Driving Sustainability Leads to Greater Fleet Efficiency and Reduced Costs
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- FleetFocus
- FuelFocus
Tech Stack
- Fleet Management Software
- Automated Fuel Management Solution
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Environmental Impact Reduction
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Energy Management System
- Fleet Management
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The City of Sacramento has been recognized as one of the most progressive fleets operating today. Their commitment to green technology and efficient fleet management has been a long-term effort that is paying off both in bottom-line savings and emissions reductions. The city has an electric fleet consisting of Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus Electric, Nissan LEAF, Toyota Prius Plug-In, and Toyota RAV4 EV vehicles. The city also invested in CNG heavy duty vehicles such as asphalt, garbage and sweeper trucks to switch to a sustainable energy source and further reduce greenhouse emissions.
The Challenge
The City of Sacramento Department of General Services was committed to having a greener fleet. To achieve this, they needed to establish a baseline of operational metrics to enable them to report on and measure their progress. They also needed to standardize their maintenance practices to improve efficiency. The city decided the first step was to upgrade their technology toolkit. They were using FleetFocus fleet management software from AssetWorks to run the fleet but wanted to upgrade to the newest version to enable advanced features and capabilities such as dashboard and KPI reporting with Crystal reports. Their first priority was to make data-driven decisions.
The Solution
Once the FleetFocus upgrade was complete, the next initiative they undertook to increase fleet efficiency was to integrate NAPA Auto Parts from Intelligent Business Solutions (IBS) with FleetFocus to improve procurement of parts and eliminate the management of over 100 city P.O.’s. A delivery service was provided to all city shop locations and active communication between IBS and city technicians via FleetFocus was implemented to reduce vehicle down time and waiting on parts. This resulted in fewer deliveries which meant reduced vehicle miles traveled and lowered greenhouse gas emissions. The city also adopted a sustainability plan to implement electric vehicles and were the first public agency to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge in 2013 which saw 100 charging stations installed in Sacramento.
Operational Impact
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