How to Reduce Fuel Costs

With the cost of fuel on the rise, your business is likely to experience higher fuel costs in the coming months. While the cost of fuel may be out of your control, it’s possible that your fleet could be using an unnecessary amount of fuel. How do you identify where these unnecessary fuel costs are coming from? One way to do this is by using technology like GPS tracking that provides tangible answers about the root of excessive fuel consumption.

Using a GPS tracking solution allows you to not only identify where these costs are coming from but proactively ensure your fleet is performing at the maximum efficiency so your fuel costs remain low. GPS Insight helps many companies like yours reduce excessive fuel costs.

This was the challenge for Kennecott Utah Copper. Hearing that a mining company received 1,500% ROI on a GPS tracking solution through idle and other fuel reduction may sound too good to be true, but this was the reality for Kennecott Utah Copper. Along with excessive fuel costs due to idling, their vehicles were going out of warranty much faster than anticipated because their vehicle warranties are based off engine run time and not miles driven. They put their focus on reducing idle time amongst the fleet to curb these unnecessary fuel costs and vehicle wear and tear.

For Parks & Sons, a waste and recycling hauler, they knew they had this challenge when they were communicating 50-65 routes daily by way of CB radio and cellular devices. This caused massive route overlaps, which led to longer pick up times, which led to fuel being wasted.

This issue was addressed through the use of the GPS Insight route replay feature. Their dispatchers can now view daily routes for multiple vehicles at one time, along with every stop that needs to be made. They can easily spot where the routes overlap and correct them for future routes.