Plant and equipment manager always face this herculean task of keeping the fleet in top order. The fleet should be ready to take up any tedious tasks at ease without any kind of vehicle/equipment break down. For this the challenge is to keep fleet age below 5 years. They are also under the pressure of using the budget optimally. Maintenance of old vehicles and purchase of new machinery are very expensive affair. Hence, planning in advance will help maintain proper productivity and keeping the fleet in good condition. A quarterly plan or even a monthly plan is required to assess the vehicle condition and their replacement.
The plant and equipment division usually plan to dispose aged or underutilized vehicles/machineries in a phased manner. They keep replacing old vehicles/machines pretty regularly to keep the fleet in top order. Procuring new vehicles is always an expensive affair hence, the budget allocated is always well thought and a formalized event. Hence, fleet replacement is always a slow and meticulous affair. Sometimes due to ageing of fleet, machines come under excessive repair and budget cannot absorb the necessary capital investment. In such cases also going for new fleet becomes unavoidable.
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