Powerfleet®’s advanced telematics digitize tracking, enabling management at any location to monitor vehicle use and employee habits. This eliminated guesswork, provided accountability and created a new system of checks and balances for measurable results.

The company saw results in terms of a 70% decrease in accidents, an 80% decrease in damages and several hundred thousand dollars in cost savings.

Improvements were required in the following areas:

1. Control over 3PL operations, specifically equipment use, personnel training, and accountability.
2. Reduction of industrial truck accidents and vehicle damage, which was costing the company nearly half a million dollars each year.

The company has a fleet of over 150 industrial trucks, which include motorized walkie-rider pallet jacks, reach trucks and sit-down counterbalance forklifts. They required immediate help with monitoring personnel and reducing safety threats.

Powerfleet® is an expert in streamlining safety operations. The intelligent designs and systems improvement transformed this company’s operations, drastically reducing risk and improving safety. The company needed a wireless telematics system designed for industrial trucks. Powerfleet® put into place:

• Access control system: this ensures that only trained operators are using certain types of equipment and vehicles in need of repair are locked.
• Electronic safety lists that comply with OSHA regulations and can identify mechanical issues before they become critical or dangerous.
• Collision detection and accident management, which logs the identity of the driver when impact occurs.

Based on pricing, reliability and overall value, this company selected Powerfleet® as the best option on the market to implement these systems.

Powerfleet®’s services provide OEM-independent solutions over a long period of time. They implemented the above systems, many of which are patented and unique to Powerfleet® as a company.

Powerfleet’s® implementation of software and hardware happened over the course of just a few weeks.

• Vehicle-mounted devices that include on-screen Wizard
• Integrated with existing systems
• Validated system’s interface with every brand of truck
• Ensured accurate and consistent data flow
• Installed badge-reading technology for existing employee ID cards
• Vehicle access control
• Installing a patented electronic safety checklist system

The client reports that Powerfleet® achieved the following results:

• Real-time data for deep fleet utilization
• Authentic monitoring of how operators are using equipment
• Improved processes and efficiency
• Increased productivity of material handling operations

Additional outcomes eliminated badge-sharing among employees, created a “driver break” function to prevent unauthorized vehicle use and actioned an alert system for any maintenance issues or safety violations. The combined efforts had the additional results of:

• Eliminating cost, time and trouble of paper-based records and communication
• Early identification of equipment repair needs
• Reduction in unsafe operation procedures and expensive repairs
• A higher rate of vehicle mobilization and safe use (due to timely repairs)

Powerfleet®’s patented, industrial management technology transforms drivers’ situational awareness and reduces the number of accidents. It streamlines real-time communication and eliminates false alarms. Managers can respond quickly to accidents or safety events and create proactive measures to avoid costly issues. With integrated systems, meaningful data can be collected that informs best practice and better processes for the companies who use Powerfleet®’s software and hardware.

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Powerfleet® provided operational support, telematics and software
systems that transformed safety and improved revenue for a global
manufacturer. Powerfleet®’s forklift fleet management and analytics provide real-time data. This protects workers by remote vehicle monitoring, maintenance alerts and reduction of costs associated with lift truck accidents. Additionally, telematics contribute to proper material handling, creating a more cost-effective and risk-free environment for large-scale production. The company deployed Powerfleet’s software and hardware at five manufacturing plants with over 800 vehicles of varying types. They achieved millions of dollars in labor costs, 80% forklift accident reduction and 100% personnel safety compliance.

The customer needed a system that would ensure OSHA compliance,
streamline communication and improve safety. Their primary goals were:

1. Accuracy of vehicle monitoring and accident reporting in numerous
   production environments, across multiple locations.
2. Reduction of lift truck accidents and risk of personnel safety due
   to negligence.
3. Better data for access control, employee checklists and vehicle
   status reporting.

The company had (or has) 800 material handling equipment (MHE) vehicles in five locations. Each goal would have to be achieved in different environments, with different leadership and employees.

