… well, if you haven’t done it already!
All fleets definitely need to have a maintenance program organised around walkaround checks checks and preventive maintenance inspections… but the truth is, this is often just theory. The most demoralising fact is the huge amount of people involved with fleets that still think it is a waste of time.
Preventive maintenance inspections, regular vehicle and walkaround checks are, in reality, a powerful tool. If you master the art of using it, you will have success.
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1. Preventive maintenance helps you to be legally compliant
If you start using a system that promotes regular checks, you incur less risk of having your vehicles stopped for legal reasons and undergoing downtime. It is a duty, for your company, not to operate dangerous vehicles, as well as protecting employees and road users against faults or accidents.
2. Regular maintenance helps you identify the causal principles behind breakdowns
If you have an accurate system in place incorporating regular fleet vehicle checks and daily walkaround checks, you can easily find out why some issues are recurrent, and maybe change something in your system or way of working or using vehicles.
3. Maintenance data helps to decide what is acceptable and what is not
If you regularly maintain vehicles, you can easily get data on their performance and establish what is considered a reasonable level of wear and tear. (Remember, though, that it is high on impossible for vehicles not to incur downtime, and to some extent it is normal.) If you have a fairly uniform fleet with vans of the same make and model, it could be particularly useful in gauging the norm and therefore pinpoint any vehicles functioning abnormally.
4. Frequent vehicle checks keep costs down
The fact is, by keeping vehicles roadworthy you will definitely notice you won’t spend as much on your fleet as you did before you had regular maintenance. Keeping a constant eye on vehicles, while processing the data obtained in order to improve operations, can only make your fleet more successful and efficient... and is a lot kinder on your pockets :-).
With SynX, you can enjoy the benefits of a great maintenance planning tool: useful for scheduling events, classifying vendors and doing walkaround or regular checks or regular checks. It comes with standards recommended by the RSA and DVLA, but you can further customise it according to your fleet’s specific needs.
