Cybit helps UK businesses to optimise fleet performance under latest Working Time Directive legislation

  • Enhanced risk management offers organisations the ability to take up Fleet Telematics insurance offering
  • Market-leading telematics solution available from just £20 per vehicle, per month

Cybit, the UK’s leading online telematics service provider, has announced an initiative to help UK organisations maximise the operational efficiency of their HGV fleets within the constraints of the new Road Transport Directive which places limits on working hours. The new regulations – part of the Working Time Directive – came into force on 4th April 2005 and applies to commercial drivers and crews of heavy goods vehicles. By using Fleetstar-Online, fleet managers are able to evaluate vehicle delivery routes to maximise productivity while the enhanced fleet visibility and extensive management reporting allows them to examine and challenge time spent loading and unloading at distribution centres and supplier/customer sites.

Where dynamic operations require short notice collections the Fleetstar–Online platform enables the nearest available vehicle to be identified immediately.  Instructions can then be issued by two-way data messaging. Live traffic information enables drivers to avoid traffic delays ensuring working time is used for optimal operational performance. Fleetstar-Online can also be integrated with dynamic routing and scheduling and other back office applications via an
 Applications Programming Interface (API) to provide a powerful additional actual versus planned capability.

The new legislation limits the number of hours a driver and crew can spend working to 48 hours a week averaged over a 17-week period. Provisions are also made to limit driving at night and ensure drivers take appropriate breaks. Fleetstar-Online gives managers complete visibility of their fleet so they can ensure their planned operations are as productive as possible within the constraints of the directive.

“Compliance with the Road Transport Directive is essential for every organisation that operates HGV‘s in the UK and Europe,” commented Cybit’s Chief Executive Officer, Richard Horsman. “Fleetstar-Online is the ideal, cost-effective telematics enabled solution to help optimise fleet performance within the guidelines set out by the legislation. Plus, implementing Fleetstar-Online enhances an organisation’s risk management and provides it with the opportunity to take up the newly launched Fleet Telematics insurance scheme, offered in partnership between Cybit and Norwich Union.

“With the recent modular release of Fleetstar-Online, Cybit has opened up the possibility of enhanced telematics functionality to a whole new market of fleet operators. They are now able to invest in a report-only system – that will allow them to review their operational performance  – for as little as £20 per vehicle, per month. This is a relatively insignificant cost to pay to ensure that your fleet is operating efficiently,” concluded Richard Horsman.

By implementing Fleetstar-Online organisations are able to take advantage of the Fleet Telematics insurance offering developed in partnership between Norwich Union and Cybit. Fleet Telematics offers organisations that install Cybit’s telematics platform fixed insurance premiums for the two to three year duration of the agreement and also gives them the ability to earn a Risk Recognition Rebate of up to 16 per cent per annum for meeting risk management KPIs.

About Fleetstar-Online:
Fleetstar-Online is Cybit’s scalable Internet-based telematics solution that features real-time vehicle tracking, exception reporting, replay mode, customised reports, mileage information, SMS messaging and live traffic information. Fleet vehicles are fitted with a small electronic in-vehicle-unit (IVU) which is tracked by GPS in real-time and data transmitted 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. Fleetstar-Online also features added value solution support, with fully integrated Smartnav satellite navigation and RAC Trackstar Plus stolen vehicle recovery system functionality. Smartnav is an ‘off-board’ satellite navigation and route planning system that gathers real-time traffic information from Trafficmaster's established network of cameras and sensors around the UK.

About Cybit:
Cybit is a leading Internet-based Telematics Service Provider (TSP) and supplier of fleet and asset management solutions to the business-to-business sector. Cybit’s solutions portfolio includes vehicle tracking and management, lone worker support and car pool management. Hundreds of companies across a wide range of industries already use Cybit’s online solutions to improve the management and control of their fixed and mobile assets. Additional information is available at www.cybit.co.uk

Contact information:
Andy Gray
IBA - PR for Cybit
Tel: 01780 721 433
Email: agray@iba-europe.com

Sophie Geering
Marketing Manager, Cybit
Tel: 01480 389100
Email: sgeering@cybit.co.uk

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