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Many
organizations, both large and small,
invest large sums of money in the acquisition and maintenance of
vehicles and equipment. Moreover, the assets in these fleets are used to perform a wide range of
services that are mission critical. In order to deliver these services
these organizations focus on achieving high
level of fleet availability, safety, and performance by implementing
sound fleet management practices. As an industry
leading fleet management consulting firm we understand the challenges that are presented to public and private sector fleet
operations.
For over 100 years our team of fleet management
consultants has been assisting some of the most mission-critical repair
and maintenance operations in the world, such as government
agencies, school districts, special districts, public safety
departments, utility companies, commercial trucking companies, shipping
companies, private companies, independent maintenance firms, and small
businesses. Moreover, our consulting team has served hundreds of private and public sector
fleet operations, including large cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Houston, and Portland - almost half the states - police and other public safety agencies such as
Los Angeles Police, Broward County Sheriff, Florida, Sacramento Police,
Alaska State Patrol - major utility companies such as Pacific Gas
and Electric, Hawaiian Electric, and Georgia Power - and
Fortune 500 companies such as Sprint and Walt Disney World Company. At
the other end of the spectrum, we have worked with fleets of as few as
100 vehicles. Learn
more about our fleet consulting team.

Additionally, our fleet management consultants have
served operations with extremely diverse vehicle and equipment
inventories - weed eaters, chain saws, small and large generators,
military tanks, sewer vacs, tandem trucks, school buses, police cars,
ATVs, snow blowers, cars, pickup trucks, helicopters, planes, golf
carts, air boats, hover craft, and much more. This has given our firm a
full appreciation and experience dealing with the daily demands and expectations that most fleet
maintenance operations share in common. Moreover, we are also sensitive
to the operational, managerial, and
political environments that make each fleet manager's job unique. We do
not employ a "cookie cutter" approach to our fleet management consulting engagements.
Rather, we tailor each consulting project to the particular circumstances, needs,
and objectives of our clients. We are passionate about seeing our
recommendations implemented, so we work hard to understand the
communication channels and decision making processes through which a
fleet manager must navigate if he or she is to effect real business
process changes and tangible, measurable improvements in performance.
In addition to extensive experience, our fleet
consulting professionals have advanced certifications and education in areas of
discipline that are frequently required of a fleet manager and staff -
such as,
financial management, public administration, business administration,
networking engineering, and certified automotive fleet manager (CAFM).
Virtually no other fleet consulting firm in the industry has the
combination of experience, education, and certifications that we bring
to every project. In fact our fleet consultants routinely speak at
conferences, seminars, training sessions, and workshops for professional
organizations on advanced management topics - such as, fleet
replacement planning, fuel program assessment and development, managed
competition, fleet
maintenance outsourcing, and fleet operation best practices.
Learn more about
our fleet consulting services.

One of the key factors that has made Mercury a leading provider of fleet
consulting services in the industry has been our determination to
provide services whose value far exceeds their costs. Our focus on every
project is to develop and secure management's commitment to implementing
real-world solutions that produce the greatest return on investment for
our client - regardless of the size or complexity of their fleet or the
challenges and opportunities they are facing.
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mercury news |
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11/22/2010 -
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission selects
Mercury to conduct a best management practices review
and fleet rightsizing study. |
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11/22/2010 -
The State of
Alabama Department of Corrections retains Mercury to
conduct a fleet transformation project, the scope of
which includes recruiting and furnishing an interim
fleet manager; acquiring and implementing a new fleet
management information system; rightsizing and
developing a plan and financing strategy for renewing
the fleet; and developing and implementing new fleet
management policies and procedures. This project is a
component of a major energy conservation and capital
improvement program being conducted by Johnson Controls,
Inc. |
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11/22/2010 -
The City of
Baltimore General Services Department selects
Mercury to conduct of best management practices review
of its Fleet Management Division, which manages a
city-wide fleet of 5,800 vehicles and pieces of
equipment. The scope of the project also includes
developing new charge-back rates and a long-term
replacement plan for the fleet and evaluating
alternative capital financing approaches such as leasing
and lease purchasing. |
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11/22/2010 -
The City of New
York's Department of Citywide Administrative
Services and Information Technology and
Telecommunications select Mercury Associates, working in
partnership with KPMG, to develop requirements for,
solicit, select, and provide project management and
quality assurance services associated with the
implementation of a citywide fuel management system. The
City operates a network of more than 400 bulk fueling
facilities for its fleet of 26,000 vehicle and pieces of
equipment. |
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11/22/2010 -
The City of Seattle
Fleets and Facilities Department selects Mercury to
conduct a rightsizing study of the city-wide fleet of
4,400 vehicles and pieces of equipment. The scope of the
project also includes determining optimal replacement
cycles for fire engines and ladder trucks. This study
follows on the heels of a project Mercury recently
completed to develop a comprehensive set of repair parts
management and fuel management policies and procedures
for the Fleet Services Division. |
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