For fleet operators fuel constitutes 52% of the operational costs. With its cost steadily going up, effective fuel use in day-to-day operations is very important to ensure efficient and profitable fleet operation. Lack of a good fuel monitoring solution could result in serious business consequences and affect profitability.
Manual calculations of distances traversed vs. fuel costs, vehicle maintenance, travel time, etc., can be really unmanageable when a fleet comprises of over 100 vehicles, and it would be practically impossible to track down every expense and ensure efficient fuel management.
To regain control over profitability, a fuel monitoring solution needs to be implemented to track fuel consumption with every trip, track mileage, fuel refills, pilferage, etc. Installing a fuel monitoring solution is vital to track, monitor and optimize expenses.
The vehicle tracking with the fuel monitoring solution offered by AssetTrackr, the Bangalore-based fleet management solution provider, now part of the WABCO Group, uses ultrasonic fuel sensors to provide accurate fuel readings. The ultrasonic fuel level sensor is an advanced vehicle fuel monitoring device which is non-intrusive (does not need fuel tank modification) and accurate to within 2%.
AssetTrackr’s solution can detect fuel fill, unexpected fuel level drops, abnormal consumption during a trip and track vehicle mileage. Detailed consumption analytics for trips can be gathered and analyzed across multiple vehicles to provide fleet level insights and help optimize operating costs, analyze driver’s driving behavior and how it affects fuel efficiency. Other auxiliary statistics help businesses in decision making, etc.
Detailed reports provide information regarding monthly fuel consumption per vehicle and across the fleet. Alerts are configured to be sent when refuelling is detected or if there is a drop in the fuel level without vehicle movement.
Alerts are also sent if the engine is turned on when the vehicle is stationary. This ensures that the owner/fleet manager is aware and encourages the driver to follow best practices.
Feature highlights
- Accurate and remote tank monitoring: Check current fuel level reading from the web/smartphone
- Fuel theft prevention: Check the exact amount of fuel refilled along with location and time. This helps the owner reconcile the fuel bills provided to him by the drivers. The 24/7 monitoring of fuel allows detection of even the smallest withdrawals from the fuel tank.
- Vehicle maintenance and driver rating: Here the mileage between successive refills is provided. Use this information to estimate mileage, identify the vehicle maintenance requirement and rate drivers. Combined with the AssetTrackr RFID solution, the driver behavior and fuel related issues can be tracked and analyzed.
- Automated alerts: Get alerts on your smartphone on fuel refill / pilferage, over-speeding, etc.
- Automated fuel accounting and reporting provides you with precise fuel measurements and customized reports for detailed analysis on fuel consumption and the monthly fuel consumption report so that you can detect anomalies and eliminate them. Get fuel log & cost/km reports.
- Fuel consumption recording: Get fuel consumption for a particular trip. Compare fuel consumption information for the same trip across drivers/vehicle. This helps identify bad/good driver behavior and vehicle performance issues. No need to have records on paper anymore, all data will be recorded automatically.