FIFE COUNCIL

Vehicle location brings productivity improvements

Vehicle location and tracking was seen as the technology that would best enable Fife Council to manage effectively its fleet of gritters, transits and community buses used to deliver services related to Homecare, Building Operations, Environmental Services, Cleansing and Waste Management. After tender, Fife Council chose APD’s INCA™ vehicle tracking unit and Co-ordinator fleet management software to monitor and co-ordinate vehicles on the move.

Supervisors across the six depots can now locate and manage their fleet automatically rather than relying on voice communications to find out where an operative is or has been. For example, the Winter Maintenance team can monitor the speed of its 40 gritters (too fast means complaints and ineffective spreading) and tell residents what roads have been cleared. The Transportation Service identifies the best routes when transporting elderly residents and tells callers the exact location of their lift.