The management of a fleet of construction equipment requires more than purchase planning. The Executive Institute offers a collection of articles written by experts in asset management. Topics are broken into five categories: equipment costs, equipment operations, fleet reliability, fleet replacement, and fleet utilization.
The best in asset management for the construction equipment professional is presented by:
Mike Brennan, CEM, Contributing EditorEquipment managers must often identify future staffing and facility needs in response to changes in organizational structure, direction, ...
Mike Vorster, Contributing EditorI got into a lot of trouble as a young field engineer by telling my boss that cost overruns were not a problem. I told him that the real problem...
Equipment managers must take a long-term view of the repair/rebuild/replace decision in order to optimize the value of equipment assets over their full life cycle. They should...
Mike Vorster, Contributing EditorFew questions have concerned me more than: “I want to lower my bid, so why must I include depreciation for machines that are fully written off...
Mike Vorster, Contributing EditorOwning costs make up between 25 and 30 percent of the total cost of owning and operating a fleet. It is a big portion and, fortunately, a manageable...
