SupplyChain Magazine June 2018 | Page 138

LINFOX to consistently improve the culture of safety and compliance as we don ’ t want our team to make decisions at any cost or put themselves in harm ’ s way to get a job done , so we ’ re educating our people – we have an extremely robust fatigue management policy , and we monitor our vehicles and driver hours . On top of this , we ’ re also partnering with our customers and the local authorities to ensure that we ’ ve got the best safety practices in place .”
As well as promoting the highest safety practices , Linfox is also tapping into some of the industry ’ s most cutting-edge technologies to protect its people and support its customer relationships .
By using state-of-the-art innovations such as driver monitoring , facial recognition , and fleet care , Linfox is making sure that its team operate in a safe and responsible manner .
“ We monitor our vehicles to ensure safety and we proudly partner with Michelin in Thailand . The fleet care programmes they offer are fully digitized and their monthly tyre inspections ensure our team are safe and our vehicles efficient at all times .
“ We also have a 24 / 7 monitoring capability which checks our drivers ’ safety , performance , and efficiency ,” explains Johnstone . “ With this , we ’ ve been able to reduce incidents involving distractions and fatigue which are some of the biggest causes of road incidents in Asia . This investment has been made because we genuinely care about our people . For me , if we save one life it ’ s been successful .”
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