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Landscape Company Uses Fleet Tracking to Reduce Costs and Gain Valuable Insight

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Technology Category	Sensors - GPS
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Field Services Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Vehicle Telematics
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Singing Hills Landscape, a commercial landscaping installation and maintenance company, was facing a challenge with excessive vehicle idling, especially while crews loaded up equipment and materials. The company suspected that if the vehicles were left running in the yard, they were likely also left running at job sites. Singing Hills also wanted to verify and improve the efficiency of routes taken to job sites to help decrease miles driven and fuel costs. They were also aware that there were many unknowns that GPS fleet tracking software could help them uncover. Read More
About Customer	Singing Hills Landscape is a company located in Aurora, Colorado that provides commercial landscaping installation and maintenance in the greater Denver area. They are known for their work in creative and design services, water conserving irrigation systems, residential landscape construction, and more. The company operates a fleet of 22 vehicles and is managed by Blake Lehr, the Asset Manager. Read More
Solution	Singing Hills compared several fleet tracking solutions to find the one that best fit their needs. They required a user-friendly interface so that everyone in the office could easily use it and understand the information they could gather from the software. They also wanted a web-based solution so managers could access the software from anywhere, anytime. After implementing GPS Insight, Singing Hills was able to take control of engine idle time. They reduced idle time by 63% by coaching their drivers and saved roughly $1,000 annually in fuel. Using GPS Insight Alerts, Singing Hills also improved driver behavior by reducing speeding incidents by 37%. This reduction made their fleet safer on the road and decreased fuel consumption. Singing Hills also ensured that their drivers were taking the most efficient routes to job sites with GPS Insight. They used visual historical reporting to determine if drivers were taking the most efficient routes to each job. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - GPS

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Field Services

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Vehicle Telematics

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Singing Hills Landscape, a commercial landscaping installation and maintenance company, was facing a challenge with excessive vehicle idling, especially while crews loaded up equipment and materials. The company suspected that if the vehicles were left running in the yard, they were likely also left running at job sites. Singing Hills also wanted to verify and improve the efficiency of routes taken to job sites to help decrease miles driven and fuel costs. They were also aware that there were many unknowns that GPS fleet tracking software could help them uncover.

About Customer

Singing Hills Landscape is a company located in Aurora, Colorado that provides commercial landscaping installation and maintenance in the greater Denver area. They are known for their work in creative and design services, water conserving irrigation systems, residential landscape construction, and more. The company operates a fleet of 22 vehicles and is managed by Blake Lehr, the Asset Manager.

Solution

Singing Hills compared several fleet tracking solutions to find the one that best fit their needs. They required a user-friendly interface so that everyone in the office could easily use it and understand the information they could gather from the software. They also wanted a web-based solution so managers could access the software from anywhere, anytime. After implementing GPS Insight, Singing Hills was able to take control of engine idle time. They reduced idle time by 63% by coaching their drivers and saved roughly $1,000 annually in fuel. Using GPS Insight Alerts, Singing Hills also improved driver behavior by reducing speeding incidents by 37%. This reduction made their fleet safer on the road and decreased fuel consumption. Singing Hills also ensured that their drivers were taking the most efficient routes to job sites with GPS Insight. They used visual historical reporting to determine if drivers were taking the most efficient routes to each job.

Impact #1	Singing Hills was able to reduce idle time by 63% by coaching their drivers.
Impact #2	They were able to improve driver behavior by reducing speeding incidents by 37%, making their fleet safer on the road and decreasing fuel consumption.
Impact #3	They ensured that their drivers were taking the most efficient routes to job sites with GPS Insight.

Impact #1

Singing Hills was able to reduce idle time by 63% by coaching their drivers.

Impact #2

They were able to improve driver behavior by reducing speeding incidents by 37%, making their fleet safer on the road and decreasing fuel consumption.

Impact #3

They ensured that their drivers were taking the most efficient routes to job sites with GPS Insight.

Benefit #1	$239.95 saved from reducing speeding.
Benefit #2	$1,000 saved from reducing idling.
Benefit #3	$2,745.31 saved from reducing miles driven.

Benefit #1

$239.95 saved from reducing speeding.

Benefit #2

$1,000 saved from reducing idling.

Benefit #3

$2,745.31 saved from reducing miles driven.

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Landscape Company Uses Fleet Tracking to Reduce Costs and Gain Valuable Insight

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