Bourne Skip Hire turn to routeMASTER
Vehicle-tracking system prevents lorry theft and provides real-time delivery monitoring
PETERBOROUGH-based Bourne Skip Hire (BSH) have reported ‘all-round improvements’ ever since installing the routeMASTER vehicle-tracking system supplied by AGM Telematics of Corby, after a lorry was stolen.
‘We fitted the first AGM trackers to the fleet right after one of our vehicles was stolen,’ commented BSH director Chris Seggie. ‘It was a logical response to the problem and at the time, we expected it just to come in handy in case of another theft. However, as time has gone by, we have benefited from the system in many other ways.’
The routeMASTER vehicle and driver tracking system allows the recycling operator to track its entire fleet in real-time while monitoring each individual job and delivery. Estimated arrival times are automatically updated which, says the company, helps the traffic team to ‘keep customers in the loop’. Furthermore, BSH are able to download individual driver’s time sheets and keep a check on any disparity between time punched and actual vehicle activity over the working week.
Mr Seggie said: ‘We run a diverse and busy operation from two depots, each with a 15m radius providing around 7 to 8 drops/collections a day. The service covers most aspects of waste disposal, along with private and commercial skip hire. Also, with our own waste transfer station we carry out a high percentage of recycling activities. All of this comes under the watchful eye of the routeMASTER system, which means that we keep tabs on every job at all times during the day.’
The minute-by-minute journey details provided by the system include, for example, key data in the way the vehicle is being driven such as high acceleration, braking and cornering. Cloud based and accessible from any location, using PC, iPhone, iPad or Android devices, the information can be retrieved and reviewed by individual drivers to help grade and improve performance.
