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The price of the course is 300 euros.
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The course is asynchronous online, so you can do it at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want, you set the schedule.
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The classes are recorded on video for viewing.
Fill out the form below to receive information about the course, or send an email to:
info@advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com
Contact:
José Miguel Fernández Gómez
Email: info@advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com
Phone: (34) 678254874
Training features.
- The course is aimed at: executives, middle managers, fleet managers, and any professional involved in vehicle fleet management.
- Schedule: at your own pace, you set the schedule.
- Duration: 70 hours.
- Start date: Coming soon- 2026.
- Contents: video classes, syllabus, the book “Introduction to Vehicle Fleet Management” developed by the teacher, PowerPoint presentations of each chapter in PDF format, plus additional material related to vehicle fleet management.
- Diploma awarded.
Syllabus.
- Course presentation
- Vehicle fleet management activities
1.What are the activities involved in managing a vehicle fleet and how do they relate to each other?
- Vehicle fleet management policy
1.Guidelines for each fleet management activity
- Vehicle fleet costs
1.Types and structure of vehicle fleet costs
2.Evolution of vehicle fleet costs over time
3.Calculation of cost per km: practical case study using Excel.
4.Calculation of the cost of a service/journey to provide a quote to a customer: practical case study.
5.Calculating TCO (Total Cost of Ownership): practical case study using Excel.
6.Preparing the annual budget for the vehicle fleet: practical case study using Excel.
- Sizing the vehicle fleet
1.Relationship between direct costs and level of service provided: practical case study
2.Types of vehicle fleets
3.Calculating the optimal number of vehicles in the fleet
- Vehicle acquisition
1.Acquisition method: ownership or leasing
2.Choosing the type of vehicle and equipment
3.Choosing the type of fuel
4.Choosing the type of insurance
5.Choosing vehicle suppliers
6.Organizational factors
- Vehicle fleet operation
- Operations manual.
- 1. Fleet maintenance management. 2. Corrective vehicle maintenance. 3. Preventive vehicle maintenance. 4. Predictive vehicle maintenance. 5. Key points of vehicle maintenance. 6. What is the OBD system and what is it for? 7. Check engine light: Faults it warns about in the vehicle. 8. What is a catalytic converter: Why it is so important and theft.
- Breakdowns management and analysis
- 1. Spare parts management in a fleet. 4.2. Spare parts warranty in a car repair.
- 1. Choosing, checking, and monitoring fleet tires. 2. What the tire warranty covers. 3. Where to put new tires when replacing them. 4. Managing equivalent tires for a vehicle in the fleet. 5. The consequences of high or low tire pressure. 6. Types of tire wear. 7. When to use mixed tires. 8. Which is better: winter tires or chains? 9. Types of chains for cars.
- 1 Prevention, control, and reduction of fleet accidents. 6.2 What is a police report: why it is so important. 6.3 Front camera for recording in the car.
- Control and reduction of fuel consumption
- 1. Use of in-house or external workshops. 2. Requirements that an external workshop must meet.
- Fleet management information system
1.Dashboard: case study
2.Data analysis.
3.Reporting
- Control and monitoring of fleet vehicles
1.What information to record for vehicle traceability
- Auxiliary services.
1.Management of auxiliary services in a fleet.
2.Management of vehicle technical inspection (MOT).
3.General Vehicle Regulations.
4.Steps to legalize vehicle modifications. The vehicle modification manual.
5.Tachograph: what it is and what it is used for.
6.Vehicle technical specifications: why they are so important.
7.Vehicle registration certificate.
8.Registration tax: everything you need to know.
9.Third-party insurance: what it covers and when it is appropriate.
10.Comprehensive insurance: what it covers and what it does not cover.
- Outsourcing and organizational structure
1.Requirements for outsourcing certain activities to third parties
2.Establishment of criteria for outsourcing certain activities to third parties
3.Establishment of processes, organizational structure, activities to be performed, and necessary controls
- Technology
1.Establishment of criteria for the acquisition and operation of software and/or a telematic service to manage the fleet.
2.Telematics integrated or embedded in the vehicle.
- Alternative fuels/energy sources
- Natural gas (liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG))
- LPG-Autogas
- Biofuels
- Renewable synthetic fuels
- Future trends in vehicle fleet management
- Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, etc.
