Atlanta fleet services employees develop winning strategy

The city of Atlanta has awarded the department of public works’ office of fleet services the opportunity to improve its parts management operation through a new strategy developed by several employees.

Through a pilot process called Managed Competition, the city evaluates employees’ recommendations for improving operations and compares them to private sector proposals.

Sixteen employees with the office of fleet services worked on a proposal to manage fleet parts replacement and fulfillment in-house. Bids by private companies were also reviewed as part of the Managed Competition process.

City officials said the pilot will help it save about $3 million over the next five years.