Survivor's Guide to the Fuel Crisis

As many of our customers know, coping with rising costs is the #1 issue facing the industry today. TransCore is committed to providing ways to survive these tough times.

Idling

Speeding

Out-of-Route Miles

You can lose as much as 30% of your fuel costs to three notorious thieves. Although only one of them attacks at truck stops, the three “thieves” -combine to waste fuel and destroy profitability:

1. Idling costs $9,102 per year, per truck. At an average of one gallon of fuel per hour, an idling truck burns precious fuel without returning a penny of revenue. Learn how to stop idling, without an APU.
   
   
2. Speeding costs $15,000 more per truck – per year. For every mile per hour over 60 MPH, the average truck gets 0.1 percent fewer miles per gallon. Learn how to limit speeding and save fuel, without a governor.
   
   
3. Out-of-route miles cost $4,326.75 per year, per truck. That’s an average of 6%-10% of every trip. Learn how to eliminate wasted miles and improve driver performance.

You may think you can eliminate idling costs by adding an APU, and eliminate speeding costs with a governor. But that means two costly pieces of equipment per truck when one inexpensive solution can dramatically reduce idling, speeding, and out-of-route miles. Improve your profitability with CabLink™, TransCore’s in-cab communications and performance monitoring service.

CabLink tracks your trucks, monitors engine and driver performance, and allows you to communicate in real-time without worrying about whether a driver’s cell phone is in range or if he is avoiding your calls.

CabLink helps you:

• Institute fuel incentives and other policies to monitor and control fuel use.
  
• Eliminate driver check calls and save your dispatchers at least two hours every day.
  
• Reduce deadheads and improve back haul profitability by knowing exactly where your trucks are so you can profitably route them to the next load.
  

To get a more complete picture of CabLink’s capabilities, view our Survive and Thrive webinar, “Fuel incentive programs and bottom-line tools.” You’ll learn about the most cost-effective ways of reducing or eliminating these and other fuel thieves.

In addition to reducing fuel costs, you can save hundreds of thousands of dollars by optimizing asset utilization. To learn more, be sure to view Part II of our Survive and Thrive webinar series on Asset Utilization. 
 

Contact us for a demonstration of Transcore’s GlobalWave™ 100% satellite tracking system, or call 1.800.551.8847.