Welcome to the 21st Century

ACHD took a big step recently in becoming more streamlined and cost effective by signing a contract with Dyna Parts LLC (NAPA Auto Parts) to provide parts for equipment.

ACHD has a maintenance department that services all ACHD's equipment, including the Commuteride vans. Those pieces of equipment run through a lot of parts to the tune of $750,000 a year! Currently, the department has $300,000 in inventory, however, there usually is something missing, I would surmise, since a significant amount of time is spent picking up parts from various dealers who won't or can't deliver in time.

This contract is supposed to allay all that. The inventory will be taken down to a just in time situation, delivered by NAPA. Mechanics can stay in the house and on the job. This should save about $80,000 to $100,000 a year.

Idaho Power has used this system for 10 years and it's obviously worked well for them.

Kudos to Mike Brokaw, Rich Girard and the Maintenance Department for seeing a good idea and going for it.