Case Study: Leading Construction Tool Manufacturing Company achieves improved productivity, driver safety and lower maintenance and fuel costs with Element Fleet Management

Strategic Consulting Optimizes Productivity, Safety and Sustainability

Leading Construction Tool Manufacturing Company engaged Element Fleet Management to optimize vehicle selection across its 1,400-vehicle service fleet to boost productivity, improve driver safety, and cut maintenance and fuel costs while meeting fuel-efficiency targets set by its European parent. Element Fleet Management applied its Strategic Consulting and Fleet Partnership Solutions, leveraging services such as maintenance, fuel management, accident support and licensing to scope the challenge and evaluate job-specific vehicle needs.

Element Fleet Management conducted ride-alongs in the U.S. and Europe, identified ergonomics, visibility, loading and idling issues, and used Total Cost of Ownership analyses to recommend a two-year replacement cycle, a shift from mid-size to ½-ton pickups, adoption of fuel-efficient cargo vans, and redesigned, safer upfitting. These changes reduced overloading and repeat trips, lowered maintenance and depreciation costs, improved fuel efficiency, and increased productivity and driver safety across the fleet.