How to Keep Your Parts Room Efficient
Managing inventory levels can be a tightrope act. Buy too much of a part, and you have precious capital gathering dust on a shelf. Buy too little, and you’ll find your technicians constantly sitting around waiting for needed parts to show up. Many parts managers try to rely on their intuition alone, but your inventory tracking software should be working for you. Here are five things you should be doing in your parts room to help:
Keeping Technician Wrench Time Efficient
The idea of talking to your technical crew about monitoring their daily work and tasks using shop management software probably won’t be the most popular idea in the room, but there are some benefits. Just as GPS started to become accessible and affordable to companies, there were heated debates between veteran drivers and management. But today, it is part of the norm for many fleets.
When Should You Replace Your Fleet Vehicles?
It seems like common sense to drive fleet vehicles if possible before replacement. But for business managers and owners, vehicles are more than just transportation.
Fleet Management Reports: Are Yours Working?
A good fleet management software should include simple and effective reporting. Theses reports should be accurate and easy to get, but not lack data integrity, and at Collective Data we know just how to make that happen.
Hidden Costs of Fleet Operations
Operating a fleet without a fleet management system is not an efficient way to track the number of parts on hand, although manual methods might partly get the job done. When a work order needs to be completed in the shop, a technician might notice that there are only a few parts left on the shelf.
Challenges for Tracking PPE and How to Solve Them
Keeping your fire apparatus properly maintained and replacing engines as necessary can be a challenge. Fleet management is something a lot of people still handle with a pen and paper, which results in necessary inspections and certifications being forgotten or delayed, paperwork being lost, and a multitude of other problems.
Efficient Recordkeeping for Safety
Recordkeeping and safety go hand in hand. That is why a detailed combing through of motor vehicle and other safety records is part of a DOT or OSHA audit.
Track, Maintain and Replace Your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Keeping your fire apparatus properly maintained and replacing engines as necessary can be a challenge. Fleet management is something a lot of people still handle with a pen and paper, which results in necessary inspections and certifications being forgotten or delayed, paperwork being lost, and a multitude of other problems.
The Unique Challenge of Law Enforcement
Put another way, supply management is mission-critical to protecting officers and serving the public. If that responsibility rests with you, you should know about modern digital alternatives to traditional record-keeping.
Tracking Fire Apparatus Life Cycle and Maintenance Schedules
Keeping your fire apparatus properly maintained and replacing engines as necessary can be a challenge. Fleet management is something a lot of people still handle with a pen and paper, which results in necessary inspections and certifications being forgotten or delayed, paperwork being lost, and a multitude of other problems.
