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VAN Europe
Management
Fleet-owner, Nilfisk-Advance
Respect for country differences Today Nilfisk-Advance operates worldwide with Sales Entities in 43 countries, distributors in more than 70 – and Production Units in Asia, Americas and Europe. Nilfisk-Advance has 5,000 employees. Worldwide, Nilfisk-Advance manages a fleet of 1.500 vehicles of which roughly 1/3 is in LCV’s. Category Manager Søren Danig, based in Denmark, explained some of the elements which make up the company’s successful fleet policy for vans.
Nilfisk-Advance employs 5,000 people globally and markets hundreds of different models of professional floor cleaning equipment and high pressure washers through its international network.
amous for cleaning equipment and services, Nilfisk-Advance clearly has a need for utility vehicles in its operations, and these are spread across Europe.
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How do you manage the fleet? How do the countries report to the head office? Søren Danig: “The fleet is managed locally based on a group vehicles policy specifying the framework and the different elements of operation. The definition of company vehicle related matters is a joint responsibility between Group Human Resources and Group Sourcing. All vehicles are leased from approved suppliers on a fixed interest
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rate contract. If suppliers other than approved suppliers are requested, such requests need written approval from Group Sourcing. As is also the case for company cars, vans will be selected from approved models and TCO limits within the individual countries’ ‘Car Policy Parameters’ file. Based on quotes from the leasing companies on the companies predefined “Standard Vehicles” and HR car policy intelligence reports a maximum TCO limit has been specified taking fuel cost, insurance etc. into consideration.” What are you relationships with your suppliers?
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Søren Danig: “Nilfisk-Advance has a dual supplier set-up with two international leasing companies, LeasePlan and ALD and/or local suppliers in some strong local markets. The next step within the development of the fleet area may be to look at OEM agreements, and we are already having initial talks with manufacturers. In addition to the above, in Germany and UK we use fleet management companies.” Is there a green aspect to the fleet, and if so, please what you have done to make it green? Søren Danig: “We are pushing on the ‘green’ aspect, but at the moment this mostly involves personal vehicles.
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