Organisational benefits
For your organisation, the benefits from implementing an effective Fleet Safety Management system include cost savings, improvements in performance and efficiency, improved wellbeing, safety and health of employees, and protect your reputation.
Benefits to an organisation from introducing a Fleet Safety Management System are often immediate and sustainable. These primary benefits include:
• Lower Fleet Operating Costs - Resulting in improved competivity and potentially greater profits.
• Reduction in Incident Losses - With reduction in the loss of life, loss of equipment, injury and damage, an organisation can be more effective.
• Reduction in Staff Time Lost - Any accident will disrupt vehicle scheduling and reduce effectiveness. Any death or serious injury will result in replacement recruitment and training costs.
• Reduced Insurance Costs - An organisation’s insurance rating and costs will be affected by its incident rate. Reduced premiums will reduce operating costs.
• More Effective Vehicle Use - With fewer incidents, the number of vehicles available will be greater, enabling the organisation to carry out its transport activities more effectively. Or, help to manage down the size of the fleet.
• More Likely to be in Compliance with legal requirements – With fleet management systems and controls in place the organisation will reduce the risk of being out of compliance and incurring fines and other legal penalties.
• Improved Staff Morale - The death or injury of a member of staff will cause upset and disruption to the organisation, making it less able to meet its obligations.
• Improved ’Off the Job’ Road Safety - Through building good driving habits within the employee pool, the safety of staff will improve when driving their private vehicles, which will contribute to the overall positive effect on the organisation and country in which it is operating.
• Improved Safety Culture - A culture of safety will pervade all activities, and staff will be less likely to be killed or injured.
• Organisation’s Reputation – Will help to uphold an organisation’s reputation and avoid it being tarnished.
Case Study - Agility
Faced with a high number of accidents the senior management of Agility, a leading logistics company, decided to invest in a fleet safety programme. The success of the fleet safety programme was not only measured in the number of decreased accidents. Agility also recorded decreases in serious and slight injuries, lost man hours, vehicular damage, cargo damage and late delivery penalties. Moreover, the drivers gained a valuable skill set they can take back to their home countries. Before the introduction of the programme there was an average of 20 accidents per month. Within six months after the programme this reduced to six per month.
