Fleet Management Logistics with Trimble, Telstra, Australia
Trimble and Telstra have developed a solution that integrates in-vehicle hardware, GPS, Internet and wireless network technologies to provide fleet tracking and real-time connectivity between mobile assets and an application server that can be accessed by the customer via any web-connected computer.
The system can automatically capture data from the field to improve operational efficiency:
- By nominating the closest field worker for each assignment, managing unauthorised vehicle use and indirect travel routes
- By increasing the effectiveness and accountability of the workforce and by quickly identifying exact locations of fleet vehicles from the customer service desk, which can dispatch vehicles efficiently and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Telstra estimates that an organisation with a field workforce of 500 employees could avoid approximately 600 tonnes of CO2e per annum by adopting Trimble mobile field force management
application on a wireless device. The initial investment could be paid off through reduced energy expenditure in around six months, providing annual savings of about 10%.55 Telstra says it has deployed the solution across it own operational fleet and has achieved productivity
savings of about 20% and reduced fuel costs by more than 6%.
