UCS Plant Ltd slashes fuel costs by going green with Cybit telematics

  • UCS reduces fleet by six vehicles by eliminating duplicate journeys
  • Further ROI gained through increased timesheet accuracy
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Cybit, the UK's leading online Telematics Service Provider, has announced that the installation of Fleetstar-Online has enabled UCS Plant Ltd, part of the growing Rand Group of UK construction businesses, to dramatically cut operational costs and reduce its fleet's carbon footprint. Fleetstar-Online has helped identify and eliminate duplicate journeys, which has significantly lowered fuel costs across the operation and reduced the size of the fleet by six vehicles - while still maintaining the same high levels of service.

UCS uses Fleetstar-Online's real-time and historical reporting to maintain the accuracy of its employees' timesheets and control its emergency call-out vehicles for Anglian Water - to ensure each vehicle reaches its destination in the allotted response time. Fleetstar-Online enables UCS to blend real-time, reactive management with regular review sessions. Every three months, mileage allowances per driver per week are re-assessed, and employees who exceed acceptable levels are identified. Alternative routes are then found to decrease the mileage, as well as fuel costs and driving time. This process was used to identify opportunities for vehicle sharing.

"We are not completely new to telematics," commented John Tindall, UCS Plant Ltd Director. "We have had systems in the past, but it’s been difficult to get the most from them. Cybit has an experienced consultancy service that regularly revisits our site every few months to make sure we're optimising our use of the system, which has helped us achieve on-going, sustainable benefits. Graphical Mileage Reports are already helping us to pull back 500-1000 miles per week through route planning - which is massively reducing fuel and running costs. Cost savings are also being made through our own points system for speeding: each driver has ‘speed points’ put against their mileage and we pull them up on it every week. Keeping to the speed limits gives more miles to the gallon, reduces costs and is an important element of maintaining our duty of care.

"Every department is noticing the benefits from the Cybit system," John Tindall continued. "We can see the exact location and journey history of every vehicle, which enables payroll to pay staff for their exact working hours. Previously drivers' days started at head office, but now they are being paid from when they leave their front door. Timesheet validation is essential and we have all the reports on file for as long as we need them, which is excellent for backdating our company records."

"UCS demonstrates the complex demands of many service sector organisations," added John Wisdom, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Cybit. "It needs to build on basic timesheet validation and vehicle tracking requirements that help to drive up the productivity of the fleet, with functionality to handle emergency call-outs. It has to combine operational efficiency with maintaining high levels of service - but never losing sight of other goals, such as reducing its carbon footprint and delivering a consistently high duty of care. Our Fleetstar-Online solution delivers these benefits by going beyond vehicle tracking to deliver genuine enterprise-wide benefits."

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, which is tracked by GPS in real-time and then transmits data to Cybit’s online control centre. It offers users anytime, anywhere access to the system via a standard web browser.

About UCS Plant Ltd:
UCS Plant Ltd is the plant hire and servicing arm of Rand Group, a £55 million turnover group of construction companies based at Rand in Lincolnshire. UCS Plant Ltd operates an extensive fleet of plant and vehicles from excavators, dump trucks and dozers to low loaders, vans and company cars. In addition, UCS Plant Ltd offers a plant hire and vehicle servicing facility to local external companies.

Over the past 30 years UCS Plant Ltd has grown in size and now owns over 2000 items of plant from power saws to 35 tonne excavators with a combined value in excess of £5m. It also has a fleet of cars, vans and HGV's, which is used extensively throughout the group’s construction businesses.

For more information, please visit www.randgroupltd.co.uk

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. Around 1,500 business-to-business clients use its fleet and asset management solutions to manage more than 40,000 assets primarily in the public sector, service industries and logistics and distribution markets. Solutions include in-vehicle technologies, workflow management and internet-based monitoring and reporting software. The company also provides consulting services to advise on operational and 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 Precise Positioning business provides asset-tracking and highly accurate positioning solutions for both maritime and land-based applications including exploration and mining. Its precise positioning solutions are in constant use in the location and exploitation of oil, gas and mineral reserves around the globe.

Additional information is available at www.cybitholdings.com, www.cybit.co.uk, www.amatics.com, www.cybitpositioningsolutions.co.uk and www.bluefinger.com

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

Graham Gordon
Marketing Manager, Cybit
Tel: 01480 389100
Email: ggordon@cybit.co.uk


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