MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 6, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kelley Fleet Services, LLC (KFS), a leading provider of fleet maintenance, announced its one year anniversary servicing Kehe Foods fleet in Romeoville, Illinois.
Kelley Fleet Services began working with Kehe Foods fleet in October 2008. Kehe previously performed the maintenance in-house with its own technicians. KFS was up against several large industry competitors for the business before successfully being awarded the contract in 2008.
"We understood that our core competency was not vehicle maintenance," said Tom Small, executive vice president of Kehe Foods. "My management staff and I started to explore options to outsource the maintenance operations to a company whose core focus is vehicle maintenance and regulatory compliance. Kelley Fleet Services was that company."
Working closely with Kehe management, KFS implemented a seamless transition. This included the recruitment and hiring of many tenured Kehe technicians. When the transition was completed, KFS was able to retain 100% of the employees they recruited.
"Kelley Fleet Services was designed to take care of clients like Kehe Foods," said Mike Thompson, vice president of sales and marketing for KFS. "Don Kelley saw a niche in the market that was not being serviced well by the existing third party maintenance providers. He created a business model that caters to large captive shop operations where clients have shops onsite at their facilities."
KFS has adopted the tag line, "Customized Solutions ... Measurable results." They customize their solutions around the client's objectives and develop and deliver key performance Indicator (KPI) reports to measure the effectiveness of achieving those objectives. Kelley Fleet Service has historically saved their clients 13-20% over "traditional" bundled leasing & maintenance packages offered by the large national providers.
About Kelley Fleet Services, LLC
Privately held and headquartered in Mission Viejo, California, Kelley Fleet Services was created in 1999 to provide fleet management to growing organizations worldwide. KFS' primary goal is to understand their client's business objectives and the challenges they face relative to their current fleet management process and provide innovative solutions to meet those objectives.
Kelley Fleet Services is a world-class company focused on long term, mutually beneficial relationships. Through tremendous executive leadership, KFS has built a solid reputation for service, customer by customer, from the ground up.
The company was formed by Don Kelley, a transportation services industry executive with over 28 years of experience in this field. Don and his business partners boast a century of combined experience. Since the company's inception, Don and his partners have focused on creating a system that will mold to their clients' current success measures to ensure alignment with their overall mission. For more information, please visit www.kelleyfleetservices.com or call 949.595.4400.
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