Optimal fleet replacement: A case study on a Spanish urban transport fleet

Riechi, Jorge; Macián, Vicente; Tormos, Bernardo; Ávila, Claudio R.

doi:10.1057/s41274-017-0236-1

Cited by 14 publications

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“…The discounted value of vehicle price, also as a form of financing options, should be contained within economic factors in the model for fleet replacement [8]. As the vehicle ages and its' technical condition degrades, vehicle selling price decreases as well, while transport and maintenance costs tend to increase [31]. One of the factors that influence transport (operating) costs is fuel/energy consumption [18].…”

Section: Vehicle Procurement Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Comprehensive Approach for Efficient Road Vehicle Procurement Using Hybrid DANP-TOPSIS Method

2020

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The efficient vehicle procurement is an important business segment of different companies with their own vehicle fleet. It has a significant influence on reducing transport and maintenance costs and on increasing the fleet’s energy efficiency. It is indispensable that managers consider various criteria from several aspects when procuring a vehicle. In that sense, we defined 13 relevant criteria and divided them into four multidisciplinary aspects: Construction-technical, financial, operational, and environmental. Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory-Based Analytic Network Process (DANP) method was applied to evaluate the significance of defined criteria and aspects and their interdependency. It is established that the three most important criteria for vehicle procurement are vehicle price, vehicle maintenance, and vehicle selling price. The most important aspect is construction technical aspect, while the aspect of the environment is the least important. The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method was used to rank eight different vehicles, which were considered by vehicle fleet manager at the observed company. This model assists fleet managers in the selection of the most suitable vehicle for procurement, while significantly reducing decision-making time and simultaneously observing all necessary criteria and their weights. Moreover, we have considered 10 different scenarios to establish whether and how the rank of the observed alternatives would change.

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Section: Vehicle Procurement Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Comprehensive Approach for Efficient Road Vehicle Procurement Using Hybrid DANP-TOPSIS Method

2020

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“…Moreover, Polyviou [36] further expands DBFM to develop SIBUFEM (Simulation Incidents Bus Fleet Management) as a model used to address traffic-related incidents. Additionally, Southworth et al [38] state that BFM belongs to a wide range of operation and maintenance (O&M) activities [38,39] aimed at reducing fuel consumption. In contrast, some [40] classify BFM into fleet maintenance and fleet replacement problems [41], where BFM uses a variety of strategies for early replacement [39,[42][43][44] concerning pollution reduction and energy optimisation [45][46][47][48].…”

Section: Bus Fleet Management and Bus Fleet Management Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bus Fleet Management – A Systematic Literature Review

Orošnjak

Jocanović

Gvozdenac-Urošević

et al. 2020

PROMET

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The research on Bus Fleet Management (BFM) has undergone significant changes. It is unclear whether these changes are accepted as technological change or as a paradigm shift. Perhaps unintentionally, BFM is still perceived as routing and scheduling by some, and by others as maintenance and replacement strategy. Therefore, the authors conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to overview the existing concepts and school of thoughts about how stakeholders perceive the BFM. The SLR post-study exposed that BFM should be acknowledged as a multi-realm system rather than a uniform dimension of fulfilling timely service. Nonetheless, the work encapsulates BFM evolution which shows the need for the multi-realm research abstracted as "Bus Fleet Mobility Management" and "Bus Fleet Asset Management". The difficulties of transport agencies and their ability to switch from conventional to Zero-Emission Buses (ZEBs) illustrates why we propose such an agenda, by which the research is validated through needs both in academia and in practice.

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“…However, only a few case study findings exist (Riechi et al , 2017; Pascual et al , 2013; Bivona and Montemaggiore, 2010) on how decisions primarily anchored on fleet policies, interrelated with other company key sub-systems, may lead to undesired results, thereby putting the company’s future development at risk. This research aims at providing an additional study in this last direction.…”

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Overcoming managers’ myopic decisions in a waste collection company

Bivona

Ceresia

Tumminello

2019

JM2

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show how the changing interrelationships between fleet management, human resources and outsourcer capacity areas are likely to counterbalance managerial policies, thereby generating a performance decay. The use of system dynamics modelling in a waste collection company offered an effective contribution to support decision makers to overcoming myopic decisions. Design/methodology/approach Literature review and a case study analysis (including interviews with company actors and data gathering) offered the basis to build a system dynamics model. The model built was then used to run simulations sessions to assess alternative investments decisions. Findings Simulation results show that understanding cause-and-effect relationships between company sub-systems can help managers to shift the focus of their decision process from a single department to the whole business system. Further, the paper offers three alternative scenarios (myopic, reactive and proactive) from which to learn how to design effective long-term sustainable policies. Research limitations/implications The simulation model was developed based on a literature review and a single-case study. Although it offers a useful contribution in the investigated case, to generalise its results, additional application to waste collection companies would be desirable. Practical implications The findings of the study have implications for public decision makers and those scholars investigating how to discourage the adoption of myopic decisions in complex environments. Originality/value To the best of our knowledge, only few studies investigated how the fleet management is likely to impact on the performance of waste collection companies. This study offers a contribution in this direction.

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Optimal fleet replacement: A case study on a Spanish urban transport fleet

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

A New Comprehensive Approach for Efficient Road Vehicle Procurement Using Hybrid DANP-TOPSIS Method

A New Comprehensive Approach for Efficient Road Vehicle Procurement Using Hybrid DANP-TOPSIS Method

Bus Fleet Management – A Systematic Literature Review

Overcoming managers’ myopic decisions in a waste collection company

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