Two interactive online forums have been launched by Fleet Support Group to help companies cut vehicle operating costs and improve the safety of their drivers.The Cost Reduction Group Interactive Forum and the RiskMaster User Group Interactive Forum are new initiatives from FSG to enable the company, its team of expert advisers and customers to share news, discuss best practice and develop new initiatives.
FSG’s Fleet Cost Reduction Steering Group was established earlier this year and charged with compiling and promoting an action plan to cut fleet costs against a background of economic turmoil. The interactive forum is the platform for exchanging information and is now live.
The Group comprises representatives of 20 FSG customers, automotive tax experts from advisers KPMG, lawyer Kevin Basnett, of Goughs Solicitors, and is chaired by Gary Kent, who runs Toot Rock Consulting and has around 30 years fleet experience latterly as European Fleet Manager at City business solutions organisation Dun & Bradstreet.
One of the key cost reduction areas for fleet managers is cutting the number of crashes involving their employees. In addition, a focus on driver safety - whether employees get behind the wheel of a company vehicle or their own on a business trip - is crucial if organisations are to comply with the raft of occupational road risk management legislation on the statue book.
It is against that background that business demand for FSG’s RiskMaster safe-driving solution is rising rapidly.
Now with the imminent launch of RiskMaster II, the company wants to encourage increased customer involvement with the long-term development of the web-based product.
Mr Kent, who will moderate both forums, said: “The RiskMaster forum is a place for our customers to work with us to make the product better through an open sharing of ideas and experiences.
“Meanwhile, cost management is the number one priority for all fleet operators amid the ongoing economic crisis. Through the cost reduction forum we hope to get lots of ideas from customers on new ways or working. We believe it is vital for fleets to share with each other the cost savings that are taking place and our new forum is a useful platform for those ideas to be exchanged. There are no excuses for not taking out cost.”
Access to both forums is via a password-protected website. For further information and to join the forums email