Cybit implements Fleetstar-Online telematics solution into Scanfreight’s HGV fleet

  • Fleet and Asset Management solution will help Scanfreight improve the productivity of its HGVs and enhance customer service
  • Scanfreight will cap fleet insurance costs for the next 3 years through a unique Cybit-enabled "Fleet Telematics" offering from Norwich Union
Cybit, the UK’s leading online Telematics Service Provider (TSP), has announced the implementation of 26 Fleetstar-Online units into the HGV fleet of Scanfreight, a leading haulage and distribution company. Cybit’s Internet-based fleet and asset management solution will help Scanfreight gain greater visibility of its fleet through real-time GPRS tracking, so it can more effectively manage vehicles at both its Colchester and Stoke depots.

Furthermore, by choosing Fleetstar-Online in preference to other telematics systems, Scanfreight will take advantage of Norwich Union's "Fleet Telematics" fleet insurance offering, which uniquely provides Fleetstar-Online users with an opportunity to fix fleet premiums for three years, in addition to the potential to earn an annual profit share of up to 16 per cent.

Fleetstar-Online will help Scanfreight to manage all its vehicles from a single point, improving visibility and providing easy access via the internet. Scanfreight will also benefit from reduced costs through improved route planning and real-time traffic management. Improved visibility of their vehicles will also help Scanfreight to provide customers with more accurate ETAs.

Furthermore, by choosing Fleetstar-Online Scanfreight can take advantage of Norwich Union’s preferential fleet insurance product, Fleet Telematics, which provides a fixed rate premium over three years and the potential to earn an annual risk recognition rebate of up to 16 per cent.

“It is important that we have a greater degree of management control over our fleet to move our business forward, and one of the best ways of doing this is by seeing exactly what’s going on with every truck in our fleet,” commented Richard Adlem, Fleet Director, Scanfreight. “Implementing the Cybit solution gives us visibility of our entire fleet, which helps us to keep customers up-to-date when they need information. It also provides us with the level and quality of information that we need in order to make our HGVs more productive every job, whilst keeping a firm control on our costs.

“As well as the operational and cost benefits we expect from the system, we will also get a better insurance deal through the Fleet Telematics offer from Norwich Union, which will help us to save money through fixed premiums and risk recognition rebates. The solution brings broad functionality that benefits many different areas of our business, and the support from Cybit - in terms of training and consultancy - will continue to add value to the implementation.”

The Fleet Telematics insurance cover was negotiated on behalf of Scanfreight by FMW Risk Services, a leading UK fleet insurance services provider and one of Cybit’s Specialist Telematics Brokers. FMW’s Managing Director, Peter Blanc, commented, “with an upwards movement expected in fleet insurance rates, it made sense to lock-down Scanfreight’s premiums at today’s rates for the next three years and to ensure that a sound agreement was in place to rebate premium if the anticipated reductions in claims experience were achieved. We now look forward to working with Cybit and our insurance partners to widen the understanding of the benefits of telematics-enabled fleet insurance.”

“For the haulage industry, reducing costs while improving service is an ongoing challenge,” added John Wisdom, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Cybit. “Fleetstar-Online helps address these demands by providing all the information that a manager needs to analyse processes, and improve the way the business operates.”

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 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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