A more holistic and connected approach to fleet maintenance and management holds the key to increasing uptime and decreasing maintenance costs. Contractors face a triple threat when they do too much maintenance work in a reactive mode, responding when assets break down.
Specialized maintenance software is essential to an effective program, especially when it comes to automating preventive maintenance. Repair requests and work orders can be initiated and processed electronically, providing real-time visibility and allowing work to be planned, scheduled and executed with maximum efficiency.
The data helps companies make decisions about processes, scheduling, staffing and asset replacement strategies. A foreman hordes idle equipment in case it might be needed on a site, preventing it from being utilized elsewhere. By contrast, industry leaders leverage mobile capabilities and cohesive maintenance, scheduling, and tracking technology to keep everyone on the same page and empower them with real-time information.
The challenge now is to aggregate and analyze that data and turn it into intelligence that can increase uptime and cut overall equipment costs. GPS tracking is also imperative for modern scheduling and dispatching, removing any doubts as to exactly where a piece of equipment is at a given time.
Mobile capabilities and cohesive maintenance, scheduling and tracking technology are emerging as key assets for these leaders.

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