Denton & Nickels drives growth with Telogis
Doncaster-based construction and building maintenance company Denton & Nickels has implemented the Telogis Fleet software platform in a bid to give senior management heightened visibility into its fleet operations, improve efficiency of services, and monitor driving behaviours.
With more than 70 staff members, Denton & Nickels provides a wide range of construction services across the region, including building, gas, electrical, mechanical installation and facilities maintenance to public and private sectors. Current clients include local authorities, schools, commercial and industrial sites.
The last 3-5 years saw Denton & Nickels growing at pace, operating a daily fleet of more than 40 vehicles. However, the company lacked IT software to provide insights into the performance, efficiency and behaviours of their drivers and vehicles.
Brian O’Sullivan, marketing manager at Denton & Nickels commented, “We’ve been exceeding growth targets year on year. As a result, our senior management team wanted to review company policies and procedures. Factors like carbon footprint, efficiency of vehicle use and delivery times needed to be aligned to new targets that would be reflective of and support further growth.
“We had no existing platform in place to provide us with the visibility needed to measure these metrics and benchmark against as we scaled. We urgently needed to rectify this with the help of a reliable and experienced solutions provider.”
Following extensive market research, the company deployed the cloud-based management solution Telogis Fleet, part of the broader Telogis Mobile Enterprise Management (MEM) software platform.
Telogis Fleet is said to offer a data-driven, near real-time view of fleet operations. It also provides tailored reporting, such as alerts for maintenance upgrades and productivity records of service, including start times, job completion and driving time.
Brian O’Sullivan said: “After conducting in-depth due diligence on the partners available, we made the decision that Telogis would best suit our needs. It offered consultancy and the capability of software we were looking for. Its tools give an incredibly detailed level of insight and control on operations, asset utilisation, mileage and driver behaviours.”
Telogis Fleet has reportedly had a major impact on managing driver operations, with users able to monitor when any vehicle exceeds thresholds set, including speeding, harsh braking and idling.
Denton & Nickels also wanted to improve its carbon footprint.
Brian O’Sullivan added: “A green fleet is a priority for us. We work with many public sector organisations so it is a shared ethos.
“Through Telogis Fleet we have been able to closely monitor emissions and how much fuel is spent per vehicle, showing us where reductions can be made. For instance, we’ve introduced a Driver Buddy scheme in which two workers travelling to the same job from different locations can be pooled, using one vehicle instead of two.”
