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FLEET OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

Location
Dubai, UAE
Date
From Date: 18-Aug-2025   
To Date: 22-Aug-2025
Duration
5 days
Language
ENGLISH
Discipline
Marine & Offshore Engineering
Introduction

Transport is a critical and costly function that is frequently overlooked. Yet the benefits from efficient control and administration of operations and transport vehicles can be substantial. After exploring the different transport modes of road, sea and air, this seminar looks at the practical. Day-to-day basic operational procedures to be carried out in managing a fleet of road vehicles used for freight transport. It then explores how to run these transport operations more productively, including an overview of the legislation and regulations involved. It will give a structured approach so delegates can analyze and then improve their transport operations.

Objective
  • Examine the link of transport in the company operations and activities
  • Analyze the key areas of operations
  • Identify and Understand key performance indicators
  • Succeed in improving operations
  • Best in class practices
  • Be able to understand, recall, and apply improvements after the seminar for work-based application

 

Audience
  • Those new to managing freight transport fleets
  • Those non-transport people who need to gain an awareness of the issues and key drivers of road freight transport operations
  • Transport and Distribution Supervisors/Managers who need a “confirmation” of their current
  • Operations
  • Those companies who buy in freight transport who need to understand the key drivers of transport operations
Content

Introduction

  • The Role of the Transport
  • Objectives, roles and responsibilities
  • Definitions and uses of transport
  • Checklist to undertake an initial analysis of operations
  • Transport Modes and Methods Speed, cost and reliability variables Choosing transport modes

Checklists on advantages/disadvantages of alternative modes

 

Vehicles and Equipment

  • Vehicle types
  • Body types
  • Mechanical handling equipment
  • Vehicle specifying
  • Checklists to help on deciding the best option
  • Checklists on Equipment Selection

 

Route Planning

  • Routing & scheduling
  • The trade off between vehicle fill and customer requirements
  • Critical planning elements to cover in every journey
  • Scheduling differences dependant on drops and distances
  • Checklist on how to complete Time Planning & Scheduling Use of computerized packages
  • Vehicle, operator and driver legislation
  • Vehicle Service & Maintenance and Repair (SMR) management and Checklist.

 

  • Accident awareness analysis, cost analysis and preventing
  • Fleet safety management
  • Health and Safety legislation

 

Improvements, Productivity, Cost and Service

  • Identifying the Typical Costs involved

Getting costs under control by targeting and measurement

  • Checklists on Vehicle Productivity, Vehicle costs and  on fuel economy
  • Service level analysis

 

  • Checklist on Customer Service Sampling

 

  • Fleet utilization

 

  • Fleet replacement and disposal

 

Managing Drivers

 

  • Managing human resource in fleets
  • Importance of drivers Motivating, Training
  • Checklist on motivation
  • Course evaluation and summary

 

 

 

NOTE:

Pre-& Post Tests will be conducted.

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day reviews, and assessments will be carried out.

 

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Certificate

Define Management Consultants Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences.  Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

  • 30% Lectures
  • 30% Workshops and work presentation
  • 20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
  • 20% Videos& General Discussions
Fees
• $5,500 per participant for Public Training includes Materials/Handouts, tea/coffee breaks, refreshments & Lunch

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