Silver Eagle Distributors

Challenge

The Silver Eagle fleet consists of 320 tractors, 368 trailers, 278 vans, 30 pickups, 61 cars, along with various vehicles used to promote product sales and a very large off-road fleet of forklifts, sweepers, and scrubbers.

Before Pocket AMCS Fleet Maintenance, mechanics filled out paper forms. The information was then keyed into the AMCS Fleet Maintenance system, sometimes with copying errors. Some handwritten entries were illegible.

Solution

Technicians have instant access to AMCS Fleet Maintenance’s vehicle data wherever they’re working. Handheld access has eliminated the need for technicians to walk to a desktop computer, which may or may not be accessible to them at any given time.

Results

“In the past, mechanics had to fill out a form and hand-write everything they did on a vehicle,” Pritchard said. “We have templates for Pocket AMCS Fleet Maintenance so when they’re reporting on routine jobs, they only need to press one button and all the information is right there at their fingertips.”

Templates apply to various state inspections and levels of preventative maintenance inspections. The company uses VMRS (Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards) for recording and benchmarking maintenance performance.