Description
Fleet management is the ongoing process throughout the supply chain. It is the management of all aspects relating to maintaining vehicles used by companies.
Brian Roos, Managing Director of Fleet Africa further defines fleet management as encompassing everything from vehicle selection, usage and maintenance and the ultimate disposal and replacement of the individual vehicle.
Others have defined fleet management as the management of a company`s vehicle fleet including a range of functions such as vehicle financing, vehicle telematics (tracking and diagnostics), fuel management, health and safety.
Technologies in fleet management continue to evolve and in today`s world, the uses of cutting edge technologies are enhancing the work of personnel making use of fleet management systems.
Without the use of these technologies, tracking the location of all vehicles would become a daunting task and less manageable.
The proliferation of technology for instance enables fleet managers to have detailed reports on behaviour of both driver and vehicle, cut down on costs on a day-to day operations, while modern electronic fleet management systems offer accurate, real- time information on vehicle location.
According to the 2009 Frost & Sullivan fleet report, fleet managers will seek out more benefits and attributes from advanced technologies to enable them reduce operating expenses while improving driver and vehicle productivity.
The Frost and Sullivan report further went on to state that: forty seven percent of fleet companies own some type of communication technology with 13% using location and tracking technologies.
At the exhibition, Trade Conferences International will create a platform for expanding your networking in the fleet sector as well as exceeding expectations in offering unique level of knowledge sharing in the fleet technology sector.
