Sep 26 2023, 09:49
Transportation Industry to upside higher:
Trucks are the engines of India's road transportation industry which carry 60% of the country's goods.
A truck fleet owner's job in India is becoming more and more challenging on two sides. On the one hand, demand for faster/time- bound deliveries and end-to-end visibility is increasing.
And on the other, increasing competition along with rising operating and compliance costs are squeezing margins.
Managing fleets is a complex operation and this is precisely why a large number of transportation companies want to remain asset light.
In transportation, fuel makes up for around 50% of the costs. Second comes maintenance, tyres, and driver salaries, among other things.
Another big concern is improving customer satisfaction in terms of making sure goods reach on time, managing delays in shipments, safety of the cargo, managing driving behaviour and reducing accidents.
Abhishek Goyal, director, BLR Logistiks, informs that telematics systems have helped understand that the company was paying way more for fuel than actually consumed by different truck models.
Vice-president, Volvo Trucks India,V Venkateshwarlu explains how it works, "Volvo telematics platform Volvo Connect scans about 140-odd parameters that influence fuel consumption. For example, how many times the driver uses brakes, changes gears etc. Based on the assessment of these parameters, each driver is assigned a performance scorecard for all trips taken up for a month".
Fleetx which works with mid- to large-fleet operators owning between 500 to 3,000 trucks, has recently launched an AI-enabled video dash cam.
Volvo's Venkateswarlu says, even while the vehicle is en route to the workshop, the technician at the workshop can see fault codes in the vehicle.
All OEMs ranging from Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & Mahindra, Volvo Trucks, and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles in India are pushing the idea of connected trucks. It is increasingly becoming a point-of- sale strategy as 'services' are being seen as an important differentiator.
source:et
Sep 27 2023, 07:14