Fleet Management training course ensures that as more and more responsibility is placed on the Fleet and Transportation function, the need has intensified for its practitioners to be highly skilled in the various elements of Fleet and Transportation Management and to be completely up to date with best practices in the industry both national and international.

Fleet management training Course Outcomes

After successful completion of this short learning programme the learners should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts transportation and fleet
• Define and distinguish between transportation and fleet management
• Demonstrate an understanding of the legislation and regulations that guide transport and fleet management
• Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities of role‐players in transport and fleet management
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to plan an integrated transport management strategy
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to implement an integrated transport management strategy
• Demonstrate an understanding of the link between transport management and performance management

Target Group

Line Managers/Fleet and Transportation Managers of departments, who have to understand their role and responsibilities in terms of transport and fleet management.

Fleet management training Course Outline

Day 1

• An overview of transport & fleet management
• A standard framework for transport & Fleet management training
• Role‐players and their responsibilities for transport & Fleet management training
• Managing contracts and developing new business
• scheduling service, MOT and repair programs
• Finding cost-effective sources of new vehicles
• Coordinating the replacement of existing fleets
• Ensuring the security of the vehicles when not in use
• Organizing staff cover.
• Mileage and fuel costs Auditing
• Service schedules and maintenance histories
• Car availability and vehicle locations
• The fleet’s taxable value, capital value and depreciation rate.
• Strong organization skills
• Good IT skills for setting up a Logistics Cycle for Fleet Managers
• the ability to interpret figures and spot trends
• Good maths skills for managing Fleet contracts
• A flexible approach and the ability to make decisions quickly
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills
• Good motivational and leadership qualities to coordinating your drivers
• The ability to meet Fleet targets.
• Enabling real-time routing and scheduling of vehicles
• Eliminating unauthorized private use of vehicles
• Eliminating unnecessary detours on route to the job
• Identifying vehicle inefficiencies due to speeding, harsh driving and excessive idling
• Raise awareness (Celebrating your fleet members)
• Assess and train drivers
• Incentivize improved performance

Smarter Driving

• Organizations can reduce fuel bills by up to 10 percent
• Making sure cars are serviced regularly and inflating tires to the correct pressures
• Reducing insurance and maintenance costs by encouraging through:

• Driving at an appropriate speed to reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption
• Avoiding engine idling
• Avoiding carrying unnecessary weight in the vehicle
• Anticipating what is happening on the road ahead to avoid sharp breaking or fast acceleration

Setting up Driver Feedback System (DFS)

Marketing and communication system for fleet managers

Day 2                                                            

• Managing the transport & Fleet management training effectively
• Work Identification
• Planning
• Analyzing your Fleet and Transportation Management S.W.O.T for effective planning
• Planning Procedures
• S.W.O.T Session exercise
• Scheduling
• Integrated  Fleet Facilities Management; Life Cycle Costing; Continuous improvement philosophy
• Facility Condition Indexing
• Interpreting the FCI range in Transportation and Fleet management training
• Real-life situation exercises in FCI
• FCI impacts, Failures and passenger’s Morale
• Impact of Asset Management tools on Corrective maintenance and repairs
• Depreciation technique of Fleet components and parts

• Control & prevention of losses in transport & Fleet management training
• Failure management and Control                                              
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Downtime reduction     
• Tools for controlling Failure in Transportation and Fleet management training
• Checklist systems development and operations
• Developing a robust Service Level Agreement

Day 3

Mitigate transport and fleet risks within the business that is caused by human factors

• Transportation and Fleet Logistics  Risk Management                                                            
• Transportation and Fleet Logistics  Risk Auditing
• Transportation and Fleet Risk Priotization and Categorization

Optimize fleet utilization for maximum efficiencies and to achieve a faster turnaround time

• Transport & Fleet management training performance
• Modes of transport and related challenges
• Strategies for effective transport & Fleet management training
• The strategic scope of Logistics
• Integrated Logistics System                                                                                                                 
• Stakeholders Management for effective results                         
• Elements of stakeholders Management
• Stakeholders Analysis
• Stakeholders Planning
• Stakeholders Prioritization techniques

Transportation and Fleet management training                                                         

• The increasing cost of Fuel
• What is Fuel Management
• Goals of an effective Fuel Management Program.
• Implementing the major strategies of Fuel Management
• Fuel Audit for Transportation Managers
• Increasing your company’s profit using Fuel Management