Shrewsbury, UK: Enterprise Flex-E-Rent is reducing vehicle downtime, helping keep customers on the road for longer.
New diagnostic and workshop equipment includes specialist tooling and direct system links to vehicles makers, as well as roller brake testers and equipment such as tail-lift weight testing.
Enterprise Flex-E-Rent’s in-house workshop capability has been boosted by almost a third by 30% at its 28.
The move allows a shift from unplanned, reactive maintenance towards scheduled maintenance. It has been estimated that downtime costs UK fleet operators well over £2 billion per year, and that fleet vehicles which are part of a maintenance programme are proven to experience 20% fewer unplanned downtime days.
James Walker, group service maintenance and repair manager, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent, said: “Managing vehicle downtime is that much harder since Covid, coupled with other macro-economic and supply chain issues. A UK-wide shortage of parts, technicians and new equipment means keeping vehicles on the road is now more challenging than ever before.
“We are adapting and investing to keep pace with customer demand at a time when rental is becoming a core strategy helping commercial operators ensure flexibility and quickly add or reduce capacity.
“We know vehicle downtime has a significant impact on our customers and our customers’ customers – so improving key-to-key time is vital. This new investment in technology enables us to improve preventative in-house maintenance, reducing costly unplanned and reactive off-road time.”
Enterprise has produced an advice book on the eight key ways customers can reduce vehicle downtime and get more value from their commercial vehicle fleet.