- Automotive technology.
There are 30 voluntary automotive technology classes.
Fleet electrification.
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- Electric vehicle technology.
- History of the electric vehicle.
- Electric vehicle technology.
- Fundamentals of the electric vehicle battery.
- Other electric vehicle battery storage technologies.
- Electric vehicle battery components
- Battery Management System-BMS.
- Electric vehicle battery degradation.
- Battery degradation in plug-in hybrids
- Impact of ambient temperature on battery performance.
- Fundamentals of the electric vehicle motor.
- Types of electric motors and their relationship with rare earths.
- An electric vehicle inverter: What it is and what it is used for.
- The use of rare earths in electric vehicles.
- Electric vehicle tires.
- The brake-by-wire of electric vehicles.
- The electromagnetic fields of the electric vehicle.
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- Electric vehicle battery.
- What is and is not covered by the electric vehicle battery warranty.
- The battery passport.
- A second life for electric vehicle batteries
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- Electric vehicle battery fire.
- Prevention, control, and extinguishing of electric vehicle battery fires.
- Fire safety regulations for electric vehicle batteries.
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- Charging Points: Problems and solutions.
- Problems with electric car charging points and their possible solutions
- Copper theft from electric vehicle chargers
- Cybersecurity at charging points
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- Polluting emissions from electric vehicles.
- Which emits more CO2, an electric car or a car with an internal combustion engine?
- Polluting emissions from brakes
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- Key aspects of fleet electrification.
- Fleet electrification with plug-in hybrids: Problem or solution?
- Fleet electrification with hydrogen vehicles.
- Battery swapping: A feasible solution for urban fleets.
- The Hertz electrification case.
- The Huaneng case, the world’s first electrified and autonomous mining fleet.
- A real-life taxi case: Three true stories of electrification for economic reasons.
- The second life of the electric vehicle battery at Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci Airport.
- Consequences for the vehicle fleet if an electric vehicle brand goes bankrupt.
- The electric vehicle brands most likely to break down due to high temperatures.
- How to avoid premature obsolescence of electric vehicles in the fleet.
- Mileage manipulation to void the warranty.
- E-fuels and synthetic fuels are not an alternative for decarbonizing the vehicle fleet.
- The importance of electricity tariffs in reducing electric vehicle costs.
- Electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and electricity demand.
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- Electric vehicle insurance.
- The price of electric vehicle insurance.
- Electric vehicle insurance and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
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- Driving an electric vehicle.
- Electric vehicles cause more motion sickness than gasoline-powered vehicles.
- One-pedal driving: Risk of accidents.
- Driving an electric vehicle in flooding and torrential storms.
Teacher.
José Miguel Fernández Gómez is the manager of Advanced Fleet Management Consulting, a consulting company specialized in vehicle fleet management and the owner of the fleet management channel on YouTube AdvancedfleetmanagementTube.
Since 2007 I have been working in fleet management consultancy and training for all types of companies, organizations and public administrations. With this course I want to make my experience and knowledge acquired during my work and academic career in this discipline available to my clients.
I carry out consulting projects related to vehicle fleet management and collaborate with companies developing products/services in this market. I have worked at INSEAD (France), one of the best business schools in the world, as a Research Fellow at the Social Innovation Centre-Humanitarian Research Group.
I carried out consulting and research activities in a project for the United Nations refugee organization (UNHCR), optimizing the size and management of the activities of the vehicle fleet, which this organization has distributed throughout the world (6,500 vehicles).
I worked as a fleet manager for five years, for Urbaser, which managed the street cleaning service in Madrid (Spain). I managed a fleet of 1,000 vehicles, made up of various technologies and types of vehicles such as: heavy and light vehicles, vans, passenger cars or sweepers.
I have completed all my academic degrees at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, one of the best universities in Spain, my academic training is as follows:
I hold a PhD in Industrial Engineering, with international mention, since I carried out research stays at the University of Liverpool (UK) and at the Royal Institute of Technology-KTH (Sweden).
I am also an Industrial Engineer (Industrial Management) and an Mechanical Engineer, and I completed a Master’s Degree in Operations Management, Quality and Technological Innovation (Cepade) and another Master’s Degree in Industrial Management (UPM).
I have publications in indexed magazines and presentations at international industrial engineering conferences.
