The role of transport department at Grameenphone Ltd.

Abstract

Grameenphone Ltd. is the leading telecommunication service provider in our country. With more than 30 million subscribers (as of October 2010), Grameenphone Ltd. is the largest cellular operator in our country. It has been successful to build a superior image from the very beginning of its journey in Bangladesh. GP has always been giving the highest priority on their network coverage. This report is the outcome of my three months internship program at Grameenphone Ltd. at the division of People & Organization. This report covers an overview of GP & it is mainly talked about the role of transport department at Grameenphone Ltd. Transport is a very essential part in our daily life. Transport department plays a vital role at GP. It has to maintain & execute all the activities of GP regarding transportation. GP has operation across the country & all the associated activities of transportation of all the regions are centrally managed by the transport department at its head office at Dhaka. At transport department there are purchase unit, operation unit, maintenance unit etc. Operation unit maintains the overall operation of transport, purchase maintains all purchase associated with transport & maintenance unit execute all maintenance works regarding transport. At GP transport use for different purposes like employee pick/drop, operational activities to support day to day business etc. The main responsibilities of transport department includes regular operational business support, employee pick/drop, vehicle fleet management, driver administer, fleet maintenance etc. Transport department always tries to continuously change their strategies to best utilize the fleets in a most efficient manner. By using the modern technologies they are able to give transport service to the user more effectively. There are also some rules & regulations regarding the use of transportation which are strictly maintained by them. Transport department at GP is very well organized & executes their activities in a systematic way which in turn helps GP to achieve the overall goals & objectives.