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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2016
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT & SITE SAFETY
Established in 2006 by company founders Clint and Sarah
McClure, the pair was concerned about the safety risks of their
staff working in remote locations.
“Our cranes and trucks service some of the most remote parts
of Australia. We looked into GPS tracking to make sure our
employees were safe,” Clint McClure, Director, Cosa Cranes &
Engineering, Australia said.
According to Clint, Cosa Cranes needed to take the guesswork out
of its billing. The hire of its machines is time based, which means
the company needed data around hours, to correctly charge
customers. This means, if Cosa Cranes employees incorrectly filled
out job dockets, the company couldn’t invoice its customers for
the hire times, potentially missing out on revenue.
“Now with GPS vehicle tracking, we can verify arrival and
departure times, which allows us to accurately bill our customers.
Also, if a customer disputes a bill, we have data to resolve the
concerns,” Clint said.
“We know human error can be made on job dockets and plus the
guys could lose track of time. So if the guys have made a mistake
on filling out their job dockets, we can check Fleetmatics Reveal.
It has made a big improvement to our invoicing,” Clint said.
The company had also recognised poor driving habits were
impacting Cosa Cranes vehicles, causing needless wear and tear.
In particular, speeding was an issue, which increases safety risks
and wastes fuel.
Since the implementation of Fleetmatics Reveal, Cosa Cranes has
used the data to coach its employees on improving their driving
behaviour, contributing to significant savings in fuel.
“Since the introduction of Fleetmatics we’ve dropped all of our
machines' speeds by 10km an hour, which has saved our fuel burn
and it has also made the guys more aware of safety. Now, we don’t
have incidents on the road and our fuel consumption has dropped
by up to 7%,” Clint said.
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GPS vehicle tracking
A lack of visibility of its fleet of cranes,
trucks and light commercial vehicles led
Cosa Cranes & Engineering to implementing
vehicle tracking with Fleetmatics Reveal.
With GPS vehicle tracking, Cosa Cranes can verify arrival and departure
times, which allows the company to accurately bill its customers
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