I don't know guys... Whats more costly, GAS or TECHNICIAN's Time?
Let expand that more.... What is the real cost of technician's time. Lost
technician time is really lost revenue. That technican is required to
generate revenues which are mutiples of his direct income/cost. To cover the
various overheads of the company. The problem can't just be solved by
hiring more techs, every tech needs to be managed, sales generated for him,
etc.
A trip to DC and Back from offices. 1.5 hours (60 miles round trip)
Tech time cost @ $20 per hour = $30. ($15 per hour + factoring in Taxes,
Benefits, Paid Holidays and such)
Gas Cost @ 10 miles per gallon, @ $3 per gallon = $18.
So in conclusion, technician time is almost twice as costly as gas.
So the big question is, whats required to optimize a technician's time? How
much more efficiency can be acheived by being more organized? What allows
better organization? Do you buy the 8 mpg commercial size VAN to gain more
room, or the smaller 20 mpg Station wagon / Family VAN ?
I chose the Family VAN 5 years ago, and bought two of them. How much space
do you really need? Well I pay the consequences daily.
I am confident that I am loosing because of that decission. There is just
not enough room in that VAN. My techs spend more time cleaning their Vans
than they do doing installs, and they are still Pig Steyes. I NEED A BIGGER
VAN! Or I need a more organized way of using it. I started to make a list
of all the components that we needed in the VAN, the list was getting so
large, I ran out of paper. Is it management or space?
Those that support the idea that a smaller vehichle is acceptable, I'd be
interested in hearing what you carry with you, and what product you chose to
do with out. I just haven't found a way to make it all fit.
Get answers at this years ISPCON. #A8
Truck Roll Tricks: Installations that Maximize Time and Money
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl A Jeptha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] gas prices
Hey, leave my Taurus wagon alone. I would like to go back to an AWD
Astro/Safari, but the cost of gas is the problem, but the height, the
space and the AWD makes all the difference.
the difference in mileage between the two is double. $25.00CDN and
$45.00CDN for the same distance. Can't argue with the wife (Accounting
Dept.) with those figures. :-D
You have a Good Day now,
Carl A Jeptha
http://www.airnet.ca
office 905 349-2084
Emergency only Pager 905 377-6900
skype cajeptha
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
I thought of that too. But if I get an extra 5, even 10 mpg it still
won't make up for the payment on the rig.
I love these uses Taurus wagons. I've had two of them go 230,000 miles
now with nothing major. Oh yeah, one got an engine at 220,000 or so but
that was my fault for running it low on oil.
Pick them up used with 75,000 to 100,000 all day long. Usually for less
than $8k too. Cheap insurance, decent mileage, easy to get the ladder on
etc. My only problem now is that I have too many towers up in the sticks
and can't get to them without whacking the bottom of the car all of the
time on the rocks. (I DO know that changing an oil pan in one runs
$500!)
I'm gonna have to find an suv for my next rig. Probably a Cherokee or
Durango. Not sure yet. I want a QUIET rig this time. That's the worst
thing about the Taurus around here. The roads are rough and the car is
awful.
laters,
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] gas prices
I don't believe the gas prices will come back down to below 2.00 any
time soon.
So we're shopping for new high gas mileage vehicles.
George
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
Hi All,
Just got our $700 gas bill for last month. That's just MY driving. No
employees. And I don't even drive an suv!
I'm thinking of a $20 per install fuel surcharge. Kinda like what the
concrete company did to me last year at this time.
What are people that have large spread out networks doing?
If we slow down on the installs it'll not be a big deal. But if it
kicks into overdrive again in a month or so (pretty normal for us) this
summer is gonna be ugly.
thoughts?
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own
wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
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