Cybit to lead the market with next generation of CanBus integration

Combination of market-leading telematics positioning and vehicle performance reports will unlock powerful new cost and performance benefits for the transport, fleet and service industries

Cybit, the UK's leading online Telematics Service Provider, has announced plans for new CanBus capabilities that will herald the next generation of fleet management technologies. Companies will be able to combine market-leading position reports from Fleetstar-Online with CanBus-generated vehicle performance data to build powerful and highly configurable reporting suites for their entire fleets - which will unlock a range of new cost savings and efficiency enhancements.

Cybit's CanBus solution holds benefits for both transport, fleet and service companies. The company intends to make its solution available not just to HGV fleets, but to the LCV and car fleet market.

Businesses can see the immediate benefits. Marshalls Plc has already achieved a 15 per cent improvement in delivery efficiency by integrating Fleetstar Online with a dynamic routing scheduling application. Marshalls sees the benefits associated with CanBus delivering the next ten per cent. Stewart Potter Logistics Director Marshalls Plc: "On top of the articulated savings we've made by implementing Cybit’s fleet tracking, we are now looking for a further reduction in fuel expenditure and resulting decrease in our carbon footprint. Working on a strategic level with CanBus based management reports is the next step."

"Effective fuel management and emissions strategies will be a number one focus for companies this year, as they are faced with higher costs at the pumps and increased pressure from government and watch-groups to reduce carbon footprint," commented Richard Horsman, Cybit's Chief Executive Officer. "We believe that visibility of detailed fuel utilisation and driver performance information holds the key to unlocking further savings and will provide the additional management information needed to minimise operational costs."

Some of the benefits of Cybit's CanBus integration:

For the transport market

  • Link onboard vehicle information to location, direction and timed events – to join up the whole transport and distribution infrastructure
  • Link vehicle load, weight, engine performance and route to help optimise transport and standardise driver behaviour
  • Enhance routine servicing and enable preventative maintenance on vehicles – cutting the cost associated with full component failure when on the road
  • Monitor fuel usage precisely

For the service market

  • Monitor use and abuse of vehicles - for example over-revving and throttle abuse - to maintain duty of care as well as limit maintenance and running costs
  • Support innovative contracts such as billing by mileage or the hour
  • Vehicle leasing improvements - prove wear-and-tear degradation versus vehicle abuse

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). 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, work flow 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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