Practical tools to help you streamline logistics, reduce costs and make better decisions.

1. FLEET OPTIMIZATION HANDBOOK
A guide to optimizing your fleet
Creating World-Leading Internet Experiences

2. GETTING MORE OUT OF YOUR MOBILE ASSETS
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Practical tools to help you
streamline logistics, reduce costs
and make better decisions.
BUSINESS CASE RESOURCES
Your mobile assets, most notably your vehicles, trailers, freight and even
employees, are a significant investment for your company. Wireless tech-
nology can help you get more out of this investment.
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In this e-book you’ll find advice, ideas and tools that can help you extend
the life of these assets, cut costs and give you real-time visibility into your 2
operations, so you can make better, faster decisions.
This practical resource is designed to help you build the business case for
wireless technology. Use this guide as a workbook – take notes, share what
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you’ve learned with your colleagues and start getting more our out your
mobile assets today.
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3. 1 FLEET OPTIMIZATION IQ QUIZ
Fleet Optimization IQ Quiz
FLEET OPTIMIZATION IQ QUIZ
Optimizing your fleet can have a measurable impact on your bottom line. Take this quiz and gauge your company’s
Don’t assume you are getting the most out of your mobile assets. BUSINESS CASE RESOURCES
fleet optimization IQ.
Find out for sure.
What’s Your Company’s Fleet Optimization IQ?
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TO TAKE THE ONLINE QUIZ
HAVEN’T THINKING ACTUALLY
CONSIDERED ABOUT IT DID IT
My business is using a GPS tracking solution on our vehicles and
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Our drivers are equipped with electronic tools to track their
2 hours of service (HOS) and vehicle inspections. ❍ ❍ ❍
We track fuel consumption by vehicle and actively monitor/
3 improve driver routes.
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We have implemented a driver behaviour monitoring program
4 to reduce poor driving habits (e.g. speeding, hard breaking and
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idling).
We electronically monitor our engine diagnostics and automate
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maintenance schedules. ❍ ❍
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We use loss prevention tools that proactively deter theft or
6 provide alerts if back doors are opened or assets are moved. ❍ ❍ ❍

4. 2 WIRELESS TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM
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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES THAT DRIVE SUCCESS
Explore this interactive ecosystem to learn about the wireless technologies that are
changing the transportation industry. Click on an image to learn about how these
wireless technologies can help drive your business forward.
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5. 3 CALCULATING THE ROI OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
ROI TOOLS AND RESOURCES
A discussion of the value of wireless technologies for your transport operations
would not be complete without exploring ROI. Take a look at these compelling INTERACTIVE Save Money with
ROI Calculator Fleet Tracking
statistics from the Aberdeen Group†. Companies that adopt real-time, location-
based fleet management solutions not only reduce overall operating expenses Find out how much Watch this video from
more your fleet can be Mentor and discover how
by an average of $1,100 per vehicle* per year, they also enjoy: optimized with this ROI you can save you money
calculator from XATA . by reducing speed and
13% CUT IN FUEL COSTS idling.
27% RAISE IN DRIVER COMPLIANCE Managing Your
Bottom Line Reducing Fuel
Consumption
25% INCREASE IN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE See how mobile fleet
management solutions Find out how to reduce
can impact your bottom fuel consumption with
13% REDUCTION IN OVERTIME COSTS line with this video from this white paper from
Mentor. Mentor.
23% IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE RESPONSE TIMES
Telematics ROI
27% IMPROVEMENT IN FLEET UTILIZATION
Learn how much you can
15% REDUCTION IN VEHICLE DOWNTIME
reduce costs and improve
productivity with this
white paper from Web
Tech Wireless.
* 57% of best-in-class companies reduce operating costs per vehicle by an average of 10.4%. The survey revealed that the average operating cost
per mile was 33 cents, and the average miles driven per year were 33,243, resulting in a reduction of operating costs of ~$1,100 per vehicle.
† Aberdeen Group Report Cited: Service on the Move: Driving Profitability via Fleet Management, March 2007
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6. 4 PEER INSIGHTS
SUCCESS STORIES
Smart companies are investing in
wireless transportation solutions to get CANADIAN COVENTRY HIGHWAY
much needed visibility into their opera- FREIGHTWAYS CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL
tions and gain a competitive edge. Discover how Canadian See how Coventry Connec- Find out how much High-
Freightways tracks and tions, a taxi fleet operator, way Technical Engineering
manages its truck fleet, uses wireless POS to Services expects to save
Whether you run a trucking or logistics provides its line haul driv- reduce costs and provide a with its fleet management
ers with electronic logs higher level of service to its solution while making sure
business or manage a fleet, best
and manages pickups and customers. its employees are safer.
practices from other businesses can deliveries in real-time.
help you build the business case and
motivate your leadership team to act
now. Pacific SAINT John WILCO
Coach Lines TRANSIT CONTRACTORS
Learn from your peers in these success Discover how Pacific Learn how Saint John Learn how Wilco Contrac-
stories. Coach Lines uses wireless Transit tracks buses and tors Northwest tracks and
technology to provide provides arrival times to its manages its mobile assets.
differentiated customer riders on mobile devices, Discover how its manage-
service, improve trans- the Web, and digital signs. ment team views asset
portation service and cut details, pulls up performed
costs. tasks, uploads photos and
comments, and finds the
location of specific assets.
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7. 5 TRANSPORT TECH CHECKLIST
CHECKLIST
5 TRANSPORT TECH CHECKLIST
This checklist will help you plan and evaluate so that you make the right COMPLETE this CHECKLIST and GET A PERSONALIZED,
decisions. Check the items that matter most to you. Then, click RESULTS PRINTABLE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PRIORITY LIST.
for your personalized, printable wireless technology priority list.
CLICK HERE
for THE inter active checklist
FEATURE REQUIREMENTS SAFETY & SECURITY SUPPORT SOLUTION
Driver behaviour monitoring (to Real-time visibility of vehicles and Cloud/web -based managed
eliminate idling, speeding and assets solution (offers easy integration
hard breaking) with little IT support)
Alerts when unscheduled stops
Route productivity / GPS Route are made or backdoors opened Fixed Solution (hardware and
optimization software licenses that reside on a
In-vehicle video surveillance, computer or fixed server)
to ensure safety and seatbelt
Dispatch capabilities
compliance HARDWARE SOLUTION
Fuel consumption monitoring Panic buttons Fixed in-vehicle hardware (with
Support for sustainability/ GPS and mapping capabilities)
Safety alerts for drivers
environmental initiatives
Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) which
Accident prevention/reconstruction can move from vehicle to vehicle
Signature or point-of-sale capabili- features
ties and electronic invoicing Leverage existing mobile devices
NETWORK REQUIREMENTS (smartphones/tablets)
Diagnostics and maintenance
scheduling Wireless Network (real FLEET OPTIMIZATION HAND BOO K
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routing, data and information
Trailer tracking or inventory from any wireless device
management
Wi-Fi (upload information daily/

8. THE BUSINESS CASE IS CLEAR
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