The rising cost of fuel is an abiding concern for any Fleet operating organisation with questions always raised over consistent disparities between wholesale purchase and forecourt retail prices.
Many companies have come to recognise the critical fuel saving element that the adoption of a vehicle tracking solution can bring to a company’s balance sheet. Quality consulting diagnostics brings in customised added value components, total vehicle management and bespoke mobile worker solutions.
However, combating severe economic challenges for the foreseeable future places a considerable additional burden on companies and organisations who are constantly under pressure to constrain expenditure and cut costs in normal trading conditions.
Pre Election, The Forum of Private Business were already warning that the Government decision to stagger a planned hike in fuel duty prices at the pump was hitting struggling businesses hard. Cost increases on this scale are unsustainable for small and large businesses alike, in periods of recession, and doubly so for those dependent on keeping fleet on the road.
In response, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) had called for a lower fuel duty to be levied on commercial vehicles in order to bring the UK haulage industry in line with its European competitors, and which highlighted the need for a financially viable haulage industry operating under a recession-hit UK economy.
However, there are immediate steps that fleet operators, haulage companies, national distributors and time responsive services can take to reduce their fuel burden. Installing a vehicle tracker such as a GPS fleet tracking system, which allows for a number of realtime, data feedback reporting options, has been shown to have an instant effect on fuel consumption.
Constant monitoring and decision making based on realtime reports on traffic, weather, delivery, job, route or other altering circumstances as they occur, impacts on road usage and ultimately, fuel efficiency and consumption. Multiplied across multiple fleet vehicles and the year on year cost saving becomes considerable, reflecting ROI calculations. System support is crucial to the process.
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Duty Of Care Top Fleet Issue Served By Telematics
April 2010’s Company Car Trends report from GE Capital finds Risk Management and Duty of Care back at the top of fleet agendas coinciding with Cybit supply of Fleetstar duty of care modules for Volvo Group.
It’s interesting to note the GE Capital findings in the light of the current economic picture as we see a return after 18 months, of risk management replacing cost management as a chief concern by three quarters of fleet respondents.
An equally high percentage of nearly 70 per cent cited mobile phone use as being under review as companies revisit duty of care, with one possible consequence being, a total ban on the use of mobile phones while driving.
A telematics fleet tracking solution can directly help, using a dedicated Cybit Fleetstar online Duty of Care modules system. Designed specifically to help support businesses manage their obligations to the Working Time Directive, Corporate Manslaughter and Duty of Care legislation, Cybit recently implemented a customised vehicle tracking system for Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK Ltd.
Directly integrating critical information via customisable reports enables quicker customer response times and effective service engineer management. The Fleetstar Duty Of Care module will provide average speed reports and, most importantly, eliminate use of telephone communication – by identifying real-time engineer positions on screen and Out Of Hours usage reports.
Real time vehicle tracking and mobile workforce tracking can also both significantly contribute to a safer working environment for mobile engineers, time urgent services drivers and other priority contact personnel.
It’s interesting to note the GE Capital findings in the light of the current economic picture as we see a return after 18 months, of risk management replacing cost management as a chief concern by three quarters of fleet respondents.
An equally high percentage of nearly 70 per cent cited mobile phone use as being under review as companies revisit duty of care, with one possible consequence being, a total ban on the use of mobile phones while driving.
A telematics fleet tracking solution can directly help, using a dedicated Cybit Fleetstar online Duty of Care modules system. Designed specifically to help support businesses manage their obligations to the Working Time Directive, Corporate Manslaughter and Duty of Care legislation, Cybit recently implemented a customised vehicle tracking system for Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK Ltd.
Directly integrating critical information via customisable reports enables quicker customer response times and effective service engineer management. The Fleetstar Duty Of Care module will provide average speed reports and, most importantly, eliminate use of telephone communication – by identifying real-time engineer positions on screen and Out Of Hours usage reports.
Real time vehicle tracking and mobile workforce tracking can also both significantly contribute to a safer working environment for mobile engineers, time urgent services drivers and other priority contact personnel.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Fleet Tracking Options - Added Value!
Organisations operating fleet, from small to large scale, are always seeking cost effective solutions to keep running costs down. Considering a Vehicle Tracking package of added value functions with clear daily benefits to service efficiency, has to be seriously considered as a sensible purchase.
In the current economic climate, the urgent necessity to maintain a high level of service can conflict with a company’s ongoing improvement and upgrade needs. The drive to keep competitive can often mean taking hard decisions and unavoidable choices.
GPS Vehicle Tracking technology moves forward and an expanding company fleet operation recognises their need to put a system into place that will adequately meet growing business demands.
However, in these more cautious times, organisations will seek an attractive solution that offers one or more added value components to the core offering. This hold true in the provision of commercial vehicle tracking , no matter the urgency or priority of the service function.
At Cybit, a flexible approach to devising a fleet tracking solution comes in the form of their Fleetstar modular system - a perfect example of functionality being allowed to be added only when a real requirement for use develops or circumstances change. Available as a system upgrade on an existing Fleetstar platform, no additional hardware or installation is required.
There are four possible enhancement options to assist effective management :
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) - using PDA's or mobile computers to manage workflow and information exchange , this add on module is aimed at service and delivery organisations who need to know where their resources are in relation to their jobs and how the business is performing against planned schedules.
