P EO PLE • PLA CES • PR ODUCTS • POTEN TIAL
Bakers, you biscuits!
B
akers SA Limited, a prominent
transport logistics company
from KwaZulu-Natal, played
proud host to a unique celebration last
month, as they became the first fleet
company to complete the roll-out of
the Fleet Owner Workplace Programme
designed by MBSA and their corporate
social responsibility partner, Corridor
Empowerment Project (CEP).
Bakers have also introduced driver
rest centres between the major
transport routes, namely: JHB - DBN,
DBN - CPT and JHB - CPT. Bakers’
drivers are therefore fresh and relaxed
before moving on.
The aim of the programme is to
assist fleet owners in taking a holistic
approach to employee health, based
on a proven model.
The head office in Pietermaritzburg
has a proper wellness centre where
drivers are checked before they
embark on their journeys.
During the event, aBr MOVE managed
to catch up with Shabir Ahmed Tayob:
Marketing and Logistics Director at
Bakers Transport.
There is a “no driving zone” between
22h00 and 02h00 at Bakers and all
vehicles are closely monitored with
tracking devices.
➲ Abdool Tayob, chief executive, Bakers SA (centre) is
joined by Johan Opperman, Bakers SA National SHEQ
manager (left) and staff members from the Workplace
Wellness Committee
This centre also dispenses chronic
medication and even administers
vaccines. A fully equipped gym is on
site and is free to use by staff.
From our discussion with Shabir, we learned that Bakers
Transport is very passionate about their wellness programme.
Bakers have 12 depots nationally, with these centres serviced by
mobile wellness units.
Shabir says the company’s drivers have been positive and have
embraced the wellness programme.
The company has a proper in-house driver training programme,
which all new drivers have to pass. Drivers are given a refresher
course on an annual basis. In total the company employs 1 200
people and operates a fleet close to 500 vehicles, 99% of which
wear a Mercedes-Benz badge.
Education and HIV awareness have been a big focus for the
company. Shabir says Bakers believe in driver retention, since
healthy driver’s mean increased productivity.
During his address, Shabir said that the wellness and training
programme had saved the company anywhere between one and
thirteen percent in tyres and 25 percent on the life of each truck.
This amounted to more than R7-million per year in savings.
The company’s wellness centre is approximately five years old.
Among other functions, it performs eye tests - a crucial aspect
of a long distance driver’s wellbeing.
Fuchs Lubricants Commits to 80% Minimum Collection
of Used Oils
F
uchs Lubricants, the world’s largest independent
lubricants company, in partnership with the Rose
Foundation, has committed to collect
at least 80% of its collectable used oil from
customers in the mining, automotive, industrial
and related sectors.
manager, Fuchs Lubricants. “We are developing synergistic,
stable and sustainable partnerships with groups that have
similar objectives and in the process, we are raising
awareness of Rose’s efforts and initiatives within
member companies,” he adds.
“This will enable the role of the National Oil Recycling
Association of South Africa (NORA-SA) to be clearly
communicated and understood.”
“Our aim is to create awareness that used oil is a
hazardous but a recyclable resource.
We want to influence customer behaviour in the
handling and disposal of used oil through educational and
marketing campaigns,” says John Anderson, Automotive OEM
| logistics in action
Fuchs Lubricants is also considering investments in improving the
handling of various used oil containers at collector and bulking
facilities to increase the volumes collected.
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