Case Study - Saint Gobain Transport Center

Fleet Size: 10000 Previous System: Fleetplan/Civica Product: FleetWave 2.0 Date Installed: November 2004

Client Quote

FleetWave has provided us with a very stable, reliable and transparent platform on which to develop our business services to 41 operating companies across the UK and Ireland

Introduction

Saint-Gobain established its first major base in the UK in 1985, when it acquired Stanton plc from British Steel. Today, they have over 40 subsidiary businesses in the UK & Ireland, involved in a range of manufacturing and distribution activities. Together, these companies employ around 18,500 people and have total annual sales of over £2.5 billion.

Client Brief

SGBD were looking to manage cars, trucks, MHE across all SGBD business units, as well as procurement for SGBD cars.

• To interface with other business information systems such as PeopleSoft.
• To operate in an e-Commerce environment (not just communicate with it), eg. web-based capability.
• To have multi-currency and multi-language capability.
• To have power-cube reporting capabilities giving summary management information that can be drilled-down to lower levels.
• To have the ability to link into telematic systems and smart chips (tyre wear, odometer readings, service schedules, etc.)
• To have a large capability to handle personnel data including training, usage profiles, authority to operate, risk assessment, etc.

Client Benefits

SGBD achieved approximately a £12,000 per month cost saving following the introduction of a Driver Business Mileage reclaim system. Every month, approximately 3,000 drivers use this system on-line, greatly reducing the administrative burden and saving indirect costs such as postage, stationery, fax/phone and approval.