Though many feel like fleet maintenance is a waste of time, it is really important for the health of your business.
Even if you are watching every penny that you spend, a regular vehicle maintenance program is needed for your fleet. It is still worth it, even if you have to hire an additional employee to make sure that your fleet is ready to go.
Here are some reasons why you need to maintain your fleet.
Topics: Fleet Maintenance
As your business grows (along with your fleet), you might become overwhelmed trying to keep up with all of your vehicles. Managing and maintenance can become a full-time job, one that you just don't have time for.
Topics: Fleet Management
Tire maintenance is important for the safety of your drivers, as well as your fleet. Though you should be keeping an eye on them regularly, at the very least, you should complete monthly inspections to ensure that your tires are safe.
Topics: Fleet Safety, Fleet Maintenance
Being a driver on the road is never easy. Not only are you dealing with the various road conditions (which can change quickly depending on the weather), you may have to struggle with traffic.
Topics: Fleet Safety
If you have a business that uses a fleet of vehicles and equipment to run it, you know how time consuming it can be to keep track of all of them. You probably spend time every week doing something that pertains to your fleet.
Topics: Fleet Management
Many businesses need vehicles and equipment in order to run successfully. They need their workers to be able to get from one job to another, along with all of their tools and supplies. As your business grows, you will have to continue to get more vehicles and equipment.
Although fleet tracking has been available for some time many companies are just beginning to use this technology. Drivers tend to balk at fleet tracking as they do not understand how it benefits them. Therefore, myths arise which causes friction between management and employees.
Topics: Fleet Tracking
The one thing that is true for all field services, no matter what your specific industry is, is the need for company vehicles. Naturally, your technicians and teams need a reliable way to get from HQ every day out to the customer's locations.
Topics: Fleet Management
Outsource your fleet managment to a company like Wilmar, Inc and benefit from savings and advantages, some of which we will discuss in this article. Fleet maintenance is an often forgotten task. However, if you are not maintaining your equipment, your business may suffer. Your drivers will not have reliable vehicles to get them from one job to another.
Topics: Fleet Management
When you tell people that you're a professional driver or that you manage a fleet of service vehicles, almost everyone will assume you mean during the day. This is only fair, night work only makes up about three percent of the workforce, but the vast majority of third shift workers do so in nice, safe, brightly lit environments like gas stations, 24 hour retail, construction.
Topics: Fleet Safety
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