Matt Copot, contributor

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Matt Copot is vice president of maintenance at Transervice Logistics Inc., and is responsible for overseeing the company’s warranty, purchasing, quality assurance, fleet systems and training programs.

Maintenance
4 key maintenance areas to analyze for improvement
Making data-driven decisions enables fleet managers to optimize maintenance schedules and enhance the overall performance of the fleet.
June 23, 2023
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Maintenance
The importance of being on top of your preventive maintenance
Implementing a well-designed maintenance program can improve safety, reduce equipment downtime, increase productivity and improve regulatory compliance.
May 18, 2023
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Maintenance
In-house versus outsourced maintenance
Twenty percent of fleets do maintenance in-house, 46% use outsourced service providers and 34% use a combination of both.
March 24, 2023
Outsourced fleet maintenance involves hiring a third-party provider to manage these tasks and is often favored by companies with multiple OEM’s, a multi-location footprint, or those leasing their equipment prefer outsourcing.
Maintenance
Seven steps to best-in-class data aggregation and analysis
Fleets have a large flow of data at their disposal and fleet managers must determine what they would like to measure.
February 27, 2023
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Maintenance
Fleet repair shops can help improve fuel efficiency
A fleet's service shop can play a key role in improving fuel economy by focusing on tire pressure, proper engine parameter settings and oil drain intervals.
February 2, 2023
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Battery electric
Vehicle sustainability overview
If 50 Class 8 tractors were on peak charge at the same time, they would use 9 MW of electricity – the equivalent of the power used for the Empire State Building.
December 20, 2022
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Maintenance
Preventive maintenance’s role in maximizing asset life
Changing PM schedules – or moving to a predictive maintenance model – is predicated on having data that enables the tracking of costs, warranty and parts pricing, along with other key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important to you.
October 12, 2021
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Maintenance
Controlling maintenance costs
Maintenance decisions should be based on what makes the most sense given an application and the duty cycle of vehicles.
June 1, 2021
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Maintenance
How to make more informed asset purchase decisions
Maintenance and repair data will also show abnormally high-cost trends that you should analyze and leverage in the component specification selection process.
May 11, 2021
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Maintenance
Performance evaluation a coaching, retention tool
Depending on whether the technician is hitting this goal, you may need to change the goal or provide the tech with additional training.
April 8, 2021
A properly structured performance evaluation can help technicians improve performance and allow managers to lay out career development opportunities.
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