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the service bay can accommodate the fully raised
readily available, turn unnecessary travel time
parts room. In addition, the shops use carts to
height of the lift when it's loaded with the vehicles
into asset uptime. "
deliver parts to bays rather than requiring techyou'll be working on. "
To further limit the need for technicians to
nicians to pick them up.
leave their work bays, Mead is focused on the
" The carts help with social distancing because
When it comes to two-post lifts, Shedlock pointed out, overhead cross bars can sometimes limit
time that is associated with getting parts. As a
technicians are not crossing back and forth
how high a vehicle can be raised, so make sure
result, Hub Group shops are organized by job
across facilities, but just as importantly, the time
to account for that in your calculations. Turning
type. For example, bays used for preventive mainthat saves adds up, " Mead stated. " We're seeing
that improvement in efficiency in direct labor
radius is also a factor in lift selection. The vehicles
tenance (PM) and faster repairs are closer to the
a fleet is planning to service
need to be driven into the bay
without a lot of time spent
maneuvering.
For ultimate flexibility,
Shedlock added, consider a
portable lift. For heavy duty
vehicles, mobile column lifts
can be stored out of the way
until they are needed, and then
conveniently moved from bay
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Fleets relate
best practices
With more than 44,000 units
of trailering capacity and over
4,000 power units in its assetbased fleet requiring routine
service and repairs, Gerry
Mead, executive vice president, maintenance & equipment, noted Hub Group's five
shops have to operate as efficiently as possible.
" If you look at how a wellrun dealership's shop is
organized - with things like
express lanes that improve
throughput - you realize they
do that to generate revenue, "
Mead said. " The same concept
applies to fleets. Moving equipment efficiently through shops
reduces costs and downtime
so assets can cover more revenue-producing miles.
" The simplest approach
to an efficient shop layout is
to make sure everything is
placed so technicians aren't
wasting time, " Mead continued. " COVID has forced everyone to focus more closely on
non-essential movement, but
a layout that limits the need
for our 60 technicians to walk
across shops eliminates wasted time under any circumstances. Simple things like
making sure that PM tools are
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