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North American Chassis Pool Cooperative (NACPC)

Background

The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative (NACPC) is a chassis manufacturer and lessor. High-quality chassis are in high demand in the United States as Chinese-manufactured chassis face high tariffs. Plus, today’s burdened supply chain and customers demanding lightning-fast delivery requires that truckers transport payloads as efficiently as possible.

In August 2022, following its acquisition of Pratt Intermodal Chassis, NACPC expanded its partnership with Powerfleet to assist in tracking its growing fleet. Even though they can measure up to 40 feet long and weigh tons, chassis go missing all the time in the nooks and crannies of crowded ports. With over 22,000 chassis to keep tabs on, NACPC recognized the critical need for real-time monitoring and smart fleet management systems.

 

The Challenge

NACPC leaders knew they needed excellent data analytics services. Mountains of data does no one any good without a meaningful strategy to interpret and act upon the trends it reveals. Thus, they were in the market for knowledgeable support that could help them decipher and make the most of their telematics investment to produce better insights and improve decision-making.

On top of that, NACPC sought an advanced GPS chassis tracking and monitoring solution to best serve its truckers and remain ahead of competitors and anticipate their members’ future needs. The company realized that investing in the best technology would increase retention and appeal to new members.

Finally, NACPC knew that the latest technology was key in smoothing out inefficiencies at crowded ports across the country, so its leaders wanted to explore real-time tracking on new builds as well as container on/off detection – a particularly important upgrade for NACPC. While NACPC hadn’t faced significant challenges yet in missing or unused chassis, leaders wanted to head off any financial and operational headaches that would follow such an incident.

 

The Solution

To make its fleet “smarter” and give the company a competitive advantage with value-add technology, NACPC engaged Powerfleet to provide:

  • Data analysis for real-world, decision-grade insights – enabled by Powerfleet’s fleet intelligence platform
  • Asset Gateway – Powerfleet’s product for container, chassis, and trailer tracking
  • Mount and Load Sensor – Powerfleet’s product for chassis and container availability and status
  • Top-notch customer service

 

“[Powerfleet’s GPS portal] is probably one of the easier ones to manage. But, it’s the people who make the company, in addition to a quality product. Our goal is to keep trucks on the road with quality equipment and not on the side of the road getting repaired. Powerfleet helps us do that.”

Jeffrey Dudenhefer
Chief Operating Officer
North American Chassis Pool Cooperative

 

Results

Thanks to their partnership with Powerfleet – which included an additional 10,000-unit order across its nationwide network – NACPC is confident in its ability to achieve its mission: Support truckers and keep truckers moving. Right off the bat, NACPC Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Dudenhefer remarked that the Powerfleet services were simple to implement, and the third-party integration was seamless.  “[Powerfleet’s GPS portal] is probably one of the easier ones to manage.” This is a testament of how Powerfleet puts people first, taking out the complexities behind the technology and putting the needs of its customers first.

Further, Mr. Dudenhefer was impressed with the ongoing customer service. “It’s the people who make the company, in addition to a quality product.”

Perhaps the most valuable result is the real-time visibility provided by Powerfleet. Tracking and monitoring has been a cornerstone of Powerfleet and the NACPC’s relationship. Helping truckers stay as efficient as possible, especially in today’s demanding supply chain climate, is a priority. They have a stressful job, and NACPC seeks to make truckers’ days as seamless as possible. Maximizing equipment utilization, powered by Powerfleet’s visibility, maintenance, and performance insights, is a large part of boosting efficiency and removing the guesswork of chassis locations and usage.  This is especially beneficial within the first and last mile, providing increased value and even security.

Overall, working with Powerfleet empowers the NACPC to stay ahead of the curve for its members – increasing revenue opportunities as the need for and complexity around chassis grows.

 

Conclusion

With thousands of units in use today, NACPC sees significant value in the partnership with Powerfleet. Mr. Dudenhefer and his colleagues are grateful to the people at Powerfleet who keep the IoT solutions running optimally, adding value to NACPC, and continually improving the experience of truckers. “Powerfleet has been instrumental in helping NACPC achieve its goal of keeping trucks on the road with quality equipment and not on the side of the road getting repaired”, Mr. Dudenhefer said.

Powerfleet truly takes to heart its tagline of “People-Powered IoT.” There’s always a human on the other side available, working with our partners to provide helpful insights that drive continual improvement. We value creating positive experiences around our industry-leading technology to ensure our customers exceed their productivity and growth goals.

