SHOP OPERATIONS [ SHOP MANAGEMENT ] W 24 Fleet Maintenance | May 2021 hat does your dream shop look like? That is a question asked by Fullbay, providers of a heavy duty repair shop management platform. Whatever it looks like, the company advised, fleets and service providers need to address a number of key practices to achieve that goal. To start, you should not only have some idea of where you want things to be in your shop, but also how long it will take technicians to reach them. You do not want them hiking back and forth all day between places like bays and the parts room, so seeing how much time that will take and organizing the facility to cut it down as much as possible will pay off in productivity. Second, invest in equipment storage. Large tools especially can get in the way when they are not in use, but technicians need them nearby so they do not waste time looking for items or trekking across the shop to retrieve them. Keeping equipment stored close to the service bays in a space that is organized but both out of the way and accessible, is a sure time saver.