Other Fleets
Building Supply
Centers
For a
major building supply company distributing products in several
southwestern states, Chatham Consulting conducted a strategic,
operational and financial assessment of this company’s 700-unit
truck forklift fleet. Because of the competitive advantage the
fleet provides the company in meeting its customer service delivery
requirements, and the significant expenses in operating and
maintaining it, management recognized the important need for this
assessment. As such, we:
• Examined all fleet administration, operations, and
maintenance.
• Validated whether should continue on present course
of fleet service delivery;
• Identified areas in need of improvement and/or
further review;
• Described any realistic alternative options that
Company’s should consider;
• Developed recommendations for improvement;
• Developed a "roadmap" where future fleet operations
should be headed;
• Identified potential areas for further review;
and,
• Conducted discounted cash flow analysis of lease vs.
own and maintain fleet.
Independent Natural
Gas Producer
The largest independent producer of
natural gas in the United States engaged Chatham Consulting, Inc.
to conduct a high-level strategic review of its 4,200-unit fleet
operations. We identified where improvement was be needed;
recommended which direction fleet operations should be headed to
achieve such improvement; and, provided advice on measuring fleet
performance to better manage internal fleet resources and compare
them to outside options. Our recommendations, all of which were
implemented, included:
• Restructuring the fleet
operation to improve workflow and operations,
• Modifying its asset management systems,
• Utilizing exception reports to improve the monitoring
of fuel transactions.
• Using tables of Organization and Equipment (TO&E)
to forecast vehicle addition needs
• Reorganizing and reformatting policies, procedures
and fleet quarterly reports,
• Conducting a make or buy study of its truck upfitting
operation.
In two
subsequent studies, Chatham Consulting:
• Conducted the make or buy
study of the upfitting operation, and
• Identified potential software products that would
create internal efficiencies at the upfitting operation as well as
be capable of integrating with the company’s asset management
system.
Phosphate Mining Company
Chatham Consulting conducted a comprehensive fleet management study
of the 760-unit mobile equipment operations of the world's largest
phosphate mining company. This study determined the appropriate
number and type of equipment required to cost effectively serve
phosphate mining operations; evaluated the organization, functions,
and maintenance practices of the fleet repair shops; and,
recommended changes to improve efficiency, productivity, and levels
of service.
In addition, Chatham Consulting arranged for a compressive physical
condition assessment of the automotive, truck, mobile equipment and
crane fleets. The results of the condition assessment were used to
guide future vehicle specification, maintenance and replacement
practices.
Sugar
Company
Chatham
Consulting conducted detailed inspections of 470 vehicle and
equipment units including: cane wagons, construction equipment,
farming implements, harvesters, tractors, trailers, vehicles, and
miscellaneous equipment. The resulting data were incorporated into
an asset database that incorporated an industry acceptable grading
system that evaluated each unit for 23 attributes, regarding the
following systems:
•
Chassis
•
Tires (or tracked
equipment)
•
Body-mounted
equipment
•
Brake system
•
Steering/suspension
•
Engine and
drivelin
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9 Southward Court
Chatham, NJ 07928
Tel: 973-966-9262
Fax: 973-822-1467
Email:
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