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UNIT 3: TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT - Coggle Diagram
UNIT 3: TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
What is a company's organizational structure?
Is how the hierarchical system is structured within an organization and it serves to realize the functions and tasks of all members of a company as well as the relationship between them
What are organizational structures for?
The main function is to establish the characteristics of the organization of the company.
To establish the objectives of the structure of the work system.
3 basic types of organizational structures in a company
Functional
Divisional
Matricial
ORGANISATION CHART OF A TRANSPORT COMPANY
Transport companies are divided into two types:
Commercial entity
Cooperative companies
Elements of the organigram
Drivers
Traffic responsible
Assistants
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Functions
Coordination of the fleet and the personal services
Customer service
Management or hire transport services
Structure
depending of:
the area of influence
regional, national and international
the control over the fleet
drivers as part of the staff, outsourced drivers, drivers partners
the dimension of the fleet
number of vehicles, volume of the sales
the type of the fleet
trailer, tank, refrigerated, etc.
Composition
Responsible of traffic
Responsible of traffic AREA
Assistants
Drivers
salaried employee
drivers-partners
suppliers of transport service
PLANIFICATION OF TASKS
Fixed services
No-fixed services
Sporadic services
TELEMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
Main solutions
Development of tools
To apply a fixed rates
To apply mobile phone systems for data and voice transmission
Depends on
Organigram of the Traffic Department
Type of business where Traffic Coordinator works for
the most common telematic system is the GPS(Global Positioning System)
Fleet Management Systems
these systems captures information like: distances travelled, destinations reached, distance travelled by vehicle, fuel consumption, maintenance per vehicle...
Steps to set up a fleet management system
Acquisition of data
Bidirectional communication
Google and the new technologies of fleet
Remote storage of data