Amber Langis orders Fleetstar-Online telematics for its road service vehicles

  • Real-time fleet visibility will enable traffic control company to meet tight response times for customers such as Scotia Gas Networks

Cybit, the UK’s leading online telematics service provider, has announced an order for Fleetstar-Online from Amber Langis, a specialist in portable and temporary traffic control, and the largest suppliers in South East England. Amber Langis will use the system to increase productivity through improved operational control. Fleetstar-Online will enable Amber Langis to reduce response times, and meet time-critical SLAs set by clients including Scotia Gas Networks, which requires a two hour response for many of its call-outs.

Fleetstar-Online is an Internet-based fleet and asset management solution, which allows managers from any of Amber Langis’s ten different depots to see and use the same fleet information. Amber Langis will be able to identify the nearest engineer to a call-out, which avoids inefficient routing of drivers and provides better customer service. Fleetstar-Online’s historical reporting capability can also be used to verify Amber Langis’s attendance at locations, which is essential in meeting SLAs for out-of-hours and weekend work.

“Our business operates from ten different depots, and co-ordinating between them all effectively is a mounting pressure if we are to become more productive,” commented Geoff Maxsted, Director, Amber Langis. “We need to optimise our response times so we can meet our SLAs with companies such as Scotia Gas Networks, which we can now do by identifying the nearest van available to go to the site. We can also use this visibility to optimise our fleet drivers’ journeys so that we can become more productive and cost-efficient.

“Having implemented Fleetstar-Online, not only are we able to fulfil our existing contracts with more precision and efficiency, but we can also use these tools as differentiators when we tender for new business. We can demonstrate to prospective customers exactly how we can meet their demands, and the ways in which we can guarantee a rapid response and effective service. This builds a level of confidence that we will get the job done to a high standard.”

“This kind of service sector is another area where telematics and Cybit’s added value solutions are proving to be an increasingly essential tool for business efficiency,” added John Wisdom, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Cybit. “Being able to manage your entire fleet against short response times and tight service level agreements is a continual challenge. Using Fleetstar-Online as an effective tool for SLA reporting can prove to be a real business benefit for companies such as Amber Langis.”

Fleetstar-Online is Cybit’s scalable Internet-based fleet and asset management solution that provides organisations with precisely the level of telematics functionality they require, while also ensuring an easy upgrade path so that it can evolve to meet changing business needs. Fleet vehicles are fitted with a small electronic in-vehicle-unit (IVU) which is tracked by GPS in real-time and then transmits data to Cybit’s online control centre. It provides companies with a cost-effective ASP-based fleet management solution, which offers users anytime, anywhere access to the system via a standard web browser.

About Amber Langis Ltd:
Amber Langis Ltd has been in the Portable temporary traffic control signals and systems business for over 30 years and has unrivalled experience in the supply of temporary traffic signals. Two, three and four phase portable traffic signal systems are available for roadworks, either radio controlled or with traditional cable connections. It can also sell or hire portable traffic signal systems for car parks, bridges, factories and most other applications, including construction site haul routes. Its staff are trained to City and Guild standard for the installation of equipment on the highway and are available 24 hours a day for deliveries, collections and service. Its CAD mapping service supplies a scale design for roadworks application, which can then be installed complete with all signage.

The Traffic Management Division is available across the full depot range. We run the most modern fleet of temporary traffic management vehicles manned by staff trained to LANTRA sector 12A, B and C standard.  A large stock of signs, cones and barriers is held to suit most applications. This equipment can also be hired. Special signs can also be made utilising our own in house facilities. Combining the above services enables us to offer the most comprehensive events package with experience of many major venues.

About Cybit:
Cybit is the UK's market leading internet-based Telematics Service Provider (TSP). It provides over 1,000 organisations of all sizes across a wide range of industries with a comprehensive suite of online solutions to improve the management and control of nearly 25,000 fixed and mobile assets.

Cybit recently extended its reach into the maritime telematics sector following the acquisition of BlueFinger Limited, a global leader in the delivery of high value Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) management solutions to UK and international governments.

Additional information is available at www.cybit.co.uk and www.bluefinger.com

Contact information:

Duncan Burford
IBA - PR for Cybit
Tel: 01780 721 433
Email: dburford@iba-europe.com

Chris Linney
Senior Marketing Executive, Cybit
Tel: 01480 389100
Email: clinney@cybit.co.uk

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