Maf 680 Case 2

4. Proposed a solution to the PHSB, assuming the role of Aliah. In this case, Aliah was responsible for logistics management and the maintenance of the tanker was under her purview. However, based on the summary meeting that was held, it shows Aliah does not do her work efficiently. She spent too much time on allocating and scheduling the driver and vehicles. She just waits for the drivers to complain if there is a problem with the tanker rather than service it regularly. This is lead to the high maintenance cost. There are a few solutions to PHSB as for the role of Aliah. It is highly recommended to the human resource department to hire additional assistance in order for Aliah to manage her task. They need to hire capable person for instance a person that has educational qualification in administration or a person that already have working experience in administration. Furthermore, Aliah can segregate her duties with the new assistance. This will cause to the effectiveness and efficiency in doing the task. The percentage of the task to be pending will decrease. Other than that, she should understand the Fleet Management System. How does it work. It will give much better understanding on how Aliah get to manage all the vehicles and make the driver comply with the schedule that already being done. The system also can track the details of audit trails of vehicle. It can help the admin department to monitor the driver journey which can reduce the percentage of cheating while doing their work. To reduce the maintenance cost, Aliah should monitor the condition of the tankers. She should always check the tankers on regular basis so that there is no reason for the tankers to breakdown and thus save the cost of the company. Besides she can prepare the schedule for service and sent the tankers for repair. Moreover Aliah should computerize the scheduling system so that it will reduce the time taken for her to reschedule. Last but not least is back up scheduling of