De-risking: A money saving essential for the best run fleets
Getting upstream of potential problems is the essence of de-risking. As the movie producer Robert Jones says, “De-risking is what you do to prepare for all of the things that could possibly go wrong.” Some things just happen – they can’t be predicted – but lots of things can be expected, especially with tyres.
De-risking starts with understanding what might happen and what may happen. Money is saved by dealing with these two aspects of the tyre ownership.
Tyres that are cared for through a rigorous, disciplined, and pro-active tyre management system stand a much better chance of being removed before they can threaten a mission or compromise safety.
Here is the first way that de-risking saves the operator money – it can reduce the number of emergencies – especially those due to patchy tyre management and superficial tyre maintenance.
The important point is that not all emergencies are inevitable – some can be prevented.
Tructyre’s tyre inspector can quickly spot and deal with a tyre that is demonstrating poor wear promptly and precisely.
And we all know, that one of the worst case scenarios for any operator is having a vehicle stranded on the side of the road during a mission. It tends to provoke unpleasant conversations with customers, and the finance and operations teams.
De-risk to maximise the benefits of retreading
Many users of premium tyres deploy a retread program as part of their tyre fitment policy. Where a retread policy is provided, the careful management of the heavy vehicle tyre fleet will ensure as many tyres as possible are available for the retread process – having avoided damage that renders a tyre scrap.
Why is this important? Because the maximum financial benefits of retreading occur when the ratio of new tyres to retreaded tyres on the fleet is at the optimum position. Remember, a retreaded tyre can last as long as a new tyre whilst costing much less.
