Mueller Outsources Fleet Management to Ryder



Mueller, a manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings and metal roofing products, selected Ryder as its full service lease provider for 26 vehicles.

In its 85-year history, this is the first time Mueller elected to outsource its fleet management. With Ryder ChoiceLease Full Service, Ryder acquires vehicles according to the customer’s specifications, provides financing, bumper-to-bumper maintenance and fleet support services, and then manages vehicle disposal to protect customers from residual risk.

“Ryder is happy to partner with an industry leader like Mueller that has more than 80 years of expertise in metals manufacturing,” said Dennis Cooke, president of Global Fleet Management Solutions for Ryder. “We are eager to bring them best-in-class leasing and maintenance services, equipped with the best technicians in the industry and a network of more than 800 owned and operated service locations.”

Until Mueller made the decision to outsource, it had been up to its branch locations’ individual managers to ensure that each vehicle was getting serviced. This resulted in varying, sometimes outrageous, maintenance rates across states, as well as inconsistencies around the maintenance of the vehicles.

“Internally, it was difficult to track which trucks were getting maintained when,” said Mueller CFO Phillip Arp. “With safety regulations growing more and more stringent, we look to Ryder as a one-stop shop for managing our maintenance records, ensuring preventive maintenance gets done, advising us as to which trucks are costing us more money, and handling our vehicle trade-ins.”


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