Local Government

Effective mobile workforce programs help keep community service levels high in a tight budget world

Local government budgets are stretched even more with today's economic situation.

In this challenging time, Runzheimer International can help reduce costs and strengthen program management for mobile employees. We offer services configurable to meet specific needs as well as outsourced implementation and administration of programs.

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• New Driver Safety Training - Reduce accidents and costs* Accidents happen at an alarming rate among government drivers. We are launching a computerized training program that has been independently shown to reduce crash risk by 51% among numerous other benefits. Based on the study of Useful Field of View®, the exercises retrain your brain to improve visual processing through a video game type approach.
  
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• Fleet Vehicles - Reduce costs and administrative time Understanding if you have the right vehicle for the right job or if all of your vehicles are needed to serve your community can be difficult and time-consuming. With the proper methodology, studies have shown a potential reduction in fleet costs of 5% to 30%.
  
  Runzheimer specializes in all aspects of consulting and analyzing local fleet programs and can work with you to develop a program that meets your objectives.
  
  
• Technology Help Desk - Maintain high productivity with 24/7 assistance* Technology helps departments provide services to the community.
  
  Help Desk support, outsourced through Runzheimer, offers immediate technical assistance and keeps community service levels strong. It is accessible by all employees whether they work in the office, at home or in remote offices. Runzheimer's 24/7 support is available during the workday, after hours and on weekends.
  
  
• Telework - Flexibility that maintains service and reduces costs Telework allows departments to extend work-at-home options to employees while potentially reducing office space needs. Combined with well-managed and flexible schedules, office hours can even be increased to better meet citizen needs.
  
  Runzheimer can help you set up and manage a telework program and has helped other organizations identify 20% - 30% savings opportunities.
  
  
• Precise Mileage and Smart Driving Routes - Cutting fuel costs*Inaccurate accounts of miles driven and random driving routes can increase expense payments and fuel consumption.
  
  Runzheimer's new GPS-based services reduce program costs and administrative time by creating optimal driving routes, automating mileage capture and providing visibility into daily driver activity. One local agency Runzheimer is familiar with utilized route optimization for their garbage trucks and realized over 20% in fuel savings through implementing "smart" routes.
  
  
• Travel Expenses - Automate and benchmark to realize savings Many local governments may feel that their travel expense program is under control. However, one agency may have automated expense processing to a certain degree, while another may use a paper-based approach. Meanwhile, no one is benchmarking travel expenditures against industry standards.
  
  Runzheimer's Travel Management Services combine these areas of  travel management into one system, more accurately tracking spending , expediting expense payments, highlighting excessive spending, and comparing expenditures to industry benchmarks. Utilizing our travel services can help you realize cost savings of 5% to 20%.
  
  
• Mobile Devices - Managing the complexities and reducing costs Cellular phones, Smartphones, PDAs and other mobile device plans are complex and change daily. It can be difficult to assess inventory, actual usage and overpayment for unneeded options.
  
  Whether you have 10 or 1,000 devices, Runzheimer can help you manage your mobile device program to reduce uncertainty, control costs and keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Through wireless carrier consolidation and a structured device management program, Runzheimer helped one organization identify over $125,000 in cost savings.
  
  
• Employee Mobility Assessment - Seeing the holistic view In addition to these specific offerings, Runzheimer can help you achieve and sustain a high level of service through an integrated approach called Total Employee Mobility® (TEM®). TEM promotes holistic and strategic management of workforce mobility programs. Using our unique TEM assessment, our consultants can review all your employee mobility programs and find ways to leverage spending, increase agility and raise employee satisfaction, while helping you offer the same high level of community service.