{"id":7043,"date":"2022-12-29T13:17:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/?post_type=post&#038;p=5332"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:35:22","slug":"adjusting-your-maintenance-strategy-to-accommodate-longer-lifecycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/resources\/adjusting-your-maintenance-strategy-to-accommodate-longer-lifecycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusting Your Maintenance Strategy to Accommodate Longer Lifecycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\t\t\n\t<section class=\"header-variation-section white\">\n\t<div class=''><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"variation-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-left-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"headline-5\"><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-title headline-1\">Adjusting Your Maintenance Strategy to Accommodate Longer Lifecycles<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"body-1\"><p>Holman Marketing<br \/>\nDecember 29th, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:flex-start;gap:20px;flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/adjusting-maintenance-strategy-to-accommodate-longer-lifecycles.jpg\" alt=\"a close up of a car engine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media(min-width:991px){.header-right{flex-basis:58% !important;}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@media(max-width:990px){.header-variation-section .variation-inner .header-right .video-box{margin-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:3% !important;}.header-variation-section .variation-inner .header-right .video-box{height:auto !important;border-bottom-left-radius:56px;margin-top:92px;}}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.noscroll{overflow:hidden !important;overflow-y:hidden !important;}\n#form-success, .form-success{height:100%;width:100%;display:none;}\n#success-container{display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center; 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Among best options is to proactively adjust your maintenance strategy and budget forecast to account for additional utilization during the most costly portion of a vehicle&#8217;s lifecycle.<\/span>\u00a0In the article, Amanda suggests all fleet operators should take a fresh look at their approach to fleet maintenance.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <style>.wysiwyg{margin-top:0 !important;}<\/style>\n\n\n    <section class=\"quote-testimonial\" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"inner\">\n            <div class=\"quote-testimonial-quote\">\n                <div class=\"body-1\"><p>&#8220;Re-examine your preventative maintenance (PM) strategy to better align with the reality that your vehicles will be logging more miles, incurring additional wear, and stretching their lifecycle well beyond their original forecast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"quote-testimonial-author\">\n                                <div class=\"quote-testimonial-text\">\n                    <h6 class=\"headline-6\">Amanda Kazemba<\/h6>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <style>.quote-testimonial{margin:25px 0 !important;} .quote-testimonial .inner{padding:25px 0 !important;}\n        @media (max-width: 1300px){.quote-testimonial{margin:25px 0 !important;} .quote-testimonial .inner{padding:25px 0 !important;}}\n        <\/style>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"wysiwyg\" id=\"\">\n        <div class='inner'>\n            <p>Amanda goes on to note that fleet operators should leverage maintenance data and analytics tools to better understand current <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/fleet-management\/\">fleet performance<\/a>. She says this insight can help you transition your maintenance strategy from a traditional &#8220;break and fix&#8221; model to a\u00a0<span class=\"resolved\">more proactive &#8220;predict and prevent&#8221; methodology that will further minimize operating costs and downtime<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, Amanda also highlights why you&#8217;ll likely need to adjust your operating budgets as well to account for variables such as increased downtime, higher maintenance costs, and inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <style>.wysiwyg{margin-top:0 !important;}<\/style>\n\n\n    <section class=\"quote-testimonial\" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"inner\">\n            <div class=\"quote-testimonial-quote\">\n                <div class=\"body-1\"><p>&#8220;Overall, the cost to repair a vehicle is up approximately 20% as compared to 2020 and fleet operators should expect to see an additional 5-10% in 2023 as well \u2013 and potentially beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"quote-testimonial-author\">\n                                <div class=\"quote-testimonial-text\">\n                    <h6 class=\"headline-6\">Amanda Kazemba<\/h6>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <style>.quote-testimonial{margin:25px 0 !important;} .quote-testimonial .inner{padding:25px 0 !important;}\n        @media (max-width: 1300px){.quote-testimonial{margin:25px 0 !important;} .quote-testimonial .inner{padding:25px 0 !important;}}\n        <\/style>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"wysiwyg\" id=\"\">\n        <div class='inner'>\n            <p>With these challenges likely to linger for the foreseeable future, Amanda recommends that most fleets should be proactive in their annual planning and budget allocation. 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Conversely, you could have capital available to take advantage of cost savings opportunities that may arise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To read the entire article, be sure to visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utilityfleetprofessional.com\/blog\/top-trends-in-utility-fleet-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UtilityFleetProfessional.com<\/a>\u00a0and see how Holman can help you\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holman.com\/fleet-management\/fleet-vehicle-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effectively manage your fleet vehicles<\/a>\u00a0to save time, control costs, and prevent downtime.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <style>.wysiwyg{margin-top:0 !important;}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,34],"tags":[99,35,105],"blog-type":[90],"featured":[89],"legacy":[97],"class_list":["post-7043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fleet-management","category-vehicle-management","tag-blogs","tag-maintenance-management","tag-vehicle-management","blog-type-blog","featured-no","legacy-yes"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7043"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17716,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7043\/revisions\/17716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"blog-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-type?post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=7043"},{"taxonomy":"legacy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.holman.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legacy?post=7043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}