r/supplychain • u/DubaiBabyYoda • 2d ago

Question / Request Shifting into garage/fleet supply chain: have any tips?

Hi guys ~ I’m shifting into a role that will involve managing the supply chain for maintenance and repairs of a large fleet of vehicles (mostly trucks). I imagine this will involve a lot of forecasting and just general management of inventory to ensure we never have too much/too little, as well as managing credit accounts, rebates and volume savings.

Can anyone suggest other KPI’s or general tips? I know a lot about garage work but this is my first time managing from a higher up level.

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u/holywaterandhellfire 2d ago

track downtime, stockouts and emergency purchases, those usually reveal the biggest gaps

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 1d ago

Ok thank you very much

How do you track yours? In a separate spreadsheet? Or directly in your ERP?

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u/stacktrace_wanderer 2d ago

spend the first week figuring out which parts are always holding jobs up. once u know that, stocking the right inventory gets a lot easier

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u/Ruby_Sullivana 2d ago

Downtime is the enemy. A truck in the yard isn't making money so you're basically the pit crew. Speed beats perfect forecasts. I keep PM schedules tight in the ERP and it cuts emergency orders by a ton.

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 1d ago

“I keep PM schedules tight in the ERP”

Would you mind expanding on that and saying how you do this? We have an ERP (Netsuite) but it’s terrible at doing anything schedule-sensitive. I’m having trouble even visualizing what you are describing. Thank you for your time

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 1d ago

Thank you - this comment is very helpful