| Fleet management is important for any business, | | | | a proactive approach by ensuring the necessary |
| especially considering the impact of technological | | | | strategic changes are made. These include |
| changes and environmental issues in recent times. | | | | restructuring business travel procedures by replacing |
| Indeed, fleet controllers are becoming an integral part | | | | business mileage with video conferencing. In addition, it |
| of any business in their attempts to ensure and | | | | is wise to continuously assess the fleet to determine |
| maintain high standards of service when administering | | | | its environmental footprint and where necessary, |
| and managing a multinational fleet of vehicles. | | | | provide training to encourage efficiencies. |
| As a result, financially and commercially astute fleet | | | | Safety issues are also high on the agenda. The |
| controllers are in high demand to meet expectations | | | | Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act |
| that include ensuring budgetary constraints are met, | | | | 2007 came into effect in April 2008 where employers |
| cost savings are highlighted and innovative fleet | | | | can be held liable for the death of individuals caused |
| procedures are developed. This comes at a time | | | | by failings in health and safety. As a result, various |
| where fleet management companies are required to | | | | fleet management companies have begun to offer risk |
| meet existing service level agreements in a more | | | | assessment services to identify high-risk drivers; |
| challenging marketplace. | | | | ensuring training and re-education. |
| Multinational fleet management companies produce | | | | Furthermore, the high cost of fuel in recent times |
| long term fleet plans to maintain first-rate fleet | | | | continues to have a major impact on the operation |
| availability and turnaround time. In the creation and | | | | and management of large fleets. Therefore, fleet |
| implementation of these plans, long term trends that | | | | controllers are required to find ways of lowering fuel |
| include rising fuel costs, meeting green issues and | | | | costs and operating expenses, whilst maintaining high |
| changes in technology must be considered. This is in | | | | service delivery standards. And the solution may |
| addition to the more traditional multinational fleet control | | | | involve the continual assessment of current practices |
| and management duties such as the purchase, | | | | and procedures to highlight cost savings. |
| maintenance and repair, and disposal of company | | | | But in multinational fleet management, successful fleet |
| vehicles in a variety of locales. These issues provide | | | | controllers must rise to the challenge to ensure fleet |
| the fleet controller with a challenging role, especially | | | | maintenance is delivered against agreed service levels |
| when fleet sizes can be in excess of 1000 fleet | | | | and standards. And to do this, it is vital that internal |
| vehicles across a range of countries. | | | | budgets are managed to minimise the impact of rising |
| Indeed, many fleet managers will often state that | | | | fuel costs, health and safety, changes in technology, as |
| environmental issues are an essential consideration; | | | | well consideration of environmental issues. |
| nowadays it is important that fleet managers maintain | | | | |