Safeway keeps an eye on deliveries
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• Following successful trials at its Warrington depot, Safeway has installed satellite tracking systems in all its trucks in a bid to beat traffic jams.
The Logiq system, which is tailormade for Safeway, allows the driver to communicate with the depot using an on-board computer terminal so vehicles can be re-routed at a moment's notice. The computer will also gather performance data which is stored on the driver's personal smart card. Analysis of this information will monitor driver and vehicle efficiency.
Safeway reports that during the trial fuel consumption was cut by about 5%—the company is confident this figure can be bettered once the system has been adopted across the fleet.
Once the driver gets within striking distance of the store Logiq allows him to send a message via the depot to the store manager's personal pager so staff will be ready to receive the delivery.