Technical and Operational Management Committee

Formally the SMR committee, the Technical and Operational Management Committee has been operating for a number of years with the objective of steering the content of the TOM forum. TOM Forum membership costs £190 per member, which allows two delegates to attend each of the three forums events thorughout the year, further details can be accessed from the quick links on the right. One of the main areas of work currently being undertaken by the committee is a project to develop a vehicle recall database which will allow members to be notified electronically of vehicles which are subject to recall notification. Other areas include: manufacturers support terms, impact of changes to the motor vehicle block exemption regulation and developments in telematics and the impact on SMR budgets. A table has been produced to track legislative and market changes which could have an impact on the SMR costs for vehicles or affect operational management, a copy of the table can be found here.

Committee objectives are:

• To stimulate discussion and debate on general issues of vehicle, service and repair, as well as vehicle and contract administration.
• To improve communications between vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and BVRLA members.
• To promote practices and administration improvements to provide added protection for member's companies under their ‘duty of care’ responsibilities.
• To discuss and review impending legislation to protect BVRLA members' interests and promote constructive legislation of benefit to the supply chain.
• Working to protect and improve the sector's competitiveness, organising benchmarking exercises, as necessary, to identify and spread best practice in the sector.

Committee dates

• Tuesday 17 July 2012
• Tuesday 13 November 2012

Committee members

To suggest items for discussion at future committee meetings including legislation changes or areas where best practice is needed, email Amanda Brandon, amanda@bvrla.co.uk or call 01494 545701.

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