Services - maintenance agreements, truck leasing, transportation consulting

Structuring long term economical parts and service agreements with vendors insures not only continued savings, but also helps stabilize the cost of sale for a company’s product or service.
Our experience internalizing parts and service margins is a true strength and the backbone of our continued client growth and retention.
maintenance agreements
truck leasing
transportation consulting

Are you proactive in managing your companies CSA score? What is your most common violation, and what exactly is being done to prevent the reoccurrence of this violation? Allow our staff to review your CSA information and give positive feedback on how to prevent future violations, future violations that could lead to intervention by the DOT. We can immediately help to correct many priority intervention situations with fast action and negotiation.

As assets approach their life cycle, many small to medium private fleets elect to trade or sell equipment to retail purchasers. This disposal method can create a huge variance in capital recovery. Class 8 equipment from the first quarter of 2012 can bring in $10K - $15K per unit.
At American Logistical Concepts, we realize the importance of recovering this additional capital for our clients. These results are not only for owned equipment, but apply to a great many lease structures as well.

Extensive experience and knowledge in both State and Federal Excise Tax refunds for non-highway fuel usage. Utilizing an aggressive approach, including direct contact and negotiation of special allowances tailored specifically for the client’s fleet with the Excise Tax office. ALC also incorporates a performance based system, allowing our clients to either receive their refund or the benefit of their refund prior to having any financial obligation to ALC, and insuring client cost satisfaction.

Finance Leasing is used by many companies, both large and small, to meet their company’s current economic requirement and tax benefit.
ALC can assist in determining what structure and terms best suit your company’s overall requirement.

Transportation technology provides auto-routing, geo-fencing, on-board truck diagnostic access and active collision mitigation systems.
Weighing your needs to cost is best completed with a true analysis of ROI, expected reduction in liability, and expected impact on fleet safety rating or CSA.
We can provide an in-depth analysis of these products, claims vs. true functionality, estimated time for internal administration, and a list of both short and long range benefits these products offer.

Fuel is obviously a constant in any transportation operation; however, the way in which it is purchased can save thousands of dollars per year with a simple purchase process implementation and quarterly review.

Determining the services needed in a clients operation and the ROI on each service is the core competency of American Logistical Concepts Management with over fifty years of experience in the Leasing Industry.
We have the ability to breakdown the full service lease into individual categories with the associated cost for each allowing our clients to truly understand what each service costs and compare these to more economical solutions.

Through our thorough review and audit of transportation invoices, not only do we find invoices created by service inefficiencies, operational economic opportunities are also brought to light and create the chance to eliminate future expenses.
In this area of our services, it is not uncommon for a 10% recovery in non-contractual billing and 3% – 5% recovery in contracted expenditures to be realized.

ALC is able to provide you with a clear picture of the benefits, risk, and real economies of important business decisions.
A substantial number of new dedicated operations fail within the first year due to the lack of understanding and clarity of costs associated with many outsourcing options.

In-house service program requires a fleet of fifty or more power units or an adverse geographical location requiring large transfer expenses for service.
ALC can assist in the initial shop set-up including tools, staff recruitment, software, inventory levels and parts discount negotiations.
Ongoing involvement can include: weekly reporting of labor efficiency, audit of parts cost and supplies, development of reports to track fleet operating cost per vehicle, safety inspections, and DOT compliance

Through analysis of current vehicle operating cost and parameter settings, it is possible to lower a vehicles operating exposure significantly. ALC can provide a comprehensive review of these cost and detailed recommendations on areas of improvement, eliminating exposure to many unnecessary expenses