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Blackburns Chimney Services

Our asset monitoring capabilities helped Blackburns Chimney Services’ stolen utility trailer be recovered in less than 24 hours.

Background

Blackburns Chimney Services has been the trusted chimney sweep company of central Ohio residents for over 30 years. Offering chimney sweeps and inspections, masonry repair, caps, leaky chimney solutions, fireplace service & dryer vent cleaning, and more. Active members of both the Chimney Safety Institute of America and the National Chimney Sweep Guild, Blackburn’s Chimney Sweeps aims to set the standard for professional chimney care.

The Challenge

Blackburns Chimney Services started looking for an asset monitoring solution after one of their utility trailers was stolen. In addition to the cost of the physical trailer, the company had to replace all the expensive equipment and tools in the utility trailer at the time. Despite having security cameras on premise, they had no way to monitor their vehicles, track their assets in real-time and also have a way to quickly be alerted if the asset was moved during non-working hours or stolen.

The Solution

Prior to Powerfleet, Blackburns relied solely on the memory of the last person to physically move a utility trailer as to where it was located. They needed not only a system that would allow them to see where a vehicle or high value utility trailer was, but one that could be configured to send an alert when the trailer was moved unexpectedly during off hours.

Powerfleet’s solution implementation:

  • Provides Track & Trace for the exact location of assets in real-time
  • Aids in the almost immediate recovery of a stolen, high-value utility trailer
  • Generates automated alerts for asset movement during set non-working hours

Results

In a bizarre happenstance, less than a month after signing on with Powerfleet, the replacement utility trailer for the one that was initially stolen was stolen again. The trailer was taken in the early morning and recovered within a few hours. As the asset monitoring system is designed and configured with multiple “on” and “off” hour working schedules, an alert was sent out as soon as the “unplanned movement” was detected, alerting the company staff in an instant rather than waiting to be discovered.

“The Powerfleet solution is easy to use. The Powerfleet team is helpful and has follow-up meetings after installation to make sure we know how to manage it. At the time our utility trailer was stolen and equipped with Powerfleet technology, I was out of town (not in the office), but

the system was easy to use remotely. I was able to log-in and track our assets from anywhere,” said Debbie Wiedwald, Owner, Blackburns Chimney Services.

“The Powerfleet solution is easy to use. The Powerfleet team is helpful and has follow-up meetings after installation to make sure we know how to manage it. At the time our utility trailer was stolen and equipped with Powerfleet technology, I was out of town (not in the office), but the system was easy to use remotely. I was able to log-in and track our assets from anywhere,”

Debbie Wiedwald
Owner
Blackburns Chimney Services

Conclusion

Powerfleet was able to provide true real-time asset visibility to the company and improved the overall utility trailer fleet security. With access to on-demand tracking, Blackburn’s Chimney Services are now fully capable of recovering an asset if it were to be stolen again, while providing valuable information to law enforcement and their insurance provider.

In addition to being able to monitor asset locations, the office team at Blackburns Chimney Services can now get a deeper insight into the utilization of their assets, which helps control operating costs while improving efficiency.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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KAVAK

Kavak is a Mexican company that operates an online marketplace for used cars. Using connected cars and real-time data, they are reimagining maintenance, upselling, safety, and customer loyalty. Moises Flores Botello, Kavak’s Chief Financial Officer, speaks about how valuable Kavak’s relationship with Powerfleet has been during the past four years. Kavak relies on Powerfleet for developing recovery strategies, analytics, and using data processing to continue developing new revenue streams.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Church Transportation

Background

Church Transportation & Logistics is a Birmingham, AL based truckload transportation provider. The company was founded in March 2000 with one truck and one trailer. Over the years the company has grown to 70 trucks and 125 trailers and expanded its business services. Church Transportation turned to Powerfleet in 2014 to help transform how the company maintains reliable asset visibility and increase utilization.

Situation

Church Transportation was having an issue with reliable visibility of their trailers which resulted in trailers going missing or being misappropriated by their customers as storage units. While they conducted physical asset checks, these were infrequent and time-consuming. Between yard checks, drivers and other employees manually tracked the company’s assets, which was not only prone to human error but also consumed valuable labor hours that could have been better utilized elsewhere.

Church Transportation needed a real-time visibility solution for their fleet that could improve their day-to-day processes and tracking capabilities.

