Cybit implements £220k telematics solution for Aberdeen City Council to improve refuse collection and street cleansing services

  • Cybit consultants identify considerable cost savings through increased productivity and predict ROI within a year
  • Aberdeen City Council to implement Data Analyser solution for long-term information trend identification
Cybit, the UK's leading online Telematics Service Provider (TSP), has announced a major order for its Fleetstar-Online solution from the waste collection and street cleansing services of Aberdeen City Council. As part of a council-wide initiative to enhance the service for customers, Aberdeen City Council will use the telematics solution to improve the efficiency of its vehicles' routes. The order follows a trial where Cybit's consultants were able to identify likely productivity savings of £300k per year across the whole fleet. The addition of the Data Analyser module will enable Aberdeen City Council to continue these initial benefits in the long term through the identification of trends across years, as well as days and weeks.

A six month trial with the Cybit solution identified that Aberdeen City Council could reduce operational cost by enhancing the productivity of the whole fleet, by ensuring 'on-time' scheduling and route optimisation. These improvements will enable the council to deliver a more efficient service for the citizens and businesses of the city. Aberdeen City Council manages refuse and recycling pick-ups in the city, which service residential properties as well as larger commercial requirements, so the coordination of all routes is critical. In addition, it administers all street cleaning and road sweeping throughout the city, which makes effective management across the fleet a top priority.

"Our operation has expanded in the last five years, because we are now focussing on more issues than ever before, such as recycling," commented Mark Ansell, Business Analyst, Aberdeen City Council. "Because of this dramatic increase in the needs of the citizens of Aberdeen, we have had to bring in more vehicles with different capacities, capabilities and responsibilities. With this rapid expansion of the fleet we found ourselves needing a management solution so that we could ensure the service we're providing is of the highest quality. Cybit clearly proved there are savings and improvements to be made in the fleet, and where we can make them. We are now working continuously to build upon those initial results and further enhance the efficiency of the service, and the implementation of the Data Analyser module will help enhance this process in the long term.

"The drive to improve overall service quality is something that runs council-wide. For the refuse and street cleansing departments, this means increasing the efficiency of our operations and also reducing the cost, so we can continue to offer new services. Working within the city environment throws up a number of challenges that we have to deal with on a daily basis, from access and routing issues, to the collection of different types of waste and the demands of commercial customers and citizens all mean that we need greater manageability of the fleet,” Mark Ansell continued.

"Many local government organisations are coming under heavy pressure to make their operations more efficient," commented John Wisdom, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Cybit. "Through the proper implementation of a telematics solution, these organisations can gain the visibility of their vehicles that they need in order to manage them more effectively. The combination of reduced costs and enhanced service efficiency enables local government bodies to allay these pressures and become model organisations for the rest of the country."

Cybit's Data Analyser is a high-level management tool that identifies trends in data captured through Fleetstar-Online over extended time periods. This allows managers to measure trends and demonstrate year-on-year performance improvements, which can then be presented through a series of user-definable reports and graphs.

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 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 a global force in Telematics, operating within three core sectors: Internet-based vehicle Telematics solutions; Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) Management; and Private Mobile Radio (PMR) based asset tracking and precise positioning solutions.

In the vehicle Telematics sector, Cybit is one of Europe's leading Telematics Service Providers (TSPs). More than 1,500 business to business clients use our fleet and asset management solutions to manage in the region of 35,000 assets. Solutions include in-vehicle technologies, work flow management and internet-based monitoring and reporting software. The company also provides consulting services to advise on legal issues such as duty of care and working hours.

Cybit is also a global leader in the field of EEZ fisheries management, tracking many thousands of fishing vessels on a daily basis. The company provides vessel monitoring and catch management solutions for many of the world's major fishing nations. As well as the UK and Irish Governments, Cybit helps to manage valuable fishing stocks for emerging nations such as Ghana, Namibia and Mozambique.

Cybit's newly-acquired PMR business provides asset-tracking solutions for both maritime and land-based applications including exploration and mining. Its precise positioning solutions assist in the location and exploitation of oil, gas and mineral reserves around the globe.

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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