PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

Fleet management is a function that allows companies who rely on transportation in their business, to remove or minimize the risks associated with vehicle investment. Effective fleet management leads to improved efficiency, productivity and reducing overall transportation and staff costs, whilst ensuring compliance with government legislation. While this role can be managed by either an in-house fleet-management department or outsourced provider, this course explores the benefits, costs and risks that exist for companies choosing to manage the function themselves.

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To:

›       State the objectives of fleet management and the role of the fleet manager

›       Implement a fleet preventive maintenance program

›       Determine requirements for efficient workshops

›       Implement fleet safety and driver selection programs

›       Use capital budgeting techniques to perform vehicle replacement analysis

›       Optimize distribution vehicle routes

›       Implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and measure performance of the fleet

›       Distinguish the important from the unimportant in managing the maintenance of a fleet (cars, buses, trucks, materials handling equipment)

›       Identify the critical vehicles, mechanics, vendors and drivers costing money

›       Apply new ideas to reduce maintenance calls and fuel consumption

›       Slash paperwork and improve warranty recovery

›       Manage fleet maintenance with efficiency and impact

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Fleet Supervisors

›       Fleet Coordinators

›       Logistics Personnel and Managers

›       Individuals and teams involved in the day-to-day management of a transport operations

›       Organizations looking to enhance the efficiency of its current transport operations through improving mode selection, vehicle scheduling, working methods, legislation adherence and cost/benefit analysis

›       Organizations considering bringing a freight operation back in-house from a third-party operator

›       Logistics Consultants

›       Logistics and Financial Managers

›       Account and operations Managers for Third-Party Logistics providers

›       Warehousing Supervisors

›       Inventory Management

›       Logistics Operations Personnel

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS

›       What is logistics?

›       Importance of transportation role in logistics & supply chain

INTRODUCTION TO FLEET MANAGEMENT

›       Definition of fleet management

›       Objectives and costs of fleet management

›       Fleet manager profile

FLEET MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

›       Roles and responsibilities in maintenance

›       Preventive maintenance inspection

›       Scope of preventive maintenance programs

›       Unscheduled maintenance and road calls

›       Tire selection and management

›       Parts and supply management

›       Vendor versus in-house maintenance

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

›       Program layout and tools

›       Computing program productivity

›       Facility and bay space requirements

FLEET SAFETY MANAGEMENT

›       Elements of a safety program

›       Reasons for accident prevention

›       Driver selection criteria

›       Fleet skill tests

›       Road accident types

VEHICLE SELECTION & REPLACEMENT

›       Vehicle selection criteria

›       Own or contract analysis

›       Vehicle replacement analysis

›       Capital budgeting techniques

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

›       Transportation fundamentals and optimization

›       Factors affecting transportation decisions

›       Network design options

›       Routing of distribution vehicles

MEASURING & IMPROVING FLEET PERFORMANCE

›       Fleet measurement system

›       Transportation costs and cost ratios

›       Transportation asset productivity

›       Financial and quality indicators

›       Cycle-time indicators

›       Measuring and improving fleet utilization

IMPORTANCE OF FLEET MAINTENANCE

›       Responsibilities of fleet management

›       Benefits of effective maintenance

›       Evaluation of fleet operations

A FLEET SELF-AUDIT

›       Identification of major cost areas

›       Use and misuse of the repair order

›       Introducing change

›       Pre-planning steps

›       Finding and controlling waste

›       Tools for fleet maintenance management

FUEL SAVING STRATEGIES

›       When and how to trade

›       Improving warranty recovery

›       Safety and loss prevention
the fleet manager

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

›       New technologies

›       PM, PdM and PCR

›       True cost analysis and crisis avoidance

›       Optimizing costs

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY & SCHEDULING

›       Managing the stockroom and reducing inventory levels

›       Reducing ownership and operating costs

›       Improving personal productivity

ADDITIONAL DETAILS