Issue link: https://construction.trimble.com/en/resources/i/1520107
Scope Equipment fleets consist of a large number of individual units that vary tremendously in terms of their form, function, size, weight, productive capacity and cost. This makes it impossible to collect meaningful statistics without an efficient way to sort units according to their key characteristics and produce performance statistics at levels defined by: Business Units are responsible for managing the company's activities. Category of equipment used by the Business Unit. Type of equipment that falls within a given Category. Units that fall within a the given Type. A fleet numbering system is critical to success, as it is impossible to produce meaningful statistics within B2W MAINTAIN without a well-structured, logical and rational numbering system that uses the capabilities provided by the software. Jennifer Angrisano has helped organizations improve maintenance practices in the heavy construction sector for more than 15 years. Before joining B2W Software as business analyst, she was a total process management consultant. Previously, she led the conversion to a software based program for a heavy highway construction enterprise with a fleet of more than 300 pieces of equipment, turning a $1.3 million loss in the shop into a $200,000 gain in a single year. Mike Vorster is the founder of C.E.M.P Central, a teaching, training and consulting organization that has helped numerous companies advance the management of construction equipment fleets. He is also professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, where he has taught in the Construction Engineering and Management Program, and the author of the industry- standard guide and reference text Construction Equipment Economics. He works with B2W Maintain users to help them improve asset utilization while cutting ownership and maintenance costs. 3