BENEFITS OF AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM School bus contractor National Express also remains committed
to strict maintenance practices. Te company operates more than 20,000 school buses and serves approximately 450 school districts across North America under the names Durham School Services in the U.S. and Stock Transportation in Canada. With a fleet of this magnitude to ensure the safety of employees, buses and children, information analytics and reporting systems focused on maintenance are a priority and always monitored at a very high level.
As their fleet innovations continually evolve, the company said
Bronze. As various locations meet each set of criteria, they receive the higher award. Tis system tracks each location and its progress. Te company has found that the higher the award, the more disci- pline and efficiency increase. Shop managers have also included standard repair times in their maintenance program to track technicians on their production levels and to analyze repairs that have exceeded the standard time. Being aware of time management has reduced outside repairs at dealerships by 60 percent.
integrating maintenance software technology has saved it count- less hours by monitoring, scheduling and setting up a preventive maintenance system that reduces breakdowns and keeps the fleet running efficiently. Using an enterprise-wide asset management system is central to their maintenance operations. Not only does it generate PM work orders but it also addresses vehicle OEM field actions more efficiently in a timelier manner. Automation in a large fleet provides additional time for shop managers to monitor day-to-day opera- tions more closely. It also provides metrics that can be reviewed to identify problem
areas and analyze patterns causing systematic issues, which helps them find the root cause of breakdowns. Once the cause is found, it can be relayed to all other shop operations, preventing the same failure from occurring again and reducing overall down time. Ø
52 School Transportation News June 2014
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