Fleet safety is a management function, not a supervisory one
Don’t push off fleet safety and regulatory compliance to a department head or supervisor. These areas can make or break your business. So put a senior manager in charge.
Responsibility for fleet safety and regulatory compliance can be one of the toughest jobs in a dairy or ice cream company. It’s often not viewed as an important component in making a company successful or profitable. It is quite common to see these functions as second-tier management functions that are handled at the supervisor level.
If your company fits that second-level or supervisor-level description of fleet safety and compliance management, then please believe me when I say you are already on the brink of potential bankruptcy and/or being shut down by regulatory authorities. You just don’t know it yet.