providers. There was no centralized oversight or visibility into costs and effectiveness. The lack of centralized oversight led to a lack of visibility into the actual number of units and the costs associated with their maintenance.
About The Customer
The customer is a business services company that operates a service fleet with trucks, vans, and material handling equipment. The fleet consists of over 70 forklifts spread over 11 facilities. The company was under intense pressure to reduce costs associated with its material handling equipment. Each facility handled its own maintenance needs using a variety of manufacturers/providers. There was no centralized oversight or visibility into costs and effectiveness.
The Solution
Element Fleet Management conducted thorough, on-site surveys of the customer’s material handling equipment inventory and uncovered more units than the customer thought it had. As a brand-neutral third party, Element was able to incorporate all the OEMs the customer had been using into an open network of providers. Now all maintenance transactions and billing came through Element to manage. A material handling equipment analyst, with 20 years of forklift experience, was dedicated to the customer’s account; he audited and analyzed all repair invoices, and negotiated invoice credits and adjustments where costs/repairs were above industry standards.
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