Below are just a few quick examples of how we've helped fleets just like yours. Click on the category below to see specific examples. Or for a more in-depth look at how we can help improve your bottom line, visit our library of full case studies.
- Reduce Fuel Consumption
- Reduce Payroll Expenses
- Reduce Insurance Rates
- Increase Productivity/Revenue
- Asset Protection
Reduced Fuel Consumption
HVAC
Business Challenge: High, unstable gas prices plus excess mileage on vehicles.
With the SageQuest Solution: Company realized decreased fuel consumption by 700 gallons per month, or a tank per week, per vehicle, by eliminating unauthorized use.
Payback: $145.83 per month, per vehicle, in fuel savings.
Bottled Water Distribution
Business Challenge: Excessive mileage readings, vehicles leaving designated routes.
With the SageQuest Solution: Across the board, decreased mileage, an average of 30 miles per week.
Payback: $57.84 per vehicle, per month, in fuel savings.
Material Handling Dealer
Business Challenge: Possible layoffs and overall reduction in driver hours because of unpredictable fuel costs.
With the SageQuest Solution: Business reduced fuel consumption by 26.4% across the entire fleet in 26 locations across seven (7) states.
Payback: $99.86 per vehicle, per month, in fuel savings.
Reduced Payroll Expense
Waste Management
Business Challenge: Staffing costs way out of line with the company’s business model.
With the SageQuest Solution: Leadership reduced total payroll by 7%.
Payback: $145.66 per month, per vehicle, in payroll savings.
Commercial/Residential Painting
Business Challenge: Eliminate overtime.
With the SageQuest Solution: Within weeks, company reduced three (3) hours of payroll, per week, per driver.
Payback: $90 per month, per vehicle, by eliminating overtime.
HVAC
Business Challenge: Better routing capabilities required to increase productivity and enhance customer service/satisfaction.
With the SageQuest Solution: An efficient mechanism is in place for more effective tracking, routing, monitoring and generating reports. All expectations significantly exceeded.
Payback: First year reaped meaningful savings. Company experienced 8% reduction in fuel costs; 6% decrease in payroll and notable increase in customer service and satisfaction.
Reduce Insurance Rates
Waste Management
Business Challenge: Find line item to allow company to work leaner, save money, without affecting the number of drivers/employees.
With the SageQuest Solution: After installation, the company earned an $8,000 annual reduction in auto insurance.
Payback: $14.50 per vehicle, per month, in insurance savings.
Ready Mix Concrete
Business Challenge: Determine how to further protect van assets/inventory and capitalize on theft deterrent measures.
With the SageQuest Solution: In addition to reaping benefits from GeoFence, Tamper Alerts and other system features, company locked in to reduced insurance premiums on their comprehensive coverage policy.
Payback: $16.23 per month, per vehicle, in insurance savings.
Industrial Equipment Service/Supply
Business Challenge: Decrease insurance costs without decreasing amount of coverage.
With the SageQuest Solution: Company earned a reduction in comprehensive insurance coverage by installing a solid product that includes a theft deterrent device.
Payback: 16% discount on comprehensive insurance.
Increase Productivity/Revenue
Mechanical Contracting Services
Business Challenge: Identify a way to handle more business to bring in more revenue.
With the SageQuest Solution: Through effective tracking, routing and management solutions, company has added two calls per week, per vehicle. This equates to more than $100,000 in additional annual revenue.
Payback: $641 per vehicle, per month, in additional revenue.
National Cable, Media & Communications Service Provider
Business Challenge: Every year, countless hours are wasted on unprofitable travel time.
With the SageQuest Solution: Company can now dispatch drivers directly from their homes, increasing fleet productivity by 21%.
Payback: 1.3 additional stops per day.
Transportation Services
Business Challenge: Lack of new business; sales flat.
With the SageQuest Solution: Company attracted new contacts and customers by showcasing the customer benefits of their company using a fleet tracking and management solution.
Payback: A distinct competitive advantage, leading to quantitative change in customer acquisition.
Beverage Distribution
Business Challenge: Drivers experienced delays because customers were making them wait to deliver goods.
With the SageQuest Solution: Use of real-time tracking and accurate reports which reveal actual travel and stops and most important of all, the length of every stop.
Payback: Company better supports drivers and has reduced wait times by reviewing documents with customers.
Materials Handling
Business Challenge: Material losses and customer complaints of “no-shows.”
With the SageQuest Solution: Installation of product helped to eliminate the use of company supplies and equipment for side jobs. Drivers became accountable for making all stops including the last deliveries of the day.
Payback: Eliminates expense of buying duplicate supplies and ensures heightened customer satisfaction with prompt driver arrival.
Site Contractor
Business Challenge: Frequent billing disputes regarding time spent on the job.
With the SageQuest Solution: Company uses travel reports to verify time on-site. Also, if a customer requests a special, time-consuming inspection, the company uses the input to verify overtime billing.
Payback: More billable hours and fewer billing disputes leading to more income and prompt payments.
Materials Handling
Business Challenge: Huge windows of projected arrival times created time-consuming delays.
With the SageQuest Solution: More accurate projected delivery times.
Payback: Reduced idle time with driver waiting for someone to unload materials. Also, drivers with excess material and time can be dispatched to jobs that previously had been turned down.
Distribution
Business Challenge: Keep abreast of individual preventable maintenance logs for a large fleet.
With the SageQuest Solution: Easy-to-use, automated module to send notification when a vehicle comes due for a scheduled repair, replacement or routine maintenance.
Payback: A clear improvement in fuel efficiency and reduced labor costs associated with managing maintenance and scheduling services.
Asset Protection
Industrial Equipment Service/Supply
Business Challenge: Costly and unnecessary repairs a result of losing two engines last year; plus complete basic maintenance for the entire fleet was often neglected or overlooked.
With the SageQuest Solution: All basic maintenance is now being tightly monitored in a near-effortless fashion.
Payback: No avoidable maintenance delays or missed servicing. All preventive maintenance conducted on-time thanks to reminder alerts.
HVAC
Business Challenge: Ability to locate vehicles at all times.
With the SageQuest Solution: In a three-month time frame after installation, company was able to recover two stolen business vehicles and their entire contents intact.
Payback: Recouped vehicles worth an excess of $60,000 and more than $75,000 in contents.
Transportation - School Buses
Business Challenge: Seeking a top-notch way to improve driver safety and security.
With the SageQuest Solution: Drivers can be located at all times to provide backup or assistance at a moment’s notice.
Payback: Driver morale is vastly improved. Drivers appreciate knowing that someone always knows where they are, and can provide assistance if a need arises.
