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• Proactive Solution vs Reactive
• Data Protection & Security
• Configurability and Return on Investment ( ROI )
• G Force and Machine Vision , Artificial Intelligence ( MV + AI ) enabled
• Integrated , single supplier , multi-vendor ,
• Video Data - In Cab , Road Facing , all round view of vehicles if needed . How are you going to store , mange and align to your policies and procedures ? EBA ’ s etc .
Now all of these are ‘ technological ’ features for operational aspects of your business , However , GPS / IVMS are not true Safety solutions , from a Driver Behaviour perspective . So what thought are you giving to addressing the Driver in carrying out your CoR / WH & S responsibilities ?
• Are your Policies and Procedures up to date and reflect your business and its operations ?
• How effective are your policies once the vehicle leaves the depot ? Do you really know ?
• Have you done a Safety Audit ?
• Do you have a comprehensive view of the impacts of Accidents , Incidents and ghost damage ?
Regulations require all parties to reduce risk related to the operation of fleet vehicle across all on-road tasks , and business operations .
Fleet Drive 31 had a great article on making vehicles a safer place , whether the vehicle is subject to Chain of Responsibility or Duty of Care . You are responsible , like it or not for making all practicable efforts to address issues such as ;
• Mobile phone usage whilst driving
• Speeding
• Tailgating
• Seat belt usage
• Fatigue
• Poor behaviour
Your bandwidth
(* WH & S , Duty of Care , Chain of Responsibility )
Support -with complexity comes workload – What does partner support look like - Monthly , Quarterly , Annual Reporting / Review , accurately measuring change ?
Change and Project Management – Do you have the bandwidth and capability or will that be a feature of your ‘ decision matrix ’.
• Deployment and Implementation process
• Data – How will you use it , manage it , do you want simple dashboards , customised reports , BI Reports , and tools , In house resource or third party , vendor
Other issues that will impact some , not all of the Fleet Managers out there ,
• Driver shortages ,
• AdBlue
• Border issues
Regardless of all these issues , it represents yet again , what a dynamic field ‘ Fleet ’ truly is . To all of you , have a safe , fulfilling , and yes , at times challenging 2022 . The road ahead has never been more exciting .
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