Checklist: Optimising a Fleet’s Capital and Operational Costs

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Green piggy bank money box in car interior, vehicle purchase, insurance or driving and motoring cost

In order to truly optimise your fleets capital and operational costs, you need a certain level of information. Does your team have the systems and data to provide the right answers to the following questions?

How much capital do I need to optimise and run my fleet over the next 3, 5 or 10 years?
  • Am I able to accurately represent and request this funding from the board, the public or upper management
  • How can I identify and smooth any peaks in the capital funding requirements over the next 3-5 years?
  • Are we operating the right business depreciation policy?
  • How much funding am I likely to be provided with, and what funding is actually needed?
  • What impact does legislation have on our operations? Are we green enough?
  • Can I assess the impacts on similar specifications by the manufacturer to support my decisions?
What is the impact on my team in terms of costs quality and time for this function?
  • Do I have the systems to capture all the important data correctly?
  • How many systems/databases/spreadsheets are we using across the organisation?
  • What do I use to pull and analyse the data?
  • Who is responsible for this? Just one person (single point of failure) or a dedicated team?
  • How many stakeholders across the business are involved?
  • Who verifies and signs off on the data as being accurate and correct?
How much recurring revenue do I need each year to operate the current fleet?
  • How does recurring revenue affect fuel, maintenance, parts, downtime, hire, compliance and green initiatives?
  • Can I set annual operational budgets for fuel, workshop and operational customer locations based on the life of the vehicles and the approved replacement plan?
  • Have I factored in new legislation for greener vehicles?
How many overdue assets do I have?
  • What is the impact of over-age assets on my replacement plan?
  • Have I been given enough recurring revenue (maintenance and parts costs) to cover the costs of these assets still in the fleet?
How much operational history by vehicle, category and specification do I have to feed my replacement planning models?
  • How much vehicle history by year, category, specification and vehicle do I have to help me make the right decisions on life-cycles?
  • Do I know the specifications and model decisions for the next life-cycle?
  • Do I know fuel volume and costs?
  • Can I access odometer readings and annual mileage by category, specification and vehicle?
  • Do you know maintenance labour rates, charges and parts costs?
  • Are you aware of your vehicle downtime?
  • What are your average hire costs?
  • Am I able to score and weigh certain operational factors to help identify and optimise the replacement plan?

Feeling overwhelmed? Don’t worry, there’s an easier way to optimise your fleet costs: AssetWorks Capital Asset Management (CAM). CAM is a comprehensive asset life-cycle-based management system, designed to help asset managers find ways to minimise capital expenditures and operating expenses by maximising the useful life of an asset.

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