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In the mining industry, fuel consumption is high volumes, high stakes, and most definitely not a game.

Mining companies need to continuously reinvent themselves and look to improve their operating efficiencies in the area of fuel consumption to stay profitable. There are many options available for mine operators to implement to improve fuel efficiencies and reduce overall fuel consumption. The challenge is to accurately track and monitor the fuel used at the overall mining site and reconcile fuel consumption by an asset. You can’t manage what you can’t measure.

We apologize in advance for delivering bad news. If your company is in the construction industry, you likely aren't managing one of your top expenditures optimally.

Let's start by stating the obvious. After labor, fuel is the most expensive part of operating a fleet. You'll need a fuel management system if you have your own storage tanks and dispensers. The level of sophistication and control necessary depends on a number of factors: your fleet’s size, fuel consumption, and the industry in which you operate, to name a few. But the requirement for some level of distribution management is unquestionable. Fuel is costly, and buying it without knowing who takes it, how much of it is taken, and where it goes is as intolerable as not having the same type of control over your bank account.

As a fleet manager, you either use an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system as a tool in your fleet management utility belt, or if you don’t, you are at least generally aware of what such systems are about.

Regardless, it would benefit all to go over how an AVL system can help optimize your fleet’s operation. Even if you already use one, the odds are you may not be using it to its full potential. And if you’re pondering whether such a system makes sense for your company, then you have come to the right place.

Today I’d like to talk about how you can simplify your fleet life and save money using automated reports.

Regarding fuel, remote working operations such as construction sites, open pit mines, commercial farming and logging operations create unique challenges for the fleet or operations manager. 

Fleet management and the technology and best practices involved are developing and advancing at a rapid pace. In this blog about fleet management, we will cover several topics in depth:

Most successful entrepreneurs can tell stories of humble beginnings where product and service development slowly eased into their targeted marketplace.  This is not necessarily so for the Tavassoli brothers and Coencorp.  Their beginnings were far from humble, and they exploded onto the transit scene with one of the country's largest public transit companies.  Here is what happened.

Pretty much any modern fleet management software will have some kind of dashboard functionality, a way to visually present data deemed relevant for you… by them! They also give you some means to filter and sort what you see. This is where SM2 is leaps and bounds ahead of the other guys.

Private car drivers and commercial transportation truckers alike share our highways. This combination of driver skills and behaviors is an increasingly dangerous mix. Since 2015 there has been an increasing trend in highway fatality numbers. The recent U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report elaborates on the true meaning of one of the more minor statistical causes, mechanical failures. While the impact they indicate is anything but small, the good news is that it is far more preventable than currently practiced.

Being in the business of helping companies manage their fleets efficiently has, over the years, brought us many exciting problems to solve. More and more companies are asking for tools that are predictive in nature to help them see where they can cut losses before they happen. The best challenges and solutions go beyond fuel savings; they tackle their most important assets: human and physical resources.