Low tech wins the day—chart restored
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• Cardiff-based M J McNiff & Curran, with a licence for 60 vehicles, has agreed to replace its computerised maintenance system with a simple wallchart. The company was called to a disciplinary hearing before South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh because of concerns over maintenance and 'llegal parking; its licence has been cut to expire at the end of October. For the company, Christopher Childs said there were problems caused by the nature of the business and using sub-contractors who were only submitting daily defect reports once a week. Transport manager Oliver Cheetham said he had been appointed to tighten up, the maintenance system. He had explained the difficulties with sub-contractors to the Traffic Area Clerk in April. Cheetham accepted that prohibitions were being received on a regular basis. Maintenance was generally of a high standard, the problem was the gaps between inspections.
Cheetham agreed to have all the company's vehicles put through fresh MoT tests over the next three months; to replace the computer system with a flow chart; and to introduce a daily-nil-defect reporting system using triplicate books.
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