SOP of INCIDENT REPORTING PROCESS:


  1. What are the scenarios where the incidents should be raised? - Assigned team Dispatch/CS 

  2. Missing Amenities.

  3. Unprofessional Driver behaviour.

  4. Delay due to traffic.

  5. Driver leaves early from the stop.

  6. Late to spotting time

  7. Incorrect stop location

  8. Unauthorized rest stops

  9. Delay due to driver or company fault

  10. Tracking issue (Missing device)

  11. Off route

  12. Skipped Stop

     

        2.    Where should we raise the incident?

               Click here 


        3.   Who should raise the Incident and when? Define roles of CS and dispatch

     

a.  The customer complaints via chat, email or call. In this case, the customer service team should report an incident. 

      

b. The customer posts on social media without contacting customer service, the social media team should report it and they'll be notifying dispatchers about the incident via email and dispatchers create the incidents.


c. The dispatcher on duty reports an incident if information like missing amenities, delays, spot time, etc is received in advance by the bus operators..


     

       4. Categorized incident which should be or shouldn't be reported to bus operators? 


Incidents should be reported (Yes): Follow the closure procedure

  1. Missing Amenities

  2. Unprofessional Driver behaviour

  3. Driver leave stop early

  4. Delay due to driver or company fault

  5. Unauthorized rest stops

  6. Tracking issue (Missing device)

  7. Late to spotting time

  8. Incorrect stop location

  9. Off route


           Incidents shouldn’t be reported (No): Follow the closure procedure.

  1. Delay due to traffic

  2. Pre-informed by the Bus operators.



      5.  How would dispatch pre-inform the operations about any missing amenities?

Dispatch has to raise an incident by filling the form.


      6.   In how much time should the incident be reported to the bus operators and how should          we report it?

            Incidents should be reported to bus operators in 24-48 hours.


How did we create this score?


Over the last few months, we have gone through every single incident that we have received and categorized them, with each category having a certain deduction based on level of severity, and each individual trip starting with 100 points.



1. Also please see the attached spreadsheets, which include:

2. The score card we have created to calculate deductions.

3. A list of all the incidents you had for the month with the subsequent sub-category it fell under and the deduction. 

4. A spreadsheet that shows which categories your deductions fell under, so that you know what could be improved.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you’d like a more in depth look into what went into your incident score. However, every incident that was factored was sent to you as an email, so you should have access to each individual incident in your inbox.


     7.   How to collect positive feedback for the bus operators?

            We can check the social media or driver appreciation forms click_here


     8.    Received response from bus operators  yes or no, in case of yes what would be the next            steps:

 a.  Acknowledge the email - email to be drafted

       b.  Update the response in the incident sheet.

       c.  Close the incident with the closurer comment or note.

Closure comment category:

 If NO, the incident should be closed.

 If YES, follow the steps below:

  1. Pending

  2. Reported

  3. Acknowledged/Not acknowledged and Follow up

  4. Improved and closed/ no Improvement or repetitive  (In case of acknowledge)

  5. No Response (in case of not acknowledge and follow up) 

      

    9. In case of no response, what is the follow up process:

      a.  Drop an email after 48 hours.

      b.  Still no response, Call the operator after 24 hour.

      c.  If response received follow the step 9


 10. If an incident for a particular bus company happens frequently then we can set up a call with them to address the issue and ask for corrective measures. 




INCIDENT SCORING PROCESS AND MONTHLY REPORTING:


Below is the link for reference Click here


When to raise an incident? 

When there is a violation for the following.


Category of Violation

Particulars

Points Deducted

Driver leave stops early

departs less than five minutes early

5


Driver departs early

10


Left early (by any amount of time) and we confirm passenger missed bus because of this

50

Late to spotting time

less than 30 minutes early to spot time

5


spots under 15 minutes before departure

20


spots at or after departure time

30


over 15 minutes late to spot

50


over 30 minutes late to spot (no show)

100

Incorrect stop/skips stop

spots/stops at wrong side of street/location

25


Spots/stops at incorrect location

50


Skips stop completely

100

No wifi

network missing completely or unusable

25


network present, but driver fails to announce password

5


network present but unusable

15

Delay: driver/company fault (not due to traffic/driver change because of traffic)

delay < 5 minutes

5


delay <15 minutes

10


delay <30 minutes

30


Delay <45 minutes

50


Delay >45 minutes

100

Unauthorized rest area stop

no missing passengers, stop under 15 minutes

10


stop 15-30 minutes

30


stop over 30 minutes

50


passenger left behind

100


fuel stop

50

Pre-trip Inspection/Bus Issues

missing toilet paper

5


missing water

10


missing hand sanitizer

5


bathroom clearly not cleaned before trip

30


cabin of bus clearly not cleaned before trip

20


broken HVAC

20


dirty windows or ads that block window

10


fuel below expected

5


Door won't close (bathroom,luggage, overhead, etc.)

20


Minor leak due to rain

20


seats don't recline

5


no restroom on the bus/restroom out of service

30


No signage or identification

20


No power outlets/power outlets not working

20

Unprofessional behavior

Excessive talking on the phone while driving

15


Minor rudeness or foul language (ie. being grumpy)

25


Major rudeness or foul language (ie. yelling at customer)

50


Texting/using media while driving

50


unsafe driving

50


Crash (fault)

100


Driver does not take attendance

20


Driver does not know route, has to be assisted manually

30


Not helping with loading luggage

10


driver not announcing stops

10


Driver provides misinformation

10

Tracking

Tracking not turned on with 45 minutes before trip

5


Tracking not turned on with 30 minutes before trip

10


Tracking not on for entire trip

30


No device issued to driver

30


  1. Final calculation process - 


Total violation score = 1590

Formulae for the final score:

(Number of trips * total violation score)  / violated score = Final score

It’ll be through the incident sheet only. Below is the link for the sheet click here