Task

The following areas of concern were presented to Powerfleet to solve:

1. Increase utilization of trailers

2. Reduce the need for manual and time-consuming yard checks

3. Improve visibility, reliability, and frequency asset reporting

4. Improve customer accountability through more accurate data

Church Transportation relies on a quick turnaround for their trailers since they work with a smaller but more efficient asset pool than most companies in the industry. A trailer sitting idle in a customer’s yard is an asset that can’t be utilized elsewhere. Without better visibility, assets could, and have, ended up lost, which costs Church Transportation valuable time and money.

Action

Church Transportation and Logistics operates its fleet with good tractor to trailer ratios, lower than most companies in the industry. Their profitability comes through a fast turnaround time for their trailers to keep the pool moving. With access to Powerfleet’s increased reporting capabilities, Church Transportation can see when a trailer is idle for longer than ten days and reach out to the customer to better understand the situation.

Powerfleet’s solution:

· Provided frequent and accurate visibility of trailers

· Reduced the need for time-consuming manual yard checks

· Provided intuitive reporting features that can be tailored to customer specifications

· Improved trailer turnaround times and utilization

· Reduced the overall risk of theft or misuse

“Two years ago, we could buy a dry van trailer for $30,000 – today, they are $50,000. Some receivers use our trailers as an extension of their warehouse. One of our customers has 20-25 of our trailers at any given time. Powerfleet’s solution has allowed me to see when a trailer has been dropped for more than seven to ten days. Powerfleet’s solution lets us see where our trailers are at any time and enables better communication with our customers because we are armed with accurate data to hold them accountable,”

Fenn Church
President & CEO
Church Transportation & Logistics

Results

Church Transportation saves over $9,000 a year in yard check labor costs alone!

With the help of Powerfleet, Church Transportation has achieved the following additional results:

· Saved valuable labor hours by eliminating the need for manual yard checks

· Improved asset utilization and tracking

· Now receives daily reliable reporting on Dormant Assets and Landmarks

“It’s a 30-minute drive away to look for our trailers, which our staff was doing three times a week for a minimum of 3 hours. Now, instead of wasting time doing manual yard checks, they can stay in the office working on value-added tasks,” says Mr. Church.

Additionally, part of Church Transportation’s business model is to use the latest technology and equipment for their fleet. They maintain a relatively short use time for their trailers at 14 months, giving them spotless DOT Inspection records and helps the company to maintain a very high safety score. Through Powerfleet’s easy-to-install trackers, the devices can be removed and reinstalled on new trailers quickly for seamless transitions. Easy installation was also a helpful factor when the company upgraded its fleet from 3G devices to the latest 4G/LTE products in 2021.

Conclusion

Powerfleet was able to improve asset visibility and utilization with accurate automated reporting for Church Transportation. Equipped with real-time tracking capabilities, Church Transportation can decide when they want to receive their dormant asset reports, changing the reporting intervals from 30 days down to ten. This information provides a significantly more accurate snapshot of their operations and drastically reduces trailer dwell time.

“Powerfleet offers an affordable solution that provides the visibility we needed to know where our trailers are so that we can get more utilization out of them,” said Mr. Church. “I enjoy working with Powerfleet, the team is responsive to my needs and their system is easy to use.”

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Walter P. Rawl and Sons, Inc.

“This solution has more than helped cut costs and increase productivity and safety. The data and reports we receive provides our team with more knowledge than we ever knew possible.”

Tony Hoffman
Driver Advocate/Manager,
WP Rawl

Walter P. Rawl & Sons is a multi-generational business that started as a local crop farm in the 1920s that has grown into a larger farm selling greens and specialty vegetables. It continues to operate as a “family farm” with twelve members still working in the business along with an additional 650 employees.

They rely on their own transportation fleet to offer dependable, overnight delivery to the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Midwest, and Deep South. This means delivery within hours instead of days. In addition to their dedicated fleet they also own a state-of-the-art distribution facility that allows for cross-docking and load consolidation.

To see that the business continues to thrive for future generations, Walter P. Rawl & Sons puts innovation and sustainability at the forefront of business while also giving back to the industry and continuing to live by the company motto “Our Business is Growing”.

As W.P. Rawl’s transportation fleet continued to grow alongside the business, their management team was tasked with finding a reliable and dedicated technology company that would provide monitoring and analyzation features. They were interested in not only increasing efficiencies and productivity on the road, but to simplify manual processes that left room for errors. After much research, Powerfleet was selected based on their customer reviews, wide range of features, and price.

Situation

WP Rawl has been continuing to grow demand and began to offer overnight deliveries to their customers. They were losing valuable time and money by manually logging day-to-day routes. The management began looking for ways to move more loads, increase profits, and cut down on communication time and tracking errors.

