TMC Partners With FleetNet America on Maintenance Benchmarking Service
The TMC/FleetNet Vertical Benchmarking Program will allow motor carriers and other types of fleets to compare their unscheduled roadside repairs with those of comparable fleets through an online dashboard. Photo: Jim Park
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ATLANTA — Maintenance-centric fleets now have a new benchmarking program form which they can compare their operations to other peer-grouped fleets. American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America are partnering on the new program, which was announced at the TMC annual meeting and Technology Exhibit in Atlanta.
The TMC/FleetNet Vertical Benchmarking Program will allow motor carriers and other types of fleets to compare their unscheduled roadside repairs with those of comparable fleets through an online dashboard. By tracking what systems are failing and comparing that to similar fleets, the study will help fleets better understand the effectiveness of their overall maintenance operation.
“Roadside breakdowns are a good indicator of what’s going wrong in the shop,” says Jim Buell, executive vice president of sales and marketing for FleetNet. “This benchmarking exercise is a not only a great way to see how your maintenance program stacks up against your peers, but it provides a clearer view of your own situation.”
By participating in peer-to-peer benchmarking, companies can quickly identify areas that are most likely to drive down maintenance costs. Participants will receive access to an analytic tool that compares the miles their fleet runs between breakdowns to similar fleets at other companies. The analytic tool will be updated quarterly so fleets can review their progress against industry peers.
Buell provided some examples of data collected in the October to December 2017 where a select group of truckload fleets shared aggregated data on unscheduled roadside repairs through a common data warehouse using VMRS codes. Data collected was broken down by miles run between breakdowns and miles …Read the rest of this story
