John Anderson, national logistics director for Tarmac, said: “As a leading responsible business with a nationwide fleet of HGVs, we are committed to advancing improvements to ensure that we maintain the highest possible standard for our fleet and anyone operating on behalf of Tarmac. “Driving is recognised as one of the most hazardous activities that
Tarmac saw clear tangible improvements in all three areas of focus: Productivity, Safety and Sustainability. Within 3 months, all metrics showed significant improvement: Average decrease in speeding across all areas (from Oct 2019 – Jan 2020): 10% Highest decrease in speeding seen in the North and Scotland region (from Oct 2019 – Jan 2020): 25%
Live Manager Training Program: Masternaut worked with Tarmac to design a national training program and a new standard operating procedure to ensure maximum effectiveness of the dashboard Masternaut trained every manager at Tarmac on how to use the dashboard effectively for their role, how to interpret the data and how to keep the data updated
Tarmac expressed an interest in monitoring performance and improving the productivity, safety and sustainability of their fleet using telematics data. Masternaut worked with Tarmac to create a live, online dashboard that displayed the data for three headline metrics that Tarmac wanted to focus on to achieve this objective: Turnaround time, Speeding and Idling. The dashboard
National Highways is responsible for building, operating and maintaining England’s motorways and major A-roads and is pursuing an ambitious net zero plan, including for its 1,300-vehicle fleet. We spoke with National fleet manager Martin Edgecox who explained how the government owned company is combining sustainability with the organisation’s need for resilience. The fleet services many
Summary of business benefits achieved by National Highways with the support of the Driving for Better Business programme. Including lower emissions and improvements in the resilience of the fleet.
NH monitors driver behaviour through in-vehicle telemetry, and Martin is currently determining new parameters for recording exception events. However, since the introduction of the first hybrid vehicles in 2019, he has observed a pattern of improvement which he believes is inspired by the new drivelines. “Harsh braking, harsh acceleration and speeding have all diminished substantially,”
National Highways traffic officers and inspection fleets operate 24/7 365 days of the year. Furthermore the traffic officer fleet covers 1.5m miles a year. Therefore, fleet reliability is essential. Moving to plug in hybrids has actually improved the resilience of the fleet, says Martin, as using the electric motor decreases strain on the engine. Regenerative
Initially on-road incidents spiked as the drivers learned to report every vehicle-related incident, down to the merest scratch. “It seems counter-intuitive but it has given us a sound baseline for charting improvement,” says Joe. The company has now seen both the number and value of claims diminish by 30%. “We have been able to move
Metworks are minimising driving time by ensuring that jobs are given to the most local driver and any corporate meetings which can be done by Teams are. “Quite simply the less they drive, the less at risk they are,” says Joe.
