Discover how fleet management systems can help improve your business.

1. How Fleet Management Systems
can help improve your business
“Fleet management systems can help
streamline and improve your entire
operation in ways never imagined,”
Peter Mitchell, CTO, Fleetmatics
Peter Mitchell is Chief Technology Officer at Fleetmatics. Prior to joining the
company, he was CTO and founding partner of WS2, from 1998 until 2004,
when it was acquired by Fleetmatics. In a previous role, Mitchell worked on
Microsoft Corporation’s Visual Studio team that developed Visual Basic 6.
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www.Fleetmatics.co.uk 0800 975 4566

2. 10 simple steps to increase
your operational efficiency
1. Improve Routing and Dispatching
2. Increase Productivity and Jobs Completed
3. Enhance Customer Service
4. Reduce Fuel Consumption
5. Less Administration
6. Better Driver Safety
7. Assured Asset Security
8. Accurate Time Keeping
9. Transparency on Accidents and Claims
10. Lower Operating Expenses

3. What our customers say...
“On a day-to-day basis we are already
reaping the rewards through better
and more flexible dispatching of our
vehicles... we’re starting to see that
with more efficient routing the fuel bills
are lowering.”
Richard Poole, Operation Director, Alltrade Aerial & Satellite
What our customers say...
“We complete an additional job per day per engineer. We know our
engineers are doing their jobs and not sitting on the side of the road taking
a two-hour break.”
Robert Ranson, Director of Operations, Best Electrical
2. Increase productivity and number
of jobs completed per day
Work smarter, not harder; you can increase the productivity of your fleet by
getting to customers faster, while reducing or eliminating phone calls about
driver location and time of arrival. Our customers can complete more jobs in
a day than their competition through better intelligence about their fleet.
1. Improve Routing and Dispatching
Even used at its most basic level the Fleetmatics fleet management system
can help to markedly improve routing and dispatching. By mapping and
monitoring the routes drivers take it is possible to sense check delivery
schedules and ensure the most direct, efficient routes are being used by
every driver.

4. 3. Enhance Customer Service
Respond to your customers faster and with accurate information by using
fleet management systems. When your dispatcher knows the exact location
of all company vehicles, finding the nearest driver becomes simple. It’s as
simple as searching for an address, clicking on the closest vehicle and
sending a message to the driver with directions.
What our customers say...
“If a driver is running late, we’ll know it right away. We can inform our
customer and give them a precise arrival time. Live Fleet also helps us get
our drivers back on the right track should they get lost.”
Raj Dhillon, Owner, Dhillon of London
4. Reduce Fuel Consumption
Fuel is an ever-increasing cost to businesses. Your fleet management
system cannot magically lower the cost of fuel but it can dramatically reduce
the amount of fuel used. Eliminate wasted fuel used during vehicle idling;
inefficient routing; traffic jam delays; unauthorised vehicle use; fuel theft.
What our customers say...
“Since installing the Fleetmatics system
3 years ago, our yearly van mileage has
almost halved... that’s a huge reduction
in fuel costs to my company.”
Mark Worthington, Owner, B&K Boiler Services
“I would estimate that we have reduced
our fuel bill by approximately 10% since
installing the Fleetmatics system.”
Charles Robinson, Owner, Robinson Kimbolton
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5. 5. Less Administration
An online fleet management system that reports in real time can save on
business administration in a huge variety of ways. It can eliminate the back
and forth phone calls to drivers about whereabouts and ETA – freeing up
staff to concentrate on core business; it can generate automatic reports
about any metric you want to manage and send it to your mobile device;
it can send an automatic alert if your pre-set parameters are breached
whether that be speeding, idling, time of vehicle use etc.
What our customers say...
“Since the installation of FleetMatics our hours are more stable and we have
seen a cut in wages because we are able to identify exactly when a driver
has finished work and match that up against their pay. Also, we pay our
drivers overtime, so even if it’s 15 minutes here and there, this all adds up”
Paul Rhodes, Director, A Rhodes Haulage Ltd
6. Better Driver Safety
Driver safety training helps give your drivers and technicians the tools they
need to drive safely. But how do you know they’re practicing what you
preach? Fleetmatics’ Driving Style feature can capture speeding, hard
breaking, quick starts and hard cornering.
What our customers say...
“We have been able to defend drivers against accusations of driving
offences. We were able to quickly react and prove that the vehicles were
either not at the location or were not doing the speed accused. This has
brought peace of mind to us and the drivers.”
John O’Shea, Managing Director, Ille Paper
“My phone alerts me if a driver is speeding, so I’m able to quickly address
the situation by advising the driver to slow down. Problem solved!”
Christophe Izart, Founder, Owl Pest Control

6. 7. Assured Asset Security
Keep an eye on your vehicles after hours... Are your company vehicles
being used for side jobs, personal errands or other inappropriate activity?
Fleetmatics’ fleet tracking gives you the alerts and reporting you need to
monitor the proper use of your vehicles and address misuse whenever
it occurs. Plus, you can recover stolen vehicles and get alerts when
unauthorised behaviour occurs (even off hours).
What our customers say...
“Ensuring we have maximum safety and
security for our fleet is a primary goal.
With the Fleetmatics fleet management
system on our prestigious supercars, we
have achieved that goal.”
Deepak Bhatia, Managing Director, Signature Car Hire
8. Accurate Time Keeping
Through our online time sheet feature it is now possible to keep accurate,
paperless records of an employees working hours ensuring accurate pay
and accurate documentation. 15 minutes per day improved timesheet
accuracy at £20 per hour equates to £100 savings per driver per month.
What our customers say...
“There have been a few occasions when a customer has claimed that
an engineer hadn’t turned up to a job; with Fleetmatics we were able
to quickly react and prove to the customer that in fact an engineer did
show up, meaning we were able to back up our driver.”
Ben West, Operations Manager, Bettavend

7. 9. Transparency on Accidents
and Claims
Many insurance companies offer a discount on liability premiums when their
customers proactively use fleet management systems to improve driver
safety. This is because they want to reward customers who manage driver
safety with in-vehicle telematics devices.
What our customers say...
“We took a call one day from a lady claiming that one of our vans had
bumped into her car, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
As she provided us with the date and time of the alleged accident and
the vehicle’s registration number, we interrogated our tracker logs and
were able to prove that the vehicle was 70 miles away at the time of the
accident. The insurance claim never followed.”
Lee Goodwin, Owner of Oakleafe Ltd
10. Lower Operating Expenses
Stay on top of the repair and maintenance of your vehicles. Let’s say you
want to make sure your vehicles are getting their scheduled oil; you can set
up alerts to notify you every time a vehicle travels a certain number of miles,
letting you know that the vehicle is due for service.

8. Find out how implementing the Fleetmatics Fleet
Management Solution can help you streamline your
business and improve operational efficiency.
Book a free online demonstration today.
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