JMHC expands telematics solution
Tracking technology has been fitted to an additional 150 vans that are used to provide final-mile services on behalf of online retailers and home delivery partners.
How can technology improve the performance of your fleet?
In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of fleet management technology, allowing drivers and fleet managers alike to access a significant amount of smart data with regard to vehicle and driver performance. Features include fuel efficiency information, driver performance insights and real-time tracking via GPS, all of which help effortlessly manage the end-to-end performance of van [...]
How driving behaviour affects your fleet’s bottom line
A FLEET'S strength lies in two places, its vehicles and its drivers. When both work 100% efficiently, profits stay healthy and everyone is happy. But when one, or both, falter that's when the impact on your fleet's bottom line starts to show. And as Bluedrop Services, specialists in motor fleet insurance discuss, when accidents on the road do occur questions [...]
‘Live Map’ page for Hubio Fleet users
THOSE businesses who have invested in Hubio Fleet telematics technology can now see live traffic displayed in the ‘Live Map’ page of their online dashboard. Using a colour code of green to yellow to red, depending on the congestion severity, the van fleet controller can very quickly determine how a live traffic situation may impact their operations. They can then take [...]
Free Hubio Fleet 30 day trial
HERE’S something worth looking at: a free Hubio Fleet 30 day trial from the real-time fleet tracking specialists. The free 30 day trial of Hubio Fleet is open to small businesses and van fleets, operating from one van upwards. Hubio Fleet is an OBD plugin that fits into a vehicle’s on-board diagnostics port. The plugin then transmits how the vehicle [...]
RAC telematics installed on all new Hitachi Capital vans
HITACHI Capital Vehicle Solutions, one of the UK’s biggest vehicle and specialist asset leasing companies, has signalled its confidence in connected vehicle technology by having RAC telematics installed on all new vans. It has selected RAC Telematics as its partner for the technology installation which will deliver data on vehicle condition and health, forming the basis of new and enhanced [...]
Change your driving to cut costs and boost profits says Northgate
MAKING money is the main aim of any business, but saving it is just as important and this can be achieved if you simply change your driving, says Harry Palin, national business development manager at Northgate. He says that for fleet managers cost savings can come in many forms, from the way that vehicles are sourced, to how they are upgraded and expanded [...]
RS Connect aims for £20m turnover target
TELEMATICS specialist RS Connect aims for £20m turnover within two years, doubling its current level of trading success. News of the ambitious plan comes with the announcement that the company, recently rebranded from RS Fleet Installations, has won investment backing from Beech Tree Private Equity. Among its recent contract successes, RS Connect won an RAC contract to fit on-board diagnostics devices to vans for Volkswagen Financial Services. Managing director [...]
The cost savings of telematics
Telematics can offer SME operations significant cost savings in their vehicle operations. Here’s what you can expect. MORE and more businesses are realising the value of telematics systems and there is huge potential to further save time and money by harnessing the power of the data being produced by the “little black box”. Already, many small to medium-sized businesses are [...]
New Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles telematics package aimed at SMEs
IT'S like this: you've heard of telematics; read about the advantages that it can offer your business van fleet; but you've never been convinced it's really worth it. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles telematics in brief New telematics system available from February 2015 Can be fitted to almost any vehicle; in other words you can have a mix of different van brands [...]
The intelligent van takes decisions out of the hands of van operators
Understanding how to act upon the analysis is the key to gaining benefit MANAGERS are getting better at “listening” to what fleet data is telling them and making better decisions, says Chevin Fleet Solutions. In the past, explained David Gladding, sales director, there was a tendency to sometimes use operational data to underline existing policy decisions but improved [...]
Allo, allo… Resistance to telematics is no laughing matter ….
Keeping a closer eye on your drivers can pay dividends Listen carefully, we will say this only once … a spy in your cab could save you money. Direct Line for Business says more than two in five (42 per cent) van drivers are unfamiliar with the concept of telematics and how it works to monitor speed, hours [...]
Cost conscious businesses holding back progress
Sophisticated hardware and wireless communications is lowering prices and a wider acceptance of telematics THE arrival of telematics in the transport sector a decade ago transformed the balance sheets of bigger businesses, but equipment costs prevented the benefits being experienced by smaller players. Now the latest technology with sophisticated hardware and wireless communications, is bringing down prices and [...]
Steeplejacks climb higher with Ctrack
Bailey International Steeplejacks at work - new Ctrack telematics of the company's vans has helped improve the companies their A VEHICLE tracking systems company has completed its tallest order and topped it off with significant savings for the business involved. Bailey International Steeplejacks, who work on industrial chimneys and tall structures, has awarded a contract extension to Ctrack for the [...]
100,000th Citroen commercial benefits from Teletrac tracking
Jeremy Smith (left), Citroen's head of commercial vehicles with Teletrac's Pat Gallagher and the 100,000th Berlingo to get the van tracking system A Berlingo van has become the 100,000th Citroen commercial to be fitted with the cost-saving Teletrac vehicle tracking as standard. nearly all stolen vans fitted with Trackstar are recovered within 1 hour of being taken Unique [...]
