THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS: THE PROS AND CONS

Third-Party Logistics (i.e. 3PL) is a service that allows you to outsource operational logistics from warehousing, all the way through to delivery, and ultimately enables you to focus on other parts of your business. Third-party logistics companies provide any number of services having to do with the logistics of the supply chain. This includes transportation, warehousing, picking and packing, inventory […]

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UNDERSTANDING METRICS IN FLEET MANAGEMENT

Achieving fleet management optimization and efficiency requires that you measure. Every Fleet Management has underlying goals and objectives. Knowing how well you are doing relative to the set objectives requires that you have some basis for comparing your actual output against the result you ‘desire’ to have. An old business adage says you manage what you measure or in another […]

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JOB DESCRIPTION OF A FLEET/LOGISTICS AUDITOR

A Fleet or Logistics Auditor is basically responsible for carrying out an unbiased continuous evaluation of the logistics firm or specific process or system within the firm with a view to establishing sustainable quality standards, providing constant access to reliable information, offering support for strategic and managerial decision making and identifying areas for improvement and elimination of inefficiencies.

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FLEET FOR PROFIT: PREVENT ACCIDENTS, REDUCE REPAIR EXPENSES – PART ONE

For years, under pressure from senior management, the fleet world has been scrambling to cut expenses. To their credit, fleet managers have responded to the challenge in a variety of ways, from “rightsizing” to extending the service life of their vehicles and making their fleets more fuel-efficient. Another approach, however, has yet to be fully exploited by the fleet industry […]

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