IntroductionHow to review a fleet management operation is a difficult question for federal agencies. Fleet management operations are made up of many diverse tasks and responsibilities. Today, managing and operating a fleet of motor vehicles has become both a challenge and a reward. Fleet personnel must understand the market for vehicle acquisition, maintenance and repairs, vehicle disposal and all regulations and policies affecting the use of motor vehicles. This requires extensive training for fleet managers. Comprehensive fleet management can help develop a good strategy. Companies can save a lot of money by right-sizing their fleet and ensuring good vehicle utilization. Fleet operations as a source of cost savings have been proven by many private sector fleets and can be achieved by the federal government. Over the years, fleet management has developed bad habits, such as: - Highly decentralized vehicle allocation policies - Vehicles and equipment are owned and maintained by many independent units of a government entity. - Vehicles assigned to individuals rather than used as pool vehicles. decrease vehicle usage.-Determine the size of your fleet based on peak demand. Fleet operations that meet 100% of demand mid-week may have many vehicles idle at the end of the week. - Excessive downtime for vehicle repairs and requires a larger fleet to provide replacement vehicles for drivers. - Insensitive to changes in technology and work. terms. Retaining vehicles that are not suitable for job requirements can increase fleet costs and reduce worker productivity. An effective fleet management program can be achieved if companies review their entire fleet operations. They must analyze that they have the required types and number of vehicles. Companies should periodically evaluate their fleet to ensure it is being used correctly and fully utilized. There are many “opportunity goals” for reducing fleet costs, such as: Eliminating vehicles from the fleet that are not used properly or are unnecessary to achieve business goals. Consider not only the monthly vehicle mileage, but also the vehicle usage time.-Use of local modes of transportation such as taxis, public transportation, private vehicles, and rental vehicles.-Justify the maintenance of medium and heavy vehicles which have very little use (duration and mileage). Consider consolidating these vehicles for centralized use or collaborating with other agencies. Let's look at some elements of management.: