A fleet policy defines what your business wants to achieve with its vehicles, and sets parameters for procurement and driver behaviour. The essentials of a fleet policy are all around providing clarity for:
The creation of a fleet policy should involve multiple stakeholders throughout the business such as HR, sales, procurement, the fleet manager, and increasingly, work health and safety.
It’s increasingly important for New Zealand businesses to be transparent about the management of the fleet. Your business has to consider a multitude of factors with the fleet including operation, cost, sustainability, entitlement, behaviour, and safety to name a few.
The absence of a fleet policy could result in an unessessary spend on vehicles that are not fit-for-purpose, and make it difficult to determine whether you’re effectively managing your fleet.
Making employees aware of polices is key to ensuring compliance. Proper communicationand reminders to all employees who use or are likely to use vehicles will improve the chances of a policy having a positive impact on your business.
Allowing employees to select any vehicle so long as it is below a certain cost could hurt your business. By not controlling vehicle selection, management could end up with a vehicle that no one wants to drive, is not fit for purpose, and costing the business.
Drafting a fleet policy can seem like a daunting task but having one in place allows your organisation to set the standards that need to be met. With advice from an expert fleet manager like FleetPartners, your business can create or review a policy that suits your operation.
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