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Efficient Vans: A Best Practice Guide to Cost-effective Van Use
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It is important that changes are
ambitious but attainable and to
think of timescales by which you
want to bring about these changes.
Concentrate on two or three major
areas initially where progress is likely
to be made given your particular
circumstances. Focusing on these
areas, you can then refer to
section 5 of this document that
highlights methods that could be
put in place to address these areas.
Further details on each of these and
the associated implications are also
provided.
4.4
Implement: Making the Change
A table such as Table 4.1 could
provide a useful method for
communicating problems and
priorities to your business.
Communication of the initial ideas
to those employees likely to be
involved is important for strategies
to get approval and to help increase
co-operation.
An action plan will only work if it is
given time to be considered. This
involves planning changes carefully
and discussing them with all
relevant areas of the business. From
the known starting points and the
arrangements to measure progress,
you should establish key points
for targets and enforce completion
dates. This will allow you to keep
on track with your progress and to
make sure it does not slip. Having
time-bound actions will provide
additional motivation for ensuring
progress is made.
Indicators are measurements that
can be used to show the progress or
state of an activity or project. There
are a range of different indicators
that can be used to represent your
needs. A range of indicators will be
required to show the change and
improvement achieved in all areas
of the business. For some aspects
of your van operation, it may be
necessary to have more than one
indicator. Indicators could include
information on vehicle usage, fuel
costs and vehicle performance.