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In the UK, the firm has done a lot of work with local councils, specifically upgrading older software systems, as Sowerby explains: "Ayreshire council has gone from Roadbase to Fleetwave. Bristol also went from Roadbase to FleetWave.
"Roadbase is for a smaller fleet market - 20 vehicles and upwards. They'll be single base [operated from one site] and managed by someone who could be the finance director. Fleetwave tends to be larger, multi-location fleets. They could have three to 50 depots.
"Public sector budgets are being cut left, right and centre, but the phrase 'you can't manage what you can't measure' really does apply here. It's cost-driven motivation essentially, and to do that you need visibility."
He claims visibility is where the cost savings lie for business car operators and that being able to see where you're spending money is vital if you're going to save it.
When quizzed about how much a business can expect to claw back after buying into the technology, he says: "I can't give you a canned answer. It's about visibility and making informed decisions - and that's what will save money.
"We've done benchmarking exercises in the past for fleets of similar vehicles - if you've got 50 trucks and you've got a budget to reduce costs, what do you put that into? Do you put that into an aero package, low rolling-resistance tyres, driver training, telematics?
With benchmarking you can apply different funds then see which is the most cost-effective."
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