Duty of Care - enabling legislation compliance, this module has been designed specifically to help support businesses manage their obligations to the Working Time Directive, Corporate Manslaughter and Duty of Care legislation, irrespective of whether mobile workers are driving a company or privately owned vehicle.
Data Analyser – enabling assessment over a period of weeks, months and years, Data Analyser identifies trends captured over extended time periods, allowing managers to measure and demonstrate year-on-year performance improvements, presentable through a series of user-definable reports and graphs.
Training and Consultancy – provision of three levels of training and consultancy driven services.
In the current economic climate, the urgent necessity to maintain a high level of service can conflict with a company’s ongoing improvement and upgrade needs. The drive to keep competitive can often mean taking hard decisions and unavoidable choices.
GPS Vehicle Tracking technology moves forward and an expanding company fleet operation recognises their need to put a system into place that will adequately meet growing business demands.
However, in these more cautious times, organisations will seek an attractive solution that offers one or more added value components to the core offering. This hold true in the provision of commercial vehicle tracking , no matter the urgency or priority of the service function.
At Cybit, a flexible approach to devising a fleet tracking solution comes in the form of their Fleetstar modular system - a perfect example of functionality being allowed to be added only when a real requirement for use develops or circumstances change. Available as a system upgrade on an existing Fleetstar platform, no additional hardware or installation is required.
There are four possible enhancement options to assist effective management :
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) - using PDA's or mobile computers to manage workflow and information exchange , this add on module is aimed at service and delivery organisations who need to know where their resources are in relation to their jobs and how the business is performing against planned schedules.
Duty of Care - enabling legislation compliance, this module has been designed specifically to help support businesses manage their obligations to the Working Time Directive, Corporate Manslaughter and Duty of Care legislation, irrespective of whether mobile workers are driving a company or privately owned vehicle.
Data Analyser – enabling assessment over a period of weeks, months and years, Data Analyser identifies trends captured over extended time periods, allowing managers to measure and demonstrate year-on-year performance improvements, presentable through a series of user-definable reports and graphs.
Training and Consultancy – provision of three levels of training and consultancy driven services.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Mobile Resource Management For Green Working!
Reducing carbon footprint in the drive towards greater energy efficiency is now paramount in our everyday working lives. Multi tasking technology such as GPS vehicle tracking, which lends versatile assistance in the universal effort is a valuable asset. Nowhere is this more relevant than in fleet and commercial vehicle based businesses.
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solutions find applications in different areas. MRM solutions integrates latest technologies like Global Positioning System (GPS), two way wireless communications and mobile phone tracking. Crucial to decision making and managing workforce resources, operational and fuel costs are reduced and emissions significantly cut, using realtime vehicle tracking.
Using a selected fleet GPS tracking module interactive maps can be viewed online to enable a company to see where it loses money, time and wastes fuel, such as on duplicated journeys. Using a web browser, vehicle locations can be reported every 20 seconds, displaying mileage and live traffic information, providing the vital data to cut costs of between 10 and 20 per cent.
In addition, organisations whose ultimate ‘green’ goal, like so many other businesses, is to 'go paperless', can use PDA's or mobile computers to manage workflow and information exchange. Thus, former time consuming delays caused by paperwork processing can be avoided and customer signature captured electronically and transmitted to the office for the ultimate proof of work or delivery completed.
Details of all jobs, which can include job reference, start time, end time, anticipated work time, description and location - can all be viewed on screen and all current and future jobs assigned to a vehicle can be viewed on a map and via live dynamic timesheets.
In the fiercely competitive world of ontime delivery, a growing number of organisations need to know where their resources are in relation to their jobs and how the business is performing against planned schedules. Using the right vehicle tracking solution, organisations can respond dynamically as events unfold and to identify further opportunities to improve planning and productivity.
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solutions find applications in different areas. MRM solutions integrates latest technologies like Global Positioning System (GPS), two way wireless communications and mobile phone tracking. Crucial to decision making and managing workforce resources, operational and fuel costs are reduced and emissions significantly cut, using realtime vehicle tracking.
Using a selected fleet GPS tracking module interactive maps can be viewed online to enable a company to see where it loses money, time and wastes fuel, such as on duplicated journeys. Using a web browser, vehicle locations can be reported every 20 seconds, displaying mileage and live traffic information, providing the vital data to cut costs of between 10 and 20 per cent.
In addition, organisations whose ultimate ‘green’ goal, like so many other businesses, is to 'go paperless', can use PDA's or mobile computers to manage workflow and information exchange. Thus, former time consuming delays caused by paperwork processing can be avoided and customer signature captured electronically and transmitted to the office for the ultimate proof of work or delivery completed.
Details of all jobs, which can include job reference, start time, end time, anticipated work time, description and location - can all be viewed on screen and all current and future jobs assigned to a vehicle can be viewed on a map and via live dynamic timesheets.
In the fiercely competitive world of ontime delivery, a growing number of organisations need to know where their resources are in relation to their jobs and how the business is performing against planned schedules. Using the right vehicle tracking solution, organisations can respond dynamically as events unfold and to identify further opportunities to improve planning and productivity.
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