Driving up productivity with Webfleet
Beverley Wise, Webfleet regional director for Bridgestone Mobility Solutions, explains how the company’s tachograph solutions can boost operational efficiency
At a time when many companies are struggling to increase output, against a backdrop of rising cost pressures, setting a trajectory for growth is no easy task.
The onus is on them to do more with the same – or less – and to lower the barriers to increased productivity. The strategic adoption of digital technologies can play a vital role here, driving operational efficiencies and helping streamline and automate key business processes.
For fleets, connected tech systems – with telematics platforms at their heart – can be the catalyst for new ways of working and improved workflow management.
Vehicle downtime, for example, can be minimised by using Webfleet, Bridgestone Mobility Solutions’ fleet management software. The platform’s remote tachograph download and archiving module, helps keeps trucks on the road, while giving users the compliance tools they need.
With traditional, manual downloads, trucks must be in a specific location where downloading equipment is available – and this can negatively impact productivity.
Webfleet TachoShare removes this requirement, enabling tacho data to be remotely downloaded from vehicles and shared directly with third-party analysis software.
For Strata Logistics, automating the download of driver card and vehicle unit data, has meant responsibility being taken away from company drivers, saving them considerable time through reduced administration.
The integration with third-party software, within fleets’ existing IT environments, can also help minimise disruption. For Strata Logistics, integrating Webfleet with TDi Software’s disc-check tachograph software has simplified analysis and reporting and, in turn, reduced the likelihood of future infringements.
The automated functionality of TachoShare is also proving of particular value for companies such as BJS Haulage, which has vehicles which stay out all week.
The digital keys that can unlock the door to improved productivity are clearly with us – with more efficient tachograph management just the tip of the iceberg of what is possible using advanced telematics platforms.
The pressing need to innovate to drive business growth may now be the trigger to accelerate adoption, as the transport sector sets its sights on a more competitive future.
