Improve Your Preventative Maintenance Procedures...Preventative maintenance (PM) is the practice of...
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Improve Your Preventative Maintenance Procedures Reduce breakdowns Maximize the life of vehicle components Improve fuel efficiency Detect safety related issues & reduce potential CSA fines Prevent minor issues from escalating By performing an effective preventative maintenance check, you can help: Preventative maintenance (PM) is the practice of performing a comprehensive check of a vehicle’s total health to reduce the odds of a future malfunction. If you are a technician working for a fleet, your PM checks directly improve your employer’s bottom line. If you work for a repair facility, you help build your shop’s reputation with customers by proactively discovering issues that could potentially sideline their vehicle during the next delivery.
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ImproveYourPreventativeMaintenanceProcedures
ReducebreakdownsMaximizethelifeofvehiclecomponents
Improvefuelefficiency
Detectsafetyrelatedissues&reduce
potentialCSAfines
Preventminorissuesfromescalating
Byperforminganeffectivepreventativemaintenancecheck,youcanhelp:
Preventativemaintenance(PM)isthepracticeofperformingacomprehensivecheckofavehicle’stotalhealthtoreducetheoddsofafuturemalfunction.Ifyouareatechnicianworkingforafleet,yourPMchecksdirectlyimproveyouremployer’sbottomline.Ifyouworkforarepairfacility,youhelpbuildyourshop’sreputationwithcustomersbyproactivelydiscoveringissuesthatcouldpotentiallysidelinetheirvehicleduringthenextdelivery.
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Accurate
Notonlydoyourinspectionsneedtobeaccurate,butalsotherecordingofvehicleinformationshouldcorrectlyidentifythevehicleundergoingmaintenance.JPRO’spreventativemaintenancechecklistisavailablewithoutconnectingtoavehicle,butautopopulationoffields,whichprovidesthemostaccurateinformation,requiresaconnection.Whenyouconnecttothevehicle,JPROcapturesimportantfieldssuchasodometer,VIN,Unit#,andVehicleMake/Model/Yearfromthedatabus.
Comprehensive
JPROincludesmultiplepreloadedpreventativemaintenancechecklists,includingspecializedinspectionssuchastrailerorDOT.Eachitemincludesauser-friendlydescriptionofwhatneedstobechecked,plusfieldsfornotes,whetherserviceisnecessary,andinitialstologwhoperformedtheinspection.Allfieldsarefilled
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electronicallywhilethetechnicianmakeshisorherwayaroundthevehicle,includinginformationforbrakeandtreadwear.Oncetheinspectioniscomplete,thereisasectionforthetechniciantoinputcomments,suchaswhetherthecustomerdeniedrepairs.Everyshopoperatesunderdifferentstandards,soJPRO’scapabilitiesincludecustomPMinspectionlists.Usershavetheoptiontocreatenewchecklistsfromscratch,ormodifyexistinglists.Ratherthantypingouteachrequiredinspectionitem,userssimplychoosefromalistandquicklygeneratetheirnewPMinspectionlist.
Repeatable
Becausemanyorganizationschoosetomandatethatalltechniciansfollowthesamechecklist,PMinspectionlistscreatedinJPROcaneasilybesavedandthensharedasanattachmentviaemail,ashareddirectory,orotherpreferredmethod.
Repetitioncreatesefficiency,meaningconsistentuseofthesamechecklistwillempowertechnicianstoperformpreventativemaintenancechecksquickerastheygrowaccustomtothelist.Bystandardizingyourchecklistwithinyourorganization,youwillimprovetheoverallefficiencyoftheshopand,inturn,improveprofitabilityandcustomersatisfaction.
