Process Optimization
Fleet Maintenance Process Optimization
Are you feeling the pressure from your competitors to reduce costs, simplify your business processes and get more out of your fleet? Are your current programs lacking when it comes to the changing needs of your organization? Cetaris can help.
The Cetaris Fleet Maintenance Process Optimization service will help you tackle critical maintenance process shortfalls and introduce winning maintenance practices in your organization. Cetaris has 20 years of experience and a deep understanding acquired from some of the world's best run fleets who are our direct clients. By leveraging our strengths, you’ll be able to establish your own ‘best practices organization’ to gain a sizable competitive advantage.
High Performance Catered to Your Needs
Whether you need to improve inventory control, reduce asset breakdowns, or increase your warranty reimbursements, our experienced specialists will address your challenges and take a solution-driven approach to improve your overall business performance.
We use our very own proven methodology which documents, analyzes and redesigns your core processes to identify high-priority maintenance process opportunities. By using our proven fleet maintenance model as your foundation, you’ll quickly drive process improvement through:
- Detailed analysis of your current maintenance processes, systems and skills
- Gap analysis and review of improvement opportunities in:
- Maintenance management
- Parts management and inventory control
- Supply Chain analysis
- Warranty management – OEM, extended and replacement parts
- Managing Driver Vehicle Condition Reports (DVCRs)
- Repair management – scheduling through work order completion
- Resource planning / utilization / productivity
- Asset management – tracking, reporting
- Workflow Analysis
- Gap analysis and review of supporting systems including fleet maintenance systems and the use of these tools
- Actionable recommendations for improvement – including processes, systems and skills
Cetaris measures your current performance to define achievable future goals and objectives. Gaps between your current states and future desires are analyzed to plan for process redesign and optimization, leaving you with a clear set of deliverables to move your business forward.
Documenting Your Current Environment
By using multiple interactive surveys, Cetaris will document all aspects of your current operations including:
- Equipment system of record
- Maintenance tracking
- Work orders
- Shop scheduling
- Standard jobs, preventive maintenance
- Labor management (direct and indirect)
- Driver Vehicle Condition Reporting
- Parts management
- Purchase orders
- Supplier management
- Warranty management
- Training
- Tracking and reporting
- Fleet management system
- Business systems integration
- Transaction processing
- Governance risk assessment
Studying the Gaps
Gap analysis compares your actual performance to your potential performance when it comes to best practices and maintenance processes. We’ll help you identify procedures, systems and skills in need of improvement.
Recommendations for Action
Cetaris will provide you with a realistic and tactical plan to improve your business processes and meet your goals. From process modelling to recommendations and training, the plan we deliver will give you detailed instructions on how to reduce your costs, simplify your procedures, and increase your fleet productivity.
Benefits of Fleet Maintenance Process Optimization
With Cetaris’ proven system, you’ll benefit from:
- Improved warranty capture
- Increased productivity
- Reduction in unscheduled repairs
- Optimization of existing maintenance systems
- Identification of skill and training requirements
- Reduced inventory
- Improved fleet availability
- Better safety
- More efficient processes