WP Rawl needed to optimize their fleet and was looking for a minute-by-minute visibility solution that could help manage its overall truck and driver performance.

Task

The following areas of concern were presented to Powerfleet to solve:

1. Compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation’s Electronic Logging Device (ELD) and Hours-of-Service (HoS) mandates

2. A solution that supports the Agricultural Exemption for HoS

3. Increase visibility throughout the supply chain

4. Improve fleet utilization times

5. Improve on-time delivery services for overnight deliveries

6. Reduce the need for manual processes for route planning

7. Increase communication capabilities between drivers and distribution centers

For WP Rawl, communication with their drivers is an absolute necessity. Knowing where drivers are on their route at any given time allows WP Rawl to provide accurate estimated arrival times to their customers and allows for better route tracking and planning. Without improving their visibility, they would quickly become inundated with orders which couldn’t be fulfilled in a timely fashion.

Action

After listening to the customer’s needs, the Powerfleet team provided immediate support by equipping WP Rawl trucks with ELDs, which improved the monitoring capabilities of the WP Rawls logistics team, improving the overall productivity of both the office and the fleet itself. WP Rawl was also able to increase communication between drivers and its distribution centers.

The Powerfleet solution provided:

  • Controller Area Network (CAN bus) metrics to improve billing, and service
  • Smooth integration with existing Automatic On-Board Recording Device (AOBRD) systems
  • Accurate and consistent data flow
  • Improved driver safety metrics by monitoring unsafe events such as “harsh breaking”
  • Agricultural exemption features

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) grants exceptions from the HoS rules for the transportation of certain agricultural commodities within a 150-mile radius. Powerfleet’s Ag Exempt feature in the ELD creates smooth reporting for drivers, allows them to receive status updates, and provide management with tracking for all Ag Exempt loads under FMCSA required guidelines.

Additionally, Powerfleet provided tablets that feature a simplified data input that allows drivers to communicate with the office while reducing the reliance on their cell phones.

“One of the reasons we partnered with Powerfleet is because of the opportunity to grow with their evolving systems. The tablet is a great example of that. In the near future, we plan to optimize the use of the tablet with our team of drivers. Currently, our drivers do not have a company email because not all have access through their phone. With the help of the Powerfleet tablet, it will give our drivers a direct line of communication with the team in the office or to their families back home” said Tony Hoffman, Driver Advocate/Manager, WP Rawl.

Results

With the help of Powerfleet, WP Rawl achieved the following results:

  • Simpler reporting and reduced data input, allowing drivers to focus on their load
  • Real-time tracking and delivery updates
  • Increased productivity
  • Improved maintenance schedules to keep the fleet rolling
  • Improved compliance with the HoS mandate

“This solution has more than helped cut costs and increase productivity and safety. The data and reports we receive provides our team with more knowledge than we ever knew possible. Idling time, engine run time, duration of high acceleration, fuel consumption, and the number of harsh braking events are just a few off that list. Each of those contributes to saving costs, increasing productivity, and keeping our drivers safe,” said Hoffman.

“Across the board, reporting is much simpler,” Hoffman continued. “It has reduced the amount of data input that was once the driver’s responsibility and allows them to focus on their load. Hours of Service reporting has given us the ability to strategically assign more loads, increase driving time, and receive delivery information in real-time. Communication with our customers has greatly improved as we are now able to give minute by minute reports on where our drivers are and what’s happening with the load.”

Conclusion

While the original concern was to maintain compliance with the ELD and HoS mandates, Powerfleet’s solution provided a better overall level of efficiency for WP Rawl and improved communication and visibility throughout the supply chain. Because the implementation of the new technology was easy to adapt to WP Rawl’s current systems, the customer was able to continue operations smoothly while enjoying the benefits of markedly improved and automated processes. In addition, WP Rawl partnered with Powerfleet to take advantage of its new innovative solutions and product developments as WP Rawl’s business needs grow and evolve.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Electric Moped Rideshare Company

Powerfleet provided access to important telemetry data and enhanced connectivity for a Pittsburgh-based mobility company with the mission to provide an efficient, alternative mode of transportation with an on-demand, zero-emission electric moped rental service. The Powerfleet team listened to what criteria was needed from the customer and determined that our Open Protocol Standards (OPS) data streaming solution, which offers a collection of scalable and secure data exchange options, could enable the customer to access device data quickly and efficiently to meet their business needs.

