In-House
Maintenance

Advatanges

• Lower labor rate/hr.
• In-house "team work"
• Volume discounts - parts
• Lower cost/repair - unloaded

Disadvatanges

• Employee/Resource Utilization Risk
  - Eliminates savings from labor/hr.
• Compensation & Benefits
  - Salary, health, worker's compensation
  - Building, tools
  - Phones, uniforms
• Part Inventory
  - Holding, shrinkage, shipping
• EH&S cost/risk

Outsourced Maintenance Multiple Vendors

Advatanges

• Pay by the job
• No mechanics to manage
• No compensation and Benefits cost

Disadvatanges

• Need to manage multiple vendors
  - Many in many cities
  - Back office department to manage
• Beware of creeping prices/hours/job
• No national coverage
• Cost to cut checks
• Data entry/collection processes to see records of maintenance

Outsourced Maintenance with one source - GE

Advatanges

• Similar to multiple vendors
  - Pay by the job
  - No mechanics to manage
  - No compensaiton and benefits cost
• National coverage
• Dedicated mechanics
• Eyes and ears on your fleet
  - Use Premier Services™ (online maintenance management) data from all locations in North America
  - Data analysis and fleet consulting
• National Repair Standards
• One invoice process across North America
• One call does it all