Determining the Economic Life of a Forklift Truck.
There are two elements to the total cost of forklift ownership, operating costs and ownership
costs.
Evaluating these costs on a "per hour" basis allows us to benchmark them and make decisions
about maintenance programs and forklift replacement.
When you combine operating costs with ownership costs you arrive at the "Total" per-hour
cost. The Cost will decrease and then begin to rise again.
The time to replace your forklift is when the total cost is lowest. At this point,
the truck's economic life for your application has ended.
FLEET AUDIT.
- Tour your facility and perform an in depth survey of your material handling operation.
- Confer with managers, supervisors and operators.
Perform an in-depth evaluation of maintenance and repair practice procedures and records.
- Determine your operating cost per hour.
Determine your fleet utilization level.
- Inspect and analyze total fleet costs.
Identify a fleet profile and establish responsibility for machines.
- Evaluate drivers' operating and maintenance skills.
- Examine administrative and oversight procedures.
- Issue a detailed report to carefully describe the findings.
COST REDUCTION.
- Recommend direct and immediate changes to current maintenance programs designed to maximize
utilization and cut costs.
- Improved overall productivity by maximizing utilization.
- Reduced parts inventories with "just in time" sourcing and "single sourcing".
- Improve workflow and productivity by making specific recommendations for improving material
handling flow and "through puts" within your physical environment.
RE-ENGINEERING THE FLEET.
- Make specific recommendations to improve individual vehicle application.
- Standardize fleet fuel source and/or improve fuel and/or battery handling procedures.
- Evaluate parallel handling equipment and utilize vehicle pooling to reduce the number of machines
while serving multiple areas.
- Project the true "The Economic Life" of your fleet.
LONG TERM FLEET STRATEGY.
Provide innovative acquisition programs including short-term rentals and third party/off balance
sheet ownership programs.
Provide single monthly fee "full maintenance" programs that allow you to project and
contain costs with a single monthly per truck fee that includes all maintenance and breakdowns.
Systems automation of predictable and repetitive operations.
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TROUBLESHOOTING, AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FORKLIFTS AND THEIR USE.
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