Engineering Quality Management (EQM)

EQM allows London Bus Services Limited to monitor the fleet condition, spot trends and help deliver a safe and reliable service to agreed standards and specification. EQM also allows bus operators to address concerns about specific vehicles, identify deficiencies in garage processes and compare their performance with those of other operators.

In addition to regular routine vehicle roadworthiness inspections, there is a requirement to provide assurance assessments of Bus Operators approach and capability to continuously maintain vehicle roadworthiness standards in the following categories, defined as a Maintenance Systems and Workshop Assessment Inspection.

Company Policy & Operator Licence

Vehicle Inspection & Management Systems

Maintenance Facilities & Equipment

Staff Skills, Knowledge, and Competencies

The scope of EQM is to also include vehicle inspection services that assess OEM's new bus deliveries comply with the LBSL New Bus Specification and Bus Safety Standard.

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