Successful fleet & Transport Management

What you will learn?

You will be learning about different transport and fleet utilizing tactics and useful methods. This course will teach you about definitions of fleet management, customer service related to the field, communication with the suppliers and vehicle managers, and objectives and costs of hiring the drivers and fleet management staff.

Replacing a vehicle, corrective maintenance, manpower efficiency, and workshop tools will be discussed in class. Transportation safety topics include structuring distribution routes, controlling safety, key performance indicators and their measurement, budgeting control, safety hazards, performance evaluation, tracking and monitoring vehicles and selection of modes of transport.

Prerequisite or Relevant Knowledge

This course requires an A-Levels or equivalent degree or qualification in order to sit in this course. Any relevant knowledge of experience is appreciated too.

Who should attend?

Professionals like fleet managers, transportation managers, distribution routers, and performance managers looking to augment their knowledge and study further and learn further in their field about the latest management techniques, are the target audience for this course.

Introduction to fleet management

Definition of fleet management

Objectives of fleet management

Costs associated with fleet management

Maximizing customer service

Fleet manager profile

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

Workshop management

Workshop layout

Workshop tools

Computing workshop productivity

Facility requirements

Bay space layout

Fleet safety management

Elements of a safety program

Reasons for accident prevention

Driver selection criteria

Fleet skill tests

Road accident types

Vehicle selection and replacement

Vehicle selection criteria

Own or contract analysis

Vehicle replacement analysis

Capital budgeting techniques

Transportation and distribution planning

Transportation fundamentals and optimization

Factors affecting transportation decisions

Network design options

Routing of distribution vehicles

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

Impact/Benefits of this Course

Transport and management is crucial for any business. With no transit, you can’t get your products to your customers and fulfill their demands. You have to convey the whole material someplace every now and then.

So there are some disciplines and principles while working with a fleet management career. This course will teach you all those methods and principles to work your way through every transportation problem and let you utilize the transport available to you.

At Course Completion

When the course reaches the end, you will be able to perform successful implementation of procedures and techniques related to fleet management and transport. You will be able to bespeak the role of fleet manager and how his activities are necessary in supply chain management.

You will be able to apply your skills for the effective management of fleet which include cars, vans, trucks and buses. Requirements identification and fulfilment of operations will also be a key skill. Key Performance Indicators are also one of the very helpful skills in this course. Along with all these abilities, you will be able to implement a fleet maintenance action, effective workshops, and you will also be able to assign various vehicle routes.