01 Tipping point: Setting the stage for smarter waste management
Right-sizing Right-sizing is the process of assessing your waste and sanitation fleet’s number of trucks with utilization data and adding or removing them from your fleet based on your findings. With the many benefits of using telematics for utilization tracking already discussed, it’s also smart to use its features to help right-size your fleet. Asset utilization and the process of right-sizing are closely linked, with the insights gleaned from an asset utilization report able to help guide vehicle roster cuts or additions. By using a fleet management solution to begin right-sizing, you can reduce costs, improve efficiency and boost customer satisfaction. If you reduce the size of your fleet, you can maximize your budget by selling under-used garbage trucks and eliminating unwanted maintenance expenses. If you’re adding more vehicles to your fleet, expanding your roster can help you complete more pickups daily and reduce resource strain. However, it’s critical to not begin adjusting your fleet’s size without first doing careful research. This is where a telematics solution can step in and be a key partner in helping you know where to go. Consult our five-step guide below to learn how to use telematics to right-size your waste and sanitation fleet. 1. Conduct a utilization analysis : Start by calculating key vehicle operating costs with metrics like cost per mile and downtime to find out how much a garbage truck needs to be driven in order to be worth keeping in your fleet. With a telematics platform that can simplify utilization reporting for you, it’s easier to identify usage disparities and determine if they’re large enough to warrant a right-sizing initiative. 2. Determine if more or less trucks are needed : With automatic, in-depth utilization metrics that a fleet management platform can aggregate, you can easily find out if your fleet is bloated or stretched thin. Using the 80% utilization benchmark as your ultimate North Star, look at your vehicles’ total utilization rate to see if you are already near that target, above it or below it. If your utilization rate is much higher, you can explore the possibility of adding an additional vehicle and create a strong business case for how it would be used to expand your service capacity. Conversely, if your current rate is much lower than this benchmark, you might consider selling one or more of your most severely under-used vehicles to make up financial ground.
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Keeping trucks ticking: Maximizing garbage fleet longevity Reducing waste in your waste operations: From routing to right-sizing Fueling efficiency: Slashing costs and emissions in your waste collection fleet Clean record, clean streets: Avoiding legal landfills from liability and risk
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The last stop: Moving toward a leaner, more efficient waste management fleet
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DID YOU KNOW?
Geotab’s Asset Utilization report provides you with a quick and easy snapshot of the most and least utilized vehicles.
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