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A Construction Company Reduced Fuel and Labour Costs by More Than 10%

Introduction

This case study of a small business construction company is based on a June 2016 survey of Fleetmatics customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Fleetmatics:

Addresses the following challenges with Fleetmatics:
- Increasing fuel costs
- Locating staff immediately
- Customer billing disputes

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Fleetmatics that the surveyed company uses:

Improved overall safety with Fleetmatics by:
- Keeping on top of maintenance
- Decreased aggressive driving behaviours
- Reduced speeding and harsh driving
- Improved driver accountability

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Fleetmatics:

Areas of business Fleetmatics helped improve:
- Fuel savings
- Maintenance
- Safety
Fleetmatics helped reduce the following areas of cost:
- Fuel costs: more than 10%
- Payroll and overtime costs: more than 10%
- Operating costs: more than 10%
- Vehicle maintenance costs: more than 10%
Areas of business Fleetmatics helped increase productivity:
- Staff verification
- Customer billing
Reduced fuel costs with Fleetmatics by:
- Monitoring fuel card purchases for discrepancies
- Reducing personal use of vehicles
- Coaching drivers on improving their driver behaviour
Decreased payroll costs with Fleetmatics by:
- Locating staff quicker
Chose Fleetmatics over other options:
- It is very easy and simple to use
- It has features the competition does not have
- They could see the rapid return on investment

About Fleetmatics

Fleetmatics Group PLC is a leading global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Our fleet management solutions enable businesses to meet the challenges associated with managing local fleets, and improve the productivity of their mobile workforces, by extracting actionable business intelligence from real-time and historical vehicle and driver behavioral data.

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