{"id":9427,"date":"2019-03-06T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/?post_type=post&#038;p=8452"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:29:44","slug":"three-steps-to-effectively-manage-downtime-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/resources\/three-steps-to-effectively-manage-downtime-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Steps to Effectively Manage Downtime &#038; Productivity"},"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\">Three Steps to Effectively Manage Downtime &#038; 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Learning how to manage downtime is vital to maximising efficiency and controlling your operating costs. Here are a few steps to help you effectively take control of downtime:<\/p>\n<h3>Anticipate When Downtime Will Impact Your Business<\/h3>\n<p>When you schedule preventive maintenance ahead of time, you minimise disruptions to day-to-day operations. This will allow you to know when the vehicle will be out of service and budget for a temporary replacement if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Another way you can plan preventive maintenance is to use evening service hours. Scheduling maintenance during off hours will allow vehicles to be serviced on time but also be back on the road when needed.<\/p>\n<h3>Use Technology to Diminish Downtime<\/h3>\n<p>There are many options available to monitor fleet vehicles. Telematics, GPS tracking, geofencing and other analytical devices can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.automotive-fleet.com\/channel\/leasing\/news\/story\/2017\/03\/ari-launches-fleet-monitoring-tool.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">track the \u201cwhere\u201d and \u201cwhen\u201d:<\/a> <em>where<\/em> they are located and <em>when<\/em> vehicles have been on or off the road for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Technology also uncovers a vehicle\u2019s lifecycle, if the vehicle is right for the job and when it should be replaced. Using the proper vehicle for the intended job function will limit breakdowns from over use and keep vehicles on the road longer.<\/p>\n<h3>Know When Your Vehicles Need to Go<\/h3>\n<p>Identify the right time to replace a vehicle before its operating costs get too high. If a certain model reaches its optimum life cycle at a certain mileage threshold, be sure you place the replacement vehicle order in time to avoid delays. This limits the amount of time drivers spend waiting for a new vehicle when their current one reaches the end of its lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p>For most vocational fleets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holman.com\/uk\/resources\/white-paper\/cost-certainty-escalation-reduction-2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">having the resources necessary to effectively managing downtime<\/a> is critical. But, downtime doesn\u2019t have to impede productivity when you anticipate vehicles out of service, use technology to track the location and duration at the repair shop, and identify the sweet spot to replace the vehicle.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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":8446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,134],"tags":[102,112],"blog-type":[91],"featured":[90],"legacy":[99],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-9427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fleet-management","category-maintenance-management","tag-blogs","tag-downtime","blog-type-blog","featured-no","legacy-yes"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17092,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9427\/revisions\/17092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9427"},{"taxonomy":"blog-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-type?post=9427"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=9427"},{"taxonomy":"legacy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legacy?post=9427"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk.holman.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}