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Operators: sat-nay and tracking are survival necessities

21st May 2009, Page 15
21st May 2009
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EVERY HAULIER will soon need satellite navigation and vehicle tracking systems to survive business and legal pressures, according to operators using the technology.

Paul Abbott, operations director at Kettering, Northants-based Knights of Old, which uses a Navman Wireless system, says: "The equipment lets us know where our vehicles are; it means we can plan journeys a bit better, cut down on wasted trips and minimise empty running. It's also good from the legal and compliance points of view.

"We couldn't go back to the old system now, and in two or three years time. all haulage firms will need it to survive."

Nigel Machado, managing director at Transhaul in Leighton Buzzard, Beds, says vehicle tracking has "helped improve efficiency for haulage firms".

He says: "We are able to give clients up-to-date information regarding location and expected vehicle arrival times. We also gain valuable management reports and data, such as vehicle idle times, over speeding, and drivers' hours, It has also helped with reducing our insurance premiums."

Machado says not every road transport company will eventually adopt telematics, but more progressive companies will.

John Wisdom (above), group sales and marketing director at telematics supplier Cybit, believes haulage firms of all sizes are starting to adopt telematic systems on a wider scale.

"The technology allows customers to reduce operating costs and improve efficiencies," he says. "It includes tools to help haulage firms comply with the increasing legislative, taxation and compliance burden associated with operating."

Isotrak sales and marketing director Craig Sears-Black adds: "We believe that telematics users can help themselves choose wisely by following a few simple rules: only invest in telematics in support of a clearly defined business goal; look at the long-term return on investment, not the short-term cost per vehicle or mile; seek out a longterm partner: and take references from existing customers."


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