The company is a leading manufacturer and supplier of workshop equipment, in-vehicle equipment and workplace system and operates a network of commercial, HGV and service vehicles between its manufacturing bases across the UK.
The firm signed up with Masternaut for telematics in October 2012 across its fleet of vehicles – including trucks and light commercial vehicles – in order to further reduce customer response times. Since then, it has recorded a 15% a month saving in fuel costs on its company cars and vans, alongside an increase in fleet efficiency and driver safety throughout every arm of the business.
Via the at-a-glance view of every vehicle within Bott’s fleet, managers are now able to pin-point the exact location and speed of any of their drivers at any given time. The company has been able to reduce the unnecessary time its vehicles spend on the road, while better managing customer expectations around delivery times by sharing this insight.
‘Given the range of locations we cover across the UK – and beyond – our drivers spend considerable amounts of time on the roads,’ said Bott Ltd’s Logistics Manager, Chris Sweeney. ‘Anything which reduces this is hugely beneficial not only to our own business but, more importantly, to our customers too.’
‘Having installed Masternaut’s technology across our fleet, we’ve been able to significantly cut down on the amount of time spent in transit, meaning our response times are quicker than ever. And through delivering the technology into our customers’ own vehicles, they’re experiencing the benefits first-hand too – it is a win-win!’
In addition to using the technology in its own fleet, Bott also resells the telematics systems to its customers, as parts of the van conversions arm of the business.
