Element Fleet Management Case Studies Lower costs and higher productivity through new truck trailer design

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	Lower costs and higher productivity through new truck trailer design Element Fleet Management

Lower costs and higher productivity through new truck trailer design

Element Fleet Management

Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Maintenance
Use Cases	Fleet Management Predictive Maintenance
Challenge	The customer was seeking third-party expertise to enhance their in-house garage operations. Element’s truck consulting team conducted a field study at several of the customer’s in-house garage shops and identified several issues. These included an excess of inventory parts, the absence of a tire policy, inconsistent use of the maintenance software system, varied training provided to mechanics, lack of centralized purchasing programs, absence of a preventive maintenance checklist leading to numerous errors, and discrepancies in safety practices. Read More
About Customer	The customer operates in the Oil & Gas industry, utilizing light and medium trucks, tractors, and trailers for service and delivery purposes. They were seeking ways to improve their in-house garage operations and were open to third-party expertise. The customer's fleet is spread across 34 locations, with a total of 700 vehicles in operation. The services they utilized included fuel, leasing, maintenance, and title, licensing & registration. Read More
Solution	Element’s truck consultants presented the customer with several recommendations to reduce costs and gain efficiencies. These included keeping only repetitive parts on hand, routinely checking tire pressure, consolidating vendors, enforcing the use of the current software system, ensuring consistent and required training for all mechanics, negotiating with vendors at the corporate level and mandating use in the field, implementing preventive maintenance checklists, and incorporating monthly safety meetings tied to OSHA. Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Maintenance

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Predictive Maintenance

Challenge

The customer was seeking third-party expertise to enhance their in-house garage operations. Element’s truck consulting team conducted a field study at several of the customer’s in-house garage shops and identified several issues. These included an excess of inventory parts, the absence of a tire policy, inconsistent use of the maintenance software system, varied training provided to mechanics, lack of centralized purchasing programs, absence of a preventive maintenance checklist leading to numerous errors, and discrepancies in safety practices.

About Customer

The customer operates in the Oil & Gas industry, utilizing light and medium trucks, tractors, and trailers for service and delivery purposes. They were seeking ways to improve their in-house garage operations and were open to third-party expertise. The customer's fleet is spread across 34 locations, with a total of 700 vehicles in operation. The services they utilized included fuel, leasing, maintenance, and title, licensing & registration.

Solution

Element’s truck consultants presented the customer with several recommendations to reduce costs and gain efficiencies. These included keeping only repetitive parts on hand, routinely checking tire pressure, consolidating vendors, enforcing the use of the current software system, ensuring consistent and required training for all mechanics, negotiating with vendors at the corporate level and mandating use in the field, implementing preventive maintenance checklists, and incorporating monthly safety meetings tied to OSHA.

Impact #1	Streamlined inventory management by keeping only repetitive parts on hand.
Impact #2	Improved vehicle maintenance through routine tire pressure checks.
Impact #3	Enhanced efficiency by consolidating vendors.

Impact #1

Streamlined inventory management by keeping only repetitive parts on hand.

Impact #2

Improved vehicle maintenance through routine tire pressure checks.

Impact #3

Enhanced efficiency by consolidating vendors.

Benefit #1	$477,000 in projected cost savings

Benefit #1

$477,000 in projected cost savings

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Lower costs and higher productivity through new truck trailer design

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