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.
Continue reading »HAULAGE OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA: SITUATING BEST STANDARDS WITHIN LOCAL REALITIES
OUR ENVIRONMENT IS PECULIAR! THE latest technology that comes with new generation asset types is capable of providing insight into a huge range of fleet activities, each impacting on different areas of a business for the achievement of specific strategic goals.
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FLEET MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF ASSET AND ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
DEFINITION: Fleet Management is a function which allows companies which rely on transportation in business to remove or minimize the risks associated with vehicle investment, improving efficiency, productivity and reducing their overall transportation and staff costs, providing 100% compliance with government legislation (duty of care) and many more.
Continue reading »NEITI: CRUDE OIL WORTH $15.9BN LOST IN FOUR YEARS
—- NIMASA never prosecuted infractions The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mr. Waziri Adio, Wednesday disclosed that a whopping $15.9 billion in crude oil was either lost or not accounted for between 2011 and 2014.
Continue reading »FLEET MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS: MEANING AND TYPES
Establishing safety and risk management policies and programs for the vehicles in your fleet is another way to protect your company’s financial investments.
Continue reading »EYES OF THE HIGHWAYS: RAISING A ‘TRUCKER ARMY’ FOR TRAFFICKING FIGHT
There was a time when truck driver Kevin Kimmel knew little about the scourge of human trafficking. That all changed when he pulled into a gas station in New Kent County, Virginia, on the morning of January 6, 2015. Kimmel recalls a quiet scene with few other people around. Yet a “kind of unusual” family recreational vehicle parked nearby caught […]
Continue reading »A TIRING DRIVE WITH TIRELESS FASHOLA – A MUST READ!
For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
Continue reading »ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF BAN ON VEHICLES THROUGH LAND BORDERS
In the next two weeks, the ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders would be two months. It is one policy measure that would have impact on many Nigerians. Already, the effect is beginning to be felt by various stakeholders. The effect could either be positive or negative. For the ports, the landlord of the system, the Nigerian […]
Continue reading »FEAR GRIPS LAGOS DRIVERS, CONDUCTORS AS GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BAN DANFO BUSES
For Ayo Bamidele, a typical day begins at 4:00 a.m. and ends 19 hours later at about 11:00 p.m. A driver of the popular commercial mini-bus, otherwise known as ‘Danfo’, Mr. Bamidele plies the Oshodi-Ilupeju route of the Lagos metropolis. But because he resides in Agbado-Ijaiye part of the city, he wakes up very early and gets home late in […]
Continue reading »ONE DEATH RECORDED AS CAR PLUNGES INTO LAGOS LAGOON AGAIN (PICTURES)
Barely 48 hours after the tragic incident that occurred at Ikorodu where a fully loaded luxury bus plunged into the Majidun River killing three passengers including the driver, another river-related tragedy struck again on Saturday night when a silver-coloured Kia Rio car plunged into the Lagoon at Mekwen Bridge, Bonny camp, Marina, at about 7.47 p.m., killing a woman. Two […]
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