fleet-serve.com Home

Home

Rationale

About fleet-serve

How it Works

Contact Us

Rationale

For organizations in developing countries vehicle costs are a large part of their annual budget and are often the most expensive thing they buy. However, in managing vehicle costs most will admit that a lack of expertise and internal transparency leads to the uncomfortable sense of continually signing off on significant expenses they do not either understand or control.

Data shows that bringing simple but effective vehicle management to this scenario can reduce vehicle costs by about 17%, promote a higher sense of value amongst staff, improve donor confidence and perhaps most importantly project the most publicly visible aspect of your management in a better light.

About fleet-serve

Primarily aimed at NGO's, the web site now serves over 30 clients in a variety of sectors across 7 countries. The founding sense was that effective vehicle management for NGO's should not consume management resources, should be personal, in plain language, simple and affordable. Thus, for managers, fleet-serve is a monthly one page email in plain non-technical language with supporting report. An example of this can be downloaded here.

How it works

fleet-serve is a web based consultancy service. Typically a junior administrative position uploads fuel, kilometers and repair data here, taking 2 – 3 hours per month for larger fleets. On a monthly basis we look at your data, put it into a simple reporting format, analyze particular aspects and report to you via email.

What it achieves

Management Area	Indicator (n = 13 clients, 160 vehicles)	Baseline	After 3 Months
Vehicle Use	% of Clients who accurately knew the distances each vehicle was traveling on a weekly or monthly basis	20%	100%
Maintenance Costs	% of Clients who were accurately planning maintenance on a monthly based on manufacturers recommendations and actual distances traveled	0%	100%
Fuel Costs	% of Clients who accurately knew the fuel consumed by their vehicles on weekly or monthly basis	13%	100%
Repair Costs	% of Clients who accurately recorded repair costs against vehicle and distance traveled	0%	30%
Vehicle Life	% of Clients who based vehicle disposal policy on distance traveled and projected repair costs	0%	30%
Management Reporting	% of Clients who could accurately and easily review performance indicators of vehicle costs on a monthly basis	0%	100%

.Getting Started

We prefer for potential clients to start on a trial basis and typically this is set at three months. To start this you simply have to email us from which we will then liaise with your vehicle administrator to issue a User Name and Pass Word. Thereafter you will be sent a link to an online tracking tool to help you monitor your implementation through the first months.

Support

fleet-serve is a service and as such we provide support and advice via email through the three phases of upgrading your vehicle management. Firstly support for the operator using the system, secondly support to management in the reporting and finally ongoing support in terms of the advice and experience we apply to your monthly reporting

Costs

Costs are typically € 20.00 per vehicle registered per year.

A printable version of this page can be downloaded here.

"We do not run many vehicles so existing packages are just too expensive. This is a very effective and simple solution to our transport problems and it really is a solution"

-Todd Thompson Director Land O' Lakes Uganda