What is Fleet Management?

Most customers know managing their fleet is good business. They understand they are probably wasting money and not getting the productivity they want. In many cases the fleet has evolved over time – it’s not a planned effort.

Often the stumbling blocks to making fleet improvements are; Who will do it? How will they do it? When will they do it? Customers appreciate that managing a fleet requires planning, resources, and commitment.

It is estimated that 80-85% of the cost of owning a forklift involves maintenance, damage, downtime, misuse, and finally fuel costs. Only 15-20% of the cost is the initial purchase price of the equipment and only 6% of users, on average, actually know what the real cost of ownership is – even fewer employ programs to help reduce this expense.

Optimizing and managing your fleet assets is vital, and the more informed you are the better. The more information you have, the more effectively and efficiently you can improve your facility’s operating environment. Therefore, utilizing optimal fleet solutions, like Guardian Fleet, can eliminate avoidable capital expenses and keep your fleet running at necessary capacity.

A powerful fleet management program protocol entails a review of your current material handling fleet to determine and analyze your expenses. Once calculated, it should look for opportunities for possible cost savings. This is done by reviewing recommendations for replacement of equipment and/or maintenance as well as financing and training opportunities, implementing those recommendations, and then monitoring and reporting findings to insure that your fleet remains optimal.

Having a fleet management program in place can help you improve equipment utilization, operator safety and accountability, and increase productivity all using state-of-the-art web-based reporting.