FLEET MANAGEMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF THE NINETIES

Fleet managers will be facing vast challenges in the 1990s. Equipment will be more expensive, as well as more complicated to maintain and repair, and fleet maintenance expenditures will be competing with other programs for funding. To face these challenges, equipment managers must be technically proficient on the equipment they support, knowing its primary function along with any secondary capabilities, knowing its maintenance requirements, scheduling preventive maintenance, and utilizing more on-board computers. They must also manage time as well as people, with the goal of increasing productivity and reducing overhead costs. Environmental issues must be dealt with, including the replacement of underground fuel tanks and installation of tank monitoring equipment. Landfills are closing and waste energy and refuse recycling facilities are coming on-line. This has a major impact on collection equipment. Arlington, Virginia, has a leaf collection program which utilizes 16 specially equipped vacuum trucks. Last fall, over 58,000 cu yd of leaves were recycled into leaf mulch, which is sold for $35 for a 5-cu yd load. Fleet management operations can also be enhanced by joining professional organizations.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1606878
• Authors:
  • Hiller, F I
• Publication Date: 1989-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 67
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 120
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Costs; Environmental protection; Equipment; Equipment maintenance; Finance; Financing; Fleet management; Management; Mobile computing; Onboard navigational aids; Personnel management; Preventive maintenance; Public works departments; Recycling; Storage tanks; Strategic planning; Wastes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Equipment management; Fleets
• Old TRIS Terms: Equipment cost; On board computers; Underground storage tanks
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00489572
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1989 12:00AM