Powerfleet® sets the standard in the industry for safety enforcement and efficiency for industrial vehicles and access control systems. Powerfleet® put into place:

• Access control system: this system created digital records for every driver, using their existing employee ID cards. Tied to training databases, access is only granted to employees who are both certified and authorized to operate a vehicle.
• Electronic safety lists that prioritize the OSHA top-10 industrial safety
  concerns and provide a bank of useful data from which managers can adjust processes and quickly address any issues.
• Collision detection and accident management, Powerfleet®’s patented system flags impact severity and prompts management responses. This
  is an efficient system which logs accidents, eliminates down time and reduces the number of vehicles that are taken out of production.

Powerfleet®’s systems comply with corporate and government safety
regulations. All vehicles are digitally monitored both for location and status. Drivers are accountable in their operation, which promotes safer practices.

Powerfleet’s installed software and hardware with minimal disruption to
operations in each facility. These included:

• Electronic safety checklist, accessible digitally and with cloud-based
  storage
• Customizable electronic notifications for managers and supervisors
• Digital employee ID verification
• Patented, vehicle-mounted Powerfleet systems

Additionally, leadership at the company began to use Powerfleet® IQ™ Analytics to assess their systems. This source of information provided both a baseline and immediately identifiable areas for improvement which provided immediate action items for improvement in low-performing sites. They were able to reduce waste and improve operations for maximum utilization at all times.

The client reports that Powerfleet® achieved the following results:

• Reduced gaps in activity and productivity
• 100% compliance for vehicle safety checklists
• Hour-by-hour, day-by-day monitoring of vehicle utilization for immediate leadership action
• Large-scale data source for ongoing improvement strategies

The client reports that, “Very quickly, we were able to reduce forklift damage costs over 80% and get our pre-shift checks into 100% compliance.”

Powerfleet®’s telematics and Powerfleet® IQ™ Analytics provided a novel source of data and improvement plans for this global manufacturer. Across numerous facilities and on hundreds of different vehicles, all of these
systems vastly improved function and streamlined processes. Operations
and personnel were improved through Powerfleet®’s sophisticated,
innovative, digital tools.

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Powerfleet® reduced risk and increased revenue for the customer in this case study. Innovators at Powerfleet® undertook this project for a client in automotive manufacturing by providing fleet management and analytics for five manufacturing plants. These plants had an industrial truck fleet of over 800 vehicles, including lift trucks, tow tractors and man-lifts. The work performed saved the company over $2 million a year and continues to pay off in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.

This automaker needed safety and operational improvement for two reasons:

1. The protection of its workforce
2. To reduce the cost of lift truck accidents

The company is known for safety technologies. The workforce in new safety systems included people working on forklifts and other MHE. Powerfleet’s objective was to improve control over industrial truck safety policies. The work and systems implemented by Powerfleet® addressed the client’s acute and long-term needs.

Powerfleet® excels in logistics, industrial telematics and vehicles. Two of Powerfleet’s tools were used in this case:

1. Powerfleet telematics: a logistics system that manages transportation assets according to regulatory compliance and client-specific metrics.
2. PowerfleetIQ® Analytics: proprietary software which provides advanced data search, sorting an analysis, seamlessly integrated and accessible from any device.

These tools provided a dual-action solution to the automaking company’s safety needs.

• Data analysis that measured forklift productivity and identified underperforming sites and peak activity.
• Vehicle operator relocation and fleet reduction recommendations.
• Implemented an access control system for operators that connected to the plant’s database. This ensured that only authorized, trained employees could operate vehicles.
• Deeper access control was created that grouped operators by department and shift, giving management the ability to monitor workers.
• Provided an electronic safety checklist system for industrial truck operators.
• Utilized the Powerfleet patented impact management system that streamlines notification and alerts to managers.

Powerfleet saved this client millions of dollars and put a system in place that will benefit their business in numerous ways. Results of this work included:

Powerfleet® is uniquely equipped to assist companies in numerous facets of this industry. Our cutting-edge technology and applied practices can improve systems and optimize efficiency. In this case, our work ensured the safety of employees and reduced costs.

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