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Improve Your Preventative Maintenance Procedures Reduce breakdowns Maximize the life of vehicle components Improve fuel efficiency Detect safety related issues & reduce potential CSA fines Prevent minor issues from escalating By performing an effective preventative maintenance check, you can help: Preventative maintenance (PM) is the practice of performing a comprehensive check of a vehicle’s total health to reduce the odds of a future malfunction. If you are a technician working for a fleet, your PM checks directly improve your employer’s bottom line. If you work for a repair facility, you help build your shop’s reputation with customers by proactively discovering issues that could potentially sideline their vehicle during the next delivery.

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Page 1: Improve Your Preventative Maintenance Procedures...Preventative maintenance (PM) is the practice of performing a comprehensive check of a vehicle’s total health to reduce the odds

ImproveYourPreventativeMaintenanceProcedures

ReducebreakdownsMaximizethelifeofvehiclecomponents

Improvefuelefficiency

Detectsafetyrelatedissues&reduce

potentialCSAfines

Preventminorissuesfromescalating

Byperforminganeffectivepreventativemaintenancecheck,youcanhelp:

Preventativemaintenance(PM)isthepracticeofperformingacomprehensivecheckofavehicle’stotalhealthtoreducetheoddsofafuturemalfunction.Ifyouareatechnicianworkingforafleet,yourPMchecksdirectlyimproveyouremployer’sbottomline.Ifyouworkforarepairfacility,youhelpbuildyourshop’sreputationwithcustomersbyproactivelydiscoveringissuesthatcouldpotentiallysidelinetheirvehicleduringthenextdelivery.

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7009ALBERTPICKROAD|GREENSBORO,NC|(336)615-8555|WWW.NOREGON.COM

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Accurate

Notonlydoyourinspectionsneedtobeaccurate,butalsotherecordingofvehicleinformationshouldcorrectlyidentifythevehicleundergoingmaintenance.JPRO’spreventativemaintenancechecklistisavailablewithoutconnectingtoavehicle,butautopopulationoffields,whichprovidesthemostaccurateinformation,requiresaconnection.Whenyouconnecttothevehicle,JPROcapturesimportantfieldssuchasodometer,VIN,Unit#,andVehicleMake/Model/Yearfromthedatabus.

Comprehensive

JPROincludesmultiplepreloadedpreventativemaintenancechecklists,includingspecializedinspectionssuchastrailerorDOT.Eachitemincludesauser-friendlydescriptionofwhatneedstobechecked,plusfieldsfornotes,whetherserviceisnecessary,andinitialstologwhoperformedtheinspection.Allfieldsarefilled

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electronicallywhilethetechnicianmakeshisorherwayaroundthevehicle,includinginformationforbrakeandtreadwear.Oncetheinspectioniscomplete,thereisasectionforthetechniciantoinputcomments,suchaswhetherthecustomerdeniedrepairs.Everyshopoperatesunderdifferentstandards,soJPRO’scapabilitiesincludecustomPMinspectionlists.Usershavetheoptiontocreatenewchecklistsfromscratch,ormodifyexistinglists.Ratherthantypingouteachrequiredinspectionitem,userssimplychoosefromalistandquicklygeneratetheirnewPMinspectionlist.

Repeatable

Becausemanyorganizationschoosetomandatethatalltechniciansfollowthesamechecklist,PMinspectionlistscreatedinJPROcaneasilybesavedandthensharedasanattachmentviaemail,ashareddirectory,orotherpreferredmethod.

Repetitioncreatesefficiency,meaningconsistentuseofthesamechecklistwillempowertechnicianstoperformpreventativemaintenancechecksquickerastheygrowaccustomtothelist.Bystandardizingyourchecklistwithinyourorganization,youwillimprovetheoverallefficiencyoftheshopand,inturn,improveprofitabilityandcustomersatisfaction.