With the utilization program established during the Fleet Sentinel Certification process, Fleet Services anticipates an even greater savings for fiscal year 2009-2010. This step produced a cost savings of more than $6.9 million. In current fiscal-year 2008-2009, Fleet Services extended the lifecycle from one to two years for 121 vehicles using pre-certification methodology. "Some of our most successful clients have saved millions of dollars."Įffective PM Programs Lead to Extended Lifecycle "This program is about saving agency funding and becoming efficient," Wright said.
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Upon verification of the program's success, remaining police fleet vehicles will be transitioned into the program, followed by general administrative vehicles and light-duty trucks. "By lengthening the PM intervals, it minimized overdue PM services."
"These vehicles were challenging to service due to shift assignments," Rencher said. The synthetic oil allowed the City to extend vehicle PM intervals from 30 to 90 days. Management initiated a synthetic oil pilot program for 20 K-9 vehicles. Lauderdale realized cost savings in its PM program due to implemented improvements. An average monthly completion rate of 95 percent is a Sentinel Certification Test standard.įt. This process allowed Fleet Services to achieve a completion rate on its vehicle PM program of 97.7 percent in October, 100 percent in November, and 99.5 percent in December. "Using the improved reporting procedures as a feedback system, the PM program became the driving force for our entire maintenance and repair structure," Rencher said.
In addition, with departmental cooperation, Fleet Services overhauled its PM program, improving customer compliance to reporting and monitoring. This examination led to fine-tuning the lifecycle cost analysis and replacement program by using monthly fleet utilization reports and utilization committee oversight. The certification process called for the city's Fleet Services department to carefully examine its utilization and preventive maintenance (PM) programs.
"We believe this process has given us the training and tools to take our fleet to the next level of service excellence and beyond." "FVS provides some of the essential credentials for our certification," Rencher said. The FVS staff, as well as individual technicians and support personnel, were challenged and enthusiastically pursued making national certification for the fleet a reality. The stringent requirements of the implementation and performance standards produced a sense of camaraderie and mission among everyone involved in the certification process. "FVS has always been very responsive to our needs and wishes, and this certification process made that relationship even closer and more professional," Rencher said. Lauderdale fleet, which comprises 1,550 motorized vehicles, is an ASE Blue Seal of Excellence-recognized facility, one of the "100 Best Fleets" in America, and recipient of the Crystal Award for National Fleet Certification.įor the past 27 years, the City has privatized its maintenance operation to FVS. Privatization Allows City to Go to the Next Level "When it comes to managing utilization, most upper-level managers will not begin to touch the subject, and as utilization management is a foundation category, the agency will not pass." "The real issue is support from upper management," Wright said.
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