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Stop guessing what your fleet costs. Start cutting it.

Independent fleet and operations consulting that shows you where money, time and uptime are slipping away, and exactly what to do about it.

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See your fleet as it really is

You can’t fix a cost you can’t see. These three services give you an honest baseline, a score you can track and a clear view of the numbers that matter.

Fleet Audits

Find out what’s costing you, what’s risky and what’s quietly working well.

Most fleets run on a mix of assumptions, old habits and reports nobody fully trusts. A Makgata fleet audit gives you an independent, evidence-based picture of where money is leaking, where risk is building and where your operation is already performing, so you stop spending effort on the wrong problems.

What changes
  • You get a ranked list of cost and risk gaps, biggest first
  • Debates about what’s really happening are settled with facts
  • Your team knows exactly what to fix this quarter, and in what order

Fleet Health Score™

One number that tells you whether your fleet is getting better or worse.

Fuel efficiency, maintenance, utilisation and driver performance, scored and benchmarked on a single 100-point scale. Take it into a board meeting, a client tender or a Monday-morning ops meeting, and everyone is looking at the same picture.

What changes
  • Weak spots show up in seconds, not after a month-end surprise
  • Every improvement is measured against your own baseline
  • Leadership gets a plain-language view, with no data degree required

Fleet KPI Dashboards

The few numbers that matter, in front of the right people, every day.

Fleet managers drown in reports and still miss the one metric that mattered. We build dashboards around the decisions you actually make: which vehicle to pull, which route to fix, which cost to challenge. Problems get spotted while they’re still small.

What changes
  • Problems surface this week, not at month-end
  • Managers spend less time compiling reports and more time acting on them
  • Operations, workshop and finance all read from the same numbers

Spend less on every kilometre

Fuel, maintenance and routing are where most fleet budgets quietly bleed. Each has its own fix, and the results show up on the cost sheet.

Fuel Cost Analysis

Find the fuel you’re paying for but not using.

Fuel is usually the biggest line in a fleet’s running costs and the easiest to lose track of. We separate genuine consumption from leakage, inefficiency and poor habits, so you know which vehicles, drivers, routes or fuel points are costing you more than they should.

What changes
  • A clear picture of how much of your fuel spend is recoverable
  • Outliers you can act on, vehicle by vehicle and driver by driver
  • Fuel controls that hold up even when nobody’s watching

Maintenance Reviews

More vehicles on the road and fewer surprises in the workshop.

Breakdowns, repeat repairs, missed services and compliance gaps all end up in the same place: a vehicle that isn’t earning. We look at how your maintenance really runs and show you how to keep more of the fleet available, safe and legal, for less.

What changes
  • Fewer unplanned breakdowns and repeat repairs
  • Higher vehicle availability without buying another truck
  • Compliance gaps found by you first, not by an inspector or an insurer

Route Optimisation

Move the same loads on fewer kilometres.

Every unnecessary kilometre costs fuel, tyres, driver hours and customer goodwill. We find the detours, backtracking and poorly sequenced stops hiding in your network and give you routes that cost less to run and are easier to keep on schedule.

What changes
  • Lower distance, fuel and overtime per delivery
  • More dependable delivery windows for your customers
  • More work from the same vehicles and drivers

Get more from your people and your operation

Costs are only half the story. These services lift productivity, safety and decision-making across the people and processes behind the fleet.

Driver Performance Assessments

Safer, steadier drivers and a smaller fuel and repair bill.

Driving behaviour touches fuel, tyres, brakes, accidents and insurance claims. We turn raw driver data into fair, specific insight: who’s excelling, who needs coaching and what to coach. Improvement becomes targeted instead of a blanket lecture at the next toolbox talk.

What changes
  • Coaching aimed at real behaviours, not general reminders
  • Fewer incidents, less wear and lower damage costs
  • Good drivers recognised, not only poor ones policed

Work Measurement

Know what a fair day’s output looks like, then manage to it.

Without a realistic standard, productivity is a feeling. We measure how long work really takes, from loading and offloading to workshop jobs and warehouse tasks, and set standards your people can reach. Planning, staffing and targets then rest on facts instead of opinions.

What changes
  • Realistic targets that supervisors and staff both accept
  • Staffing matched to the actual workload, not to guesswork
  • Hidden idle time and bottlenecks made visible

Operations Consulting

An experienced second pair of eyes on the problem you can’t shake.

Some challenges don’t fit a standard service: a contract that doesn’t make money, a depot that never hits its numbers, a growth plan your operation can’t carry yet. We work alongside you on a tailored brief and give you practical recommendations your team can carry out.

What changes
  • A clear diagnosis of the real problem, not just the symptom
  • A practical plan sized to your team and your budget
  • The confidence to make the call and defend it

Built around how your sector actually runs

A mine haul fleet, a courier network and a municipal vehicle pool all lose money in different places. We tailor the work to the levers that matter in yours.

  • Transport & Logistics
  • Mining
  • Construction
  • Courier
  • Retail
  • Manufacturing
  • Warehousing
  • Government

What you can expect on every engagement

Independent assessments

An outside view that isn’t shaped by what anyone wants to hear.

Practical recommendations

Prioritised actions your team can start on, sized to your budget.

Professional reporting

Reports clear enough for the workshop floor and sharp enough for the boardroom.

Measurable improvements

Every recommendation tied to a number you can track.

Tailored solutions

Work shaped around your fleet, your contracts and your constraints, not a template.

Not sure which service fits?

Tell us what’s costing you most. We’ll show you where to look first.

Or call Lefa Tsotetsi on 067 023 8833

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