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Course Outline
Fleet Management Best Practices
- Strategic and tactical planning
- Use of management information systems
- Capital and operating strategies
- Return-on-investment analysis
- Activity-based costing
- Life cycle cost planning
- Vehicle replacement analysis: repair, rebuild, remove, or scrap
- Metrics for fleets and shops
- Outsourcing analysis and metrics
- Vendor analysis case study
Fleet Shop Management for Vehicles and Equipment
- Maintenance: scheduled, unscheduled, predictive and preventative
- Maintenance activity metrics and analysis
- Warranty and recall management
- Oil and fuel analysis
- Work scheduling, backlog limits
- Productivity measurement and metrics
Fleet Problem-solving Case Study and Exercise – Staffing and Space
Specifying and Procuring Vehicles and Equipment
- Strategies for purchase and financing
- Standardizing vehicle configurations
- Vehicle chassis and mounted equipment specifications
- Vehicle specification calculations: weight distribution, speedability, and gradeability
- Bid terms and conditions
- Bid evaluation
- Vehicle delivery and acceptance
- Auction and sales strategies and management
Fleet Shop Floor Problem Identification, Prioritization, and Problem Solving Case Study and Exercise
Instructors and Program Director
Instructors
John Dolce
Fleet Manager
John E. Dolce is a fleet director with Wendel Companies in Roseland, New Jersey. He has more than 40 years of experience in management and operation of public and private fleets. Dolce earned an associate’s degree in Applied Science in auto and diesel technology from the State University of New York at Farmingdale and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial management from New York University. He is the author of three fleet management books and has helped more than 550 fleets implement cost saving management strategies..
Benjamin Jordan
Program Director
Benjamin J. Jordan, P.E. is a Program Director at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, College of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Professional Programs, where he develops continuing education courses for civil engineers and public works professionals. He has over forty years of experience in civil engineering and public works. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign and a Master of Public Affairs degree with a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Mr. Jordan is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois, Washington, And Wisconsin.Program Director
Benjamin Jordan