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How the City of Toronto is Upgrading to More Efficient Fuel Operations

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS) Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Maintenance
Use Cases	Fleet Management Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	The City of Toronto was in need of a more secure and accurate way of managing its fuel operations. The city was managing over 130 fuel sites that held varying capacities of fuel. The outdated fuel sites required manual fuel volume measurements and calculations, which was an error-prone process that required a lot of human intervention, time, and effort. The city was also facing challenges in reporting on fuel usage and tank levels, which involved a lot of emails, spreadsheets, charts, and paper forms. Read More
About Customer	The customer in this case study is the City of Toronto. The City of Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is responsible for managing a vast fleet of vehicles and equipment, which requires a significant amount of fuel. The city was managing over 130 fuel sites that held varying capacities of fuel. The city's fleet services are directed by Lloyd Brierley, who believes that integrating state-of-the-art fuel technology with their fleet management information system will take fleet to a different level. Read More
Solution	The City of Toronto is upgrading its fuel sites with larger capacity super-sites that are more strategically located and contain additional pumps and fuel types. These super-sites are equipped with real-time, centralized automated controls that identify vehicle tank volumes, as well as the amount of fuel dispensed. They also provide live readings and thresholds for each tank used to order fuel. In addition to fuel data, diagnostic trouble codes are automatically imported from vehicles during fueling, sending alerts and work requests into the organization’s fleet application. The city is integrating this state-of-the-art fuel technology with FleetFocus, their fleet management information system. The city is also using FuelFocus, which will help automate many of the previously manual processes. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Maintenance

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

The City of Toronto was in need of a more secure and accurate way of managing its fuel operations. The city was managing over 130 fuel sites that held varying capacities of fuel. The outdated fuel sites required manual fuel volume measurements and calculations, which was an error-prone process that required a lot of human intervention, time, and effort. The city was also facing challenges in reporting on fuel usage and tank levels, which involved a lot of emails, spreadsheets, charts, and paper forms.

About Customer

The customer in this case study is the City of Toronto. The City of Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is responsible for managing a vast fleet of vehicles and equipment, which requires a significant amount of fuel. The city was managing over 130 fuel sites that held varying capacities of fuel. The city's fleet services are directed by Lloyd Brierley, who believes that integrating state-of-the-art fuel technology with their fleet management information system will take fleet to a different level.

Solution

The City of Toronto is upgrading its fuel sites with larger capacity super-sites that are more strategically located and contain additional pumps and fuel types. These super-sites are equipped with real-time, centralized automated controls that identify vehicle tank volumes, as well as the amount of fuel dispensed. They also provide live readings and thresholds for each tank used to order fuel. In addition to fuel data, diagnostic trouble codes are automatically imported from vehicles during fueling, sending alerts and work requests into the organization’s fleet application. The city is integrating this state-of-the-art fuel technology with FleetFocus, their fleet management information system. The city is also using FuelFocus, which will help automate many of the previously manual processes.

Impact #1	The City of Toronto anticipates an overall increase in fleet management efficiency and seamless compliance with environmental standards and regulations.
Impact #2	The city plans to downsize strategically to around 30 fuel sites by 2016 as a result of the super-site upgrades. Each super-site will be able to hold up to or over 75,000 litres of fuel.
Impact #3	Replacing these outdated fuel sites and eliminating the need for manual fuel volume measurements and calculations allows the City of Toronto to accomplish more with fewer locations.

Impact #1

The City of Toronto anticipates an overall increase in fleet management efficiency and seamless compliance with environmental standards and regulations.

Impact #2

The city plans to downsize strategically to around 30 fuel sites by 2016 as a result of the super-site upgrades. Each super-site will be able to hold up to or over 75,000 litres of fuel.

Impact #3

Replacing these outdated fuel sites and eliminating the need for manual fuel volume measurements and calculations allows the City of Toronto to accomplish more with fewer locations.

Benefit #1	The City of Toronto plans to downsize from over 130 fuel sites to around 30 fuel sites.
Benefit #2	Each super-site will be able to hold up to or over 75,000 litres of fuel.

Benefit #1

The City of Toronto plans to downsize from over 130 fuel sites to around 30 fuel sites.

Benefit #2

Each super-site will be able to hold up to or over 75,000 litres of fuel.

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