How Kennecott Utah Copper achieved 1,500% ROI by utilizing GPS Insight
Company Size
200-1,000
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- GPS Insight
Tech Stack
- GPS Tracking
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Environmental Impact Reduction
Technology Category
- Sensors - GPS
Applicable Industries
- Mining
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Fleet Management
- Vehicle Performance Monitoring
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Kennecott Utah Copper is a medium-sized copper mining company operating in the United States. The company's operations are unique in that its vehicles don't traverse great distances but are spread out across a 25-mile stretch of land. This makes it difficult to manage their large fleet of vehicles. The company has been recognized for its efforts in pollution prevention, receiving a 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award in Pollution Prevention from the Utah Pollution Prevention Association. They were also nominated for an EPA award as a result of their continuous improvement in pollution prevention.
The Challenge
Kennecott Utah Copper’s (KUC) operation is unique in that its vehicles don’t traverse great distances but are spread out across a 25 mile stretch of land, which made it difficult to manage their large fleet of vehicles. The most significant issue they were having was in monitoring and policing their idle activity. Equipment would be left idling for hours on end, and managers knew they were producing large amounts of Green House Gas (GHG) as a result. The excessive idling was also leading to warranty issues. Kenny Harvey added, “As our equipment idled we lost valuable warranty coverage due to the fact that the manufacturers of our Light and Heavy Equipment were basing warranty coverage off of hours run, not miles driven.” Equipment utilization was also an issue. They needed to find a way to track equipment utilization in order to improve efficiency and vehicle availability by right-sizing their fleet. These issues needed to be addressed to ensure vehicles were operating efficiently throughout and completing their contractual or operational lifecycle.
The Solution
KUC implemented GPS Insight in late 2008 when it began to monitor idle time and GHG emissions on 28 Vehicle Assets. Since that time, the GPS Insight solution has enabled KUC to far exceed their original expectations. They have now implemented multiple programs and business improvement projects as a result of, and through the use of, the GPS Insight data. They are currently monitoring 242 Vehicle Assets, and are using the solution to track Preventative Maintenance intervals and alerts, ensuring proper routing of service vehicles, fuel savings, idle reduction, GHG reduction, and monitoring fleet utilization and availability. GPS Insight provides a wide variety of management tools that are invaluable, but only if it is utilized. There are many variants of reporting that a company can use to bring about huge gains in productivity and fuel savings, as well as large reductions in maintenance costs. GPS Insight will help your organization customize these tools to ensure they’re relevant to your operation.
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