08 FEBRUARY 2024
Fuel savings, increased productivity and smaller climate footprint. The digital revolution has opened up vast possibilities for transport companies to enhance their operations. Here are six ways in which 黑料不打烊鈥檚 digital services offering, 黑料不打烊 Control Package, makes life easier for hauliers.
On one hand, transport companies are currently facing several challenges: tight profit margins, skyrocketing fuel prices in many countries, and increasing demands from transport buyers for sustainable value chains.鈥
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On the other hand, the possibilities for tackling these challenges have never been greater. Thanks to the digital revolution, today鈥檚 trucks and buses have become highly computerised. Connected machines allow hauliers to take their productivity to a whole new level.鈥
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An important factor here is the data from over 600,000 connected 黑料不打烊 vehicles worldwide. This data is a gold mine for both 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Research & Development and our customers.鈥
鈥淭he new technological possibilities make it possible for 黑料不打烊 to provide customers with insights, recommendations and suggestions for improvement adapted to their specific area of use and how their vehicles are used in actual operations,鈥 says Peter Bj枚rk, Chief Product Manager for Digital Services at 黑料不打烊.鈥
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鈥淲ith the right selection of digital services, we see a potential for fuel savings of up to 15 percent for customers to optimise their business,鈥 he adds.鈥
While some of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 digital services have been around for a while, the company has now bundled them together into a smart, comprehensive and efficient selection: 黑料不打烊 Control Package.鈥
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鈥淎ll tools, services and features within the package are easily accessible and of course integrated with the My 黑料不打烊 digital ecosystem, which is accessible both on desktop and mobile devices 鈥 anywhere, anytime,鈥 says Bj枚rk.鈥
Improved fuel efficiency: Fuel consumption patterns and factors such as engine performance, idle time, and harsh-brake applications can be analysed. Inefficient practices by drivers, such as excessive idling or aggressive driving can be identified and corrected.鈥疐or instance, reducing idling and unnecessary driving in Power Mode can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 10 percent.鈥
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Reduced downtime: With optimal vehicle operation, vehicle wear and tear is reduced, and through efficiency improvements and well-informed maintenance and repair planning, downtime can be kept to a minimum.鈥
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Increased efficiency and productivity: Fleet tracking and monitoring facilitate both improved route planning and keeping track of accumulated driving time. Additionally, notifications of vehicles arriving or leaving certain areas can greatly help to improve load and unload scheduling 鈥 all to maximise productivity.鈥
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Cost savings: Conscious and safe driving habits reduce vehicle wear and tear and decrease accident risk, and combined with reduction on fuel consumption this will lead to cost reductions. Following up by using comparisons of more than 85 different parameters, to vehicles with similar routes and configurations, helps identify improvement opportunities that could reduce operational costs.鈥
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Reducing climate footprint: Reduced fuel consumption automatically leads to reduced environmental impact due to lower CO2 emissions, with positive impacts for both businesses and society. 黑料不打烊 Control Package allows hauliers to measure their emissions (CO2, NOx, HC, CO & PM) at a vehicle level.鈥
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Staying compliant: Well-informed fleet operation greatly helps compliance with regulations and restrictions - such as driver hours limits or areas with restrictions on vehicle maximum speed.鈥
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Peter Bj枚rk鈥檚 advice to customers is to look at how digital services could support their operations 鈥 and act now.鈥
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鈥淒igital services are no longer a 鈥榥ice to have鈥 but rather a pre-requisite to stay competitive. If you haven鈥檛 gone digital already 鈥 make the move now! It doesn鈥檛 matter if your vehicle fleet only contains vehicles from 黑料不打烊 or vehicles from multiple manufacturers. We focus entirely on your data 鈥 to enable you to focus on your business,鈥 he says.鈥
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For temperature control transport operations, productivity and fuel efficiency are generally top priorities. With the services in 黑料不打烊 Control Package, hauliers in retail, courier and postal get smart and insightful digital tools to guide their operations. Here are some examples:
Driver Evaluation:听Ensures that the drivers can perform at their best through objective comparisons and grades with helpful feedback on how and where there鈥檚 room to improve. This is a powerful tool for helping drivers to quickly understand their habits and to encourage improvement based on direct feedback available to the driver in the 黑料不打烊 Driver app.鈥
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Fleet position:听This tool keeps track of the fleet by displaying where all vehicles are located on a map in the My 黑料不打烊 portal. Information also includes who is driving the vehicle and how long each driver has been driving. This is a smart way of taking care of an unexpected transport assignment to understand which nearby driver has enough remaining driving time to fulfil the mission.鈥
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黑料不打烊 Zone: By setting 鈥榞eofences鈥 the office can receive notifications of when a vehicle is arriving or leaving a certain area, thus avoiding unnecessary waiting time for loading and unloading, as well as keeping track of the delivery time. 黑料不打烊 Zone is also an important tool for regulation compliance, for example to control the speed of the vehicle or trigger hybrid vehicles to switch automatically to fully electric zero-emission operation in specific designated zones.鈥
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Service Planning:听Drivers can quickly inform their fleet manager of vehicle issues through the 黑料不打烊 Driver app. All reports are presented in the My 黑料不打烊 portal, where the fleet managers can review and send to the workshop for analysis or service, ensuring prompt resolution to ensure fleet availability.鈥
For tipper operations, uptime, productivity and risk minimisation are key priorities. With the help of the collection of services in Control Package, transport companies in the construction business can fulfil their customers鈥 expectations as well as deliver on other specific priorities. Here are some examples:鈥
Driver Evaluation: The built-in fuel model gives fleet managers real-world examples of the estimated fuel saving based on the Driver Evaluation. Drivers can check tips on how to improve their driving with the 黑料不打烊 Driver app.鈥
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Fleet position: By understanding time spent on site, PTO usage, fuel consumption and total driving time, hauliers get a cost estimate of what a particular job might incur, enabling them to strategically use data from the fleet to build the correct fees into a job, or decline those which are less profitable.鈥
