Who We Are

BISHOP Fleet Optimization (BFO) is a multi-national Fleet Optimization consulting firm that leads the world in Fleet Vehicle Utilization Audits. Our company provides organizations with an independent and accurate fleet vehicle utilization audit consulting capability that is convenient and low cost.

Our service is the long-awaited game-changer that the industry has been seeking for many years. Organizations can now get a low cost 5-week GPS utilization snapshot across the entire fleet without the need to purchase the equipment or commit to long minimum term service contracts. Reliance on Vehicle Miles Traveled [VMT] and unverifiable historic benchmarks that bear little resemblance to actual utilization are no longer required. BFO now enables good management-science to be applied so Fleet Managers can quantify activity and manage their fleets with absolute certainty.

Simply call BFO in every 3 years or when you believe fleet numbers are out of sync with your business needs and we will provide all the data and recommendations you need to rebalance fleet vehicle numbers. Our service is the ideal solution to find and dispose of surplus vehicles and settle disputes regarding new vehicle requests. Organizations also find our service perfect for optimizing their fleet size before going out to the market to procure new vehicles or prior to outsourcing fleet management or other services.

Our History

Derrick Bishop founded BFO in 2000 in response to demand from Executives and Fleet Managers for an independent, accurate fleet vehicle utilization consulting service that was convenient and low cost. Our company saw a major gap between what clients wanted and existing methodologies. That gap was vehicle utilization data collection.

BFO took on the challenge to design and build a specialized GPS technology and supporting systems to gather and analyze raw utilization data. The system needed to be easy to use, be change management focused and still gather data in areas where most GPS fails such as inside parking structures and areas with no cell phone coverage. Importantly, the GPS needed to be easy to install and low cost for clients to use.

BFO rolled out the world’s first electronic expert fleet vehicle utilization audit system called M-VOS in 2008. The new service immediately captured fleet industry attention. The long-awaited solution overcame all the shortcomings of existing audit methodologies and heralded the beginning of new era in fleet management capability. M-VOS integrated re-useable, high sensitivity GPS technology with proven template driven processes and our innovative QueryBuilder data analysis tool to provide easy, low cost and powerful analysis capability not seen before in the industry.

BFO has now optimized fleet numbers for clients in New Zealand, Australia and we are in discussion with clients in the USA, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. View our client list and current contracts. Most BFO clients typically achieve a 20:1 Return on Investment and reduce their fleet size by between 14% – 37%.

Clients enjoy the fact that accurate GPS-based vehicle utilization data can now be gathered without any long-term equipment contracts or ongoing costs. The electronics introduction eliminates human error data collection factors that made logbook analysis so imprecise. Government and Private sector organizations now rely on BFO to keep their fleets at optimal levels.

Our Global Offices:

DERRICK A BISHOP [BMS Honors]
BFO MANAGING DIRECTOR

Derrick is the Founder and has completed more than 28 successful fleet utilization studies as at 2011. The projects Derrick has completed typically find vehicle surpluses of 14%-37% and earn a 20:1 ROI.

Derrick has been an Executive trouble shooter for more than 20 years with strong expertise in Fleet Utilization Studies, Operations Management, Change Management, IT and Electronics Design.

Derrick has a Bachelor of Management Studies [Honours] with a triple major in Stock Market Finance, Marketing and Operations Management. Derrick was published internationally in 1992 on stock market anomalies.

STEVE PARKER [MSc, MBA]
GM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Steve is a dynamic Business Development Executive with more than a decade of achievement in promoting services, products and technology across 25 countries. He excels at building cross-cultural relationships and is a specialist with Asian cultures. Steve has strong analytical abilities and a visionary perspective to drive profitability, revenue and business growth.

Steve has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Engineering Geology (Canterbury University of Christchurch) complimented by a Master of Business Administration from the Victoria University of Wellington.

The key attributes Steve brings to the BFO skill set are strong Logistics, Business Process Re-engineering and Change Management skills.