Equipment

Understanding Total Cost of Equipment Ownership
Knowing the total cost of ownership for each asset is critical to making strategic, data-driven fleet decisions that impact the bottom line. Those decisions include which brand to purchase, whether to purchase new or used, when to dispose of an asset for maximum ROI and when to rent instead of own.
By Bret Kasubke
March 10, 2020
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Equipment
by Bret Kasubke
Bret Kasubke is Director, Customer Equipment Solutions at United Rentals. He has 20+ years of demonstrated excellence in driving performance improvement. The Customer Fleet Solutions team collaborates with large equipment owners in developing solutions to optimize their owned fleets while lowering their total cost of equipment operations.
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