Challenge:
As America’s leading distributor of marine parts, Land ‘N’ Sea needed a better way to keep tabs on its large fleet of 42 vehicles out of 11 warehouses coast-to-coast. The company sought a fleet-management solution to maximize operational efficiencies, as well as cut costs.
Solution:
Driver efficiency increased as soon as Land ‘N’ Sea implemented GPS-based tracking from Teletrac Navman. Using Activity Reports, the company has made routes more efficient. When drivers do have downtime, they are utilized in the warehouse.
Teletrac Navman’s award-winning fleet management software performs an array of in-depth reports. Land ‘N’ Sea use these reports to save on fuel, monitoring overall activity as well as idling times.
Results:
Since implementing Teletrac Navman's fleet management system, Land 'N' Sea has:
- Improved Customer Communications: With Teletrac Navman GPS tracking, dispatchers know the precise location of every truck and every order, and can provide their customers instant, up-to-date ETAs on their deliveries.
- Increased Efficiencies: Geofences alert the warehouse when a returning driver is five miles out, allowing time to set up for the next load. This saves the company almost $2,000 in overtime/week.
- Optimized Route Planning: Replay-A-Day has enabled Land ‘N’ Sea to improve route planning—expediting deliveries and simultaneously saving fuel. Since implementing this, they’ve cut fuel consumption by 10% each month.
- Maintained Lease Mileage Limits: Using Mileage Reports, Land ‘N’ Sea can track fleet mileage and rotate trucks to keep them within the allowable lease mileage.
- The business ultimately saves $95,000 each year since adding the software
About Land 'N' Sea:
Land 'N' Sea Distributing, Inc. is a full service, wholesale only distributor serving the marine, RV and PWC industries for over 45 years. With over 80,000 different parts and accessories available from 17 different warehouses. Land 'N' Sea. prides itself in fast efficient delivery throughout the US and Canada. In a cooperative effort with Mercury Marine's Latin America and Caribbean Division, Land 'N' Sea serves over 60 additional countries worldwide. For many years, Land 'N' Sea has been recognized as the industry leader with the most innovative marketing and dealer support programs.