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Efficient Vans: A Best Practice Guide to Cost-effective Van Use 16 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.
Having suitable indicators will allow you to clearly monitor and report on the progress of your van operations and make adjustments as required. Examples of Indicators The indicators chosen should allow your business to see how it is progressing and address any issues that may arise. Examples of indicators that could be included are: • Monthly fuel consumption in relation to vehicle mileage • Number of annual repairs to vans • CO emissions in relation to 2 vehicle mileage of fleet Table 4.1: Actions and targets 3 Key action Target benefit Target date Buy cheaper fuel through bunkering Lower fuel costs End of quarter Check business mileage claimed Evaluate route planning Setting Targets Ensure company is only paying for business fuel Reduce annual mileage 3 Transport energy and Mayor of London (2003) Green Fleet Management: An essential guide to how to run your fleet efficiently. Improving Your Efficiency This stage is important so that you are able to see how your business is progressing and then address the issues that were identified earlier. By having targets, you will be able to identify when these are met and they can also act as a motivator to aid uptake and promote your business practices to customers. Achievement could be communicated to clients by being incorporated into environmental statements highlighting the action taken and the improvements made. To calculate your van CO 2 output, the Van Best Practice programme has created a simple tool to analyse data which can be downloaded from the website. The targets will depend on the current practices of your business and the areas on which you choose to focus. Within six months End of next quarter 4 17
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