Situation

The customer recently acquired a fleet of electric mopeds equipped with telematics devices that were integrated with a custom software application, which was not included in the acquisition. This left a huge gap in their business model as the data collected by the devices provided critical operational metrics needed to run their business. In addition, cellular service for the devices was due to be shut off within 30 days of being contracted.

With the mopeds essentially inoperable, and only 30 days to collect valuable telemetry from the existing devices, the customer turned to Powerfleet for help.

Task

The following areas of concern were presented to Powerfleet to solve:

  1. Ability to access data from current devices on the mopeds
  2. Integration of new mopeds and raw data into the customer’s current Fleet Management System (FMS)
  3. Improve overall data transfers with relevant telemetry such as GPS location, odometer, maintenance information, and battery charge percentage
  4. Make it all happen within 30 days

Overall, the customer relies on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to help them gain visibility over their mobile assets. They need visibility of where their rented assets are located, battery life information, and maintenance information so they can get more efficiencies out of their operations, maintain accurate billing, increase security or, in the worst case, recover their mopeds. Without this information, they can’t put mopeds into their rental service because they would have no way to accurately bill customers or know where mopeds are located if they need to go get them.

Action

Powerfleet provided immediate support in providing cellular connectivity, device reprogramming, and the reverse-engineering of these metrics previously being captured by the custom software application. In addition, Powerfleet provided a highly scalable data streaming connection that allowed all of these metrics to flow directly to the customer’s backend solution using MQTT (a standard messaging protocol for the IoT).

Powerfleet’s implementation of software included:

  • Access to mission critical metrics to enable billing automation, and fleet management services
  • Reverse engineered raw vehicle Controller Area Network (CAN bus) data (previously being parsed by predecessor’s software) within the limited time frame
  • Integration with existing systems
  • Real-time accurate and consistent data flow
  • MQTT transfer protocols for enhanced IoT capabilities

Results

The customer’s newly acquired electric mopeds are now able to send invaluable data such as location, ignition status, diagnostics, and over 20 CAN bus-related metrics. The CAN bus-related metrics provide critical data that provides accurate billing, inventory management, maintenance of the mopeds, and provide better overall customer experience and service. In addition to the direct savings, the customer was able to prevent lost revenue by the mopeds that wouldn’t have been put in service.

“For us, time was of the essence as we were on the verge of losing visibility on our newly acquired equipment when we initiated collaboration with Powerfleet. What we find impressive is Powerfleet’s ability to have implemented everything we wanted within a tight deadline, be it providing connectivity or the system reprogramming. This saved us a lot of trouble with potential idling of our equipment,” said the CEO at Customer Company

Conclusion

In less than 30 days, Powerfleet was able to provide new SIM cards, a competitive cellular connectivity plan, and professional services to assist in reverse engineering raw data into the required metrics for the customer’s operational needs. Additionally, Powerfleet assisted with the setup of the OPS solution using MQTT, a cutting-edge IoT data transfer protocol, to stream data directly to the customer’s backend FMS platform.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Lift Truck Telematics & Distribution Operations

Powerfleet® removed risk factors and applied enforceable safety
measures for a large food manufacturing company. Each location
received technologically advanced and easily implemented processes
for worker safety and vehicle tracking. 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.

Situation

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.

Task

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.

Action

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.

Powerfleet Took These Steps

  • 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

Results

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)

Conclusion

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.

Learn how Powerfleet® can help your business.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Global Manufacturer Telematics & Analytics

Operational Suport, Telematics, and Software Systems

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.

Situation

A global manufacturer needed solutions for heavy manufacturing processes. These occurred in five separate locations and used about 800 vehicles,  including lift trucks, tow tractors and man lifts. They needed solutions that would improve safety in material handling operations, protect workers and reduce costs.

Task

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.

Action

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 Took These Steps

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.

Results

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.”

Conclusion

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.

Learn how Powerfleet® can help your business.

Powerfleet transforms the way organizations manage mobile business assets — like forklifts, cargo trailers, and connected cars. Our technologies control, track, analyze, and optimize hundreds of thousands of these assets all over the world. We help organizations be safer, improve efficiency, and cut costs.

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Forklift Telematics & Analytics
Reduced Risk & Increased Revenue

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.

Situation

A leader in global automaking found themselves in need of improved safety measures and material handling operations. The company adheres to the highest safety standards but their ongoing self-monitoring processes indicated a need for improvement. The need extended to personnel training, systems implementation, systems management, authorization processes and equipment use monitoring.

Task

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.

Action

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.

Powerfleet Took These Steps

  • 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.

Results

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:

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Conclusion

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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