HGV fuel costs could be reduced with new training software

Running costs for HGV’s are constantly on the rise, with many smaller haulage firms going out of business or having to make cutbacks because of spiralling costs. However, a new piece of software for managing fleet vehicles could help to reduce fuel costs, and also insurance costs.

The software is aimed at haulage firms and fleet managers who are responsible for fifty or more HGV’s . The software, developed by L&A Consultants, has so far managed to save Leicestershire police a total of £125,000 per year in its fuel expenditures. The software was developed as a test for Leicestershire Constabulary in 2006 and has been used successfully by the police for the last two years.

The software, known as IR3, has so far managed to save the police £4 for every single £1 that they have invested into it.
An added bonus of the software is that it also cuts insurance premiums because of the detail it gives for any accidents. Leicestershire Constabulary have found their insurance premiums cut by £30,000.

Adrian McMullan, of L&A Consultants, stated:

‘We’ve developed it to such a high level of sophistication for the police that it should be fairly straightforward for us to set up for a haulage operator. There are six areas iR3 can be used for: response management job management resource management fleet management duty-of-care management and vehicle tracking.
We will tailor the application to an individual operator’s requirements. They might only be interested in monitoring whether their fleets are being fully utilised, whereas another operator might want to add collision reporting and service forecasting. The main advantage of iR3 is that it has been developed using open-source software, which means it can be integrated into operators’ existing IT systems.
Our software uses proven automated vehicle location system technology that integrates data from virtually any other application, such as scheduling, call handling, CRM, logistics, and sales and fleet management software, among others. L&A charges customers a monthly fee for the software, which includes detailed reports of all data.
If operators want to initially trial iR3 that’s fine with us, or they can start using it across their whole fleet straight away. It is really only cost-effective when run on a fleet of at least 50 vehicles.’ 

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