No driver thinks to become involved in an accident at any readymix company. Nevertheless, it does happen and when it does you want to be able to get the vehicle repaired and bring to its working condition in a timely manner. Therefore you should put it in your ‘to do list’ as the manager of readymix batch plant.
It is generally frustrating to encounter any form of mixer or other truck trouble, especially if you need its usefulness on an operationtly basis and moreover if you have made a firm dispatch program with limited fleet.
You may run a small scale concrete plant or a local part of a large company. Any mechanical or electrical failure can put the vehicles out of service. In such cases, you must have a repairshop in hand for emergency interventions.
For major faults, you can send the vehicle to the central workshop if you are in a network of a large company or to the external service if you are an individual company. However, you will definitely need a repairshop for small interventions to put the vehicle again in to the operation.
Everyone in readymix knows that everything is evaluated within the cost of m3 concrete. But do you know how much share of workshop regardless in and out service is in the cost of m3 concrete price? And more important how can you reduce this amount? And also how the workshop can become a ‘profit center’ for the company rather than a cost place.
Small or large, how many mechanics can you employ at the workshop? Is there a relation btw the number of trucks and the mechanics?
Repair is important but safety at readymix workshops is more important. Because things need to be faster than other workshops. And mechanics are responsible several and different works rather than their proficiencies. For example they should be able to execute small welding and painting works.
This e-book aims to supply basic knowledge of workshop for readymix companies and consists of following chapters. Planning a repairshop, layout of repairshop, the role of driver, preventive maintenance, scheduled maintenance, workshop safety, housekeeping at workshop area , flammable fluids, welding works, working on/under vehicle.
Timuçin Özsöylev
ozsoylev@mail.com
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