Transportation activities can account for over 70% of organizational supply chain costs. Thus, it is vital that an organization gets the transportation function right, whether its ambition is to meet personnel mobility needs or to execute the delivery of goods and materials.

Description

Transportation activities can account for over 70% of organizational supply chain costs. Thus, it is vital that an organization gets the transportation function right, whether its ambition is to meet personnel mobility needs or to execute the delivery of goods and materials. In this course, we will examine the transportation function in a holistic manner. We start by outlining the requirements of successful fleet maintenance programs and workshops. We then describe the components of stringent fleet and driver safety programs and experiment with different capital budgeting and distribution routing techniques. We conclude with a thorough explanation of key fleet performance measures.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be 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 Create fleet safety and driver selection programs Use capital budgeting techniques to perform vehicle replacement analysis
• Optimize distribution vehicle routes
• Write Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and measure performance of the fleet
• Smarter, better trained managers lead to more profitable fleets
• Emphasises cross-training so managers have an idea of the “big picture”
• Shares best practices from among the smartest fleets best practices
• Includes a number of interactive learning elements
• Kept up-to-date with new policies, laws and best practices
• Price breaks opportunities for organisations buying multiple copies
• How to manage a fleet effectively and efficiently
• Applying the generally accepted appropriate vehicle fleet management principles.
• Applying knowledge of logistics, supply chain management, technical and maintenance activities etc. conducive to fleet management.
• Selecting appropriate vehicles and method of acquisition and financing.
• Executing the fleet management policy of the business

Who is this Training Course for?

• Procurement Managers Supply Chain Managers Workshop Managers
• Traffic Controllers
• Transport Managers
• Finance Personnel Distribution/logistics Managers Fleet Managers
• Procurement Officers
• Fleet Maintenance Supervisors Vehicle Tracking Managers Operations Mangers
• Fleet Analysts/consultants.

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This course uses a variety of individual exercises, team exercises and case studies. It also leverages a series of videos portraying the latest transportation management systems

The Course Content

DAY ONE: Introduction to fleet management

• Definition of fleet management
• Overview of fleet management
• Fleet management principles.
• Transport management environment and current economic trends
• Developing a successful fleet programme requires some key elements.
• Identifying the three core elements of fleet management.
• Costs associated with fleet management

DAY TWO: Fleet maintenance management

• Roles and responsibilities in maintenance
• Benefits of preventive maintenance inspections
• Scope of preventive maintenance programs
• Unscheduled maintenance
• Road calls
• Tire selection and management
• Parts and supply management
• Vendor versus in-house maintenance

DAY TWO: Workshop management

• Workshop layout
• Workshop tools
• Computing workshop productivity
• Facility requirements
• Bay space layout

DAY THREE: Fleet safety management

• Elements of a safety program
• Reasons for accident prevention
• Driver selection criteria
• Fleet skill tests
• Road accident types

DAY THREE: Vehicle selection and replacement

• Vehicle selection criteria
• Own or contract analysis
• Vehicle replacement analysis
• Capital budgeting techniques

DAY FOUR: Transportation and distribution planning

• Transportation fundamentals and optimization
• Factors affecting transportation decisions
• Network design options
• Routing of distribution vehicles

DAY FOUR: Measuring and improving fleet performance

• Fleet measurement system
• Transportation costs
• Cost ratios
• Transportation asset productivity
• Financial and quality indicators
• Cycle time indicators

Measuring and improving fleet utilization