Established in 2015, Aaveg Management Services Pvt. Ltd. is a one-of-its-kind company providing end-to-end corporate mobility solutions with ground transportation, be it leasing, business rentals, employee transportation or car-pooling. Headquartered in Delhi, the company is on a mission to reduce CO2 emissions, reduce traffic congestions, and facilitate optimum utilization of resources. It is an integrated managed services provider for MNC’s offering solutions related to transport desk and implementation of thought leadership guidelines, selection of right vendors for sourcing of wheels, etc.
Aaveg is amongst the few companies in India having ISO certifications 9001: 2015 for Ground Transport Operations. The company provides consulting and advisory services such as transport policy design, vendor management process, floating RFP, training of transport desks & drivers, and ERP technology solutions. Currently, it is focusing on helping the corporate commuters in surpassing the challenges related to safety and security, reducing road congestion levels, and optimizing utilization of transportation resources. The company is also lending a helping hand to the Indian Government in building up the right kind of infrastructure for the smart cities transportation project. It prominently focuses on contracting and managing SLA-based operations on ground along with delivering MSP for transport.
During its initial days, Aaveg consistently focused on its key deliverables / direct benefits to customers and targeting the right audience in order to dismantle the challenges related to long gestation period and policy change. Slowly and steadily, it has come a long way in making noteworthy contributions to the Ground Transport space. The company’s business plan showcases:
- End-to-end Management of Employee Transport Solution.
- SLA based operations.
- Fleet, Team and Technology under one umbrella.
- FTE based Pricing. or
- Per Person per Trip pricing.
- Centralized Command-Centre for All-India Operations.
- Structured MIS and Dashboards for Management reviews.
Over the years, the company has been bestowed with various accolades including Company of the Year 2018 India by CIO Review and Asia’s Greatest Brands and Leaders by PWC in 2017.
An Ambitious Entrepreneur
Ashok Vashist is the Founder and CEO of Aaveg Management Services Pvt. Ltd. Mathematics graduate from Mahatma Gandhi University; he also holds a Post Graduate degree in Management from International Management Institute, Delhi. He has a huge experience of successfully exhibiting a host of leadership positions across sales and marketing landscape. Ashok has been associated with renowned brands like Hertz & Eurocar rental business for International Travel House an ITC Group company. He has an exemplary expertise in Team Management, New Business Development, Sales Management, and Operations Management. At Aaveg, his chief responsibilities comprises of Brand Management and Corporate Development. With an aim to assist Aaveg in creating a prominent niche in the corporate mobility space, Ashok is confident that every 3rd vehicle will be an Aaveg vehicle in years to come.
Apart from all this, Ashok also played a vital role in managing transportation activities during the commonwealth games held in India, and is recognized by AsiaOne (PWC) as the leader in Transport category.
What’s so Unique?
Aaveg visualizes creating a perfect and highly optimized corporate mobility infrastructure that is efficient, effective, and ecologically sustainable. The firm envisages an ownership of 33% fleet in Indian enterprise mobility market. In order to achieve these overarching objectives, Aaveg has been aggressively expanding its business footprint in India and acquainting businesses and government bodies in urban cities with modern tech-driven tools and processes.
Along with this, the company also embraces some crucial measures for keeping the team motivated which include:
- Be Transparent
- Lead by example
- Radiate positive energy
- Give and follow purpose
- Reward based on feedback
- Prioritize life and work balance
- Have an open door policy
- Let them lead
- Create a bigger picture and show them
- Create recognition rituals
Tactics to Maximize the Returns on Minimum Investment
Listed below are some of the tactics to gain maximum returns with minimum investment:
– Advanced routing
– Clubbing multiple picks and drops
– Using Fleet Management Technology
- Vehicle tracking (usually GPS based)
- Mechanical diagnosis to gather data on mileage and fuel consumption
- Remote vehicle disabling system
- Fleet replacement and cycle management
– Monitoring the driver’s behaviour
– Real-time metrics
– Automated billing
– Data analysis
Adopting these strategies and harvesting the best out of cost optimization can lead an organization towards achieving higher milestones.
Words of Wisdom
In order to reach the peak, Aaveg advices the present day enterprises to:
- Offer flexible work timings
- Provide benefits to commuters
- Make processes easy
- Pay heed to employee’s preferences
- Clearly communicate the policies
- Providing proper employee commute
The company advices the young minds to:
- Be a risk taker
- Keep enhancing your knowledge
- Find your passion
- Know your market
- Get your finances in order
- Prepare to make sacrifices
- Find a mentor
- Tune up your business knowledge
- Be a planner
A Futuristic Approach
The managed corporate mobility solutions are experiencing massive demand in India and the market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 25% till 2022. As such, Aaveg is majorly focusing to improve and optimize the employee transportation. With its state-of-the-art technology it has effectively managed to hold the reins of its curated menu of solutions. Subsequently, the company is planning to venture into the community commuting and traffic management space. Additionally, it is also working on effective deployment of Electric Vehicles which will help in controlling the pollution menace.
