Scania Fleet Management: a blow to truck thieves

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Scania Press Release / September 4, 2015

Reduced fuel consumption, remote driver-coaching and better uptime: the advantages of connected vehicles are numerous. The number of Scania connected vehicles worldwide is approaching 150,000 and Scania is working hard to track down stolen vehicles.

Early one morning, Ulf Melin, the owner of Sweden’s Ulf Melin Entreprenad, discovered that his truck wasn’t in the garage where it had been left.

“The driver thought that I was out driving and rang me,” Melin explains. “Because I wasn’t out, we immediately realised that the truck was stolen. I rang the police first and then Scania.”

Because the truck was connected to Scania Fleet Management, Scania was able to track it down. The Fleet Management system works with Scania Communicator to gather information on where a vehicle is currently located and where it has been.

Rickard Seijbold, Scania’s Area Manager for Fleet and Driver Services, was able to trace the truck. “I turned on the control package and saw the truck’s most recent position,” he says. “Half an hour later, the police were on the scene. Everything happened really quickly.”

Melin went with the police to the identified location and found the truck standing there, in good condition. “We were able to locate the truck thanks to the communicator,” he says.

Scania was also able to provide police with details of the truck’s route and where it stopped after it was stolen, information which could be of help to officers undertaking the investigation.

However, tracing stolen vehicles is just an added bonus of the Scania Fleet Management system. The system’s primary goals are helping drivers to minimise fuel consumption, through methods including analysis of their driving styles.

Scania Fleet Management is currently included in all vehicles sold in 54 of Scania’s markets and is gradually being extended into new markets. Worldwide, Scania has close to 150,000 connected vehicles, which as well as providing access to Fleet Management bring other advantages, such as Remote Diagnostics, Remote Download and Driver Coaching. These functions reduce fuel costs and shorten the time required for service and maintenance, which also saves owners money.

Connected Vehicles

Scania Fleet Management

Scania’s Fleet Management services help you to find key saving areas to increase the productivity of your fleet. Improved driver performance can lead to up to 10-percent reduction in fuel consumption.

Scania Driver Coaching

Scania Driver Coaching is a personalised coaching service that helps you to get added value from Scania Driver Training. It prolongs the positive effects of the course, preventing drivers from sliding back into less-economical driving styles.

Remote Diagnostics

This service enables the workshop to run diagnostics remotely to get a better picture of the status of a vehicle ahead of it coming in for servicing. Identifying vehicle problems early on means that workshop staff can prepare and plan for the servicing of a vehicle. This, in turn, minimises vehicle downtime, saving customers time and money.

Tachograph Remote Download

This service allows for the fully automated remote download of driver cards and vehicle units from anywhere within Europe.

http://newsroom.scania.com/en-group/2015/09/04/scania-fleet-management-a-blow-to-truck-thieves/

[RedBullDog]

I like the remote diagnostic feature and the locator service, but the in cab coaching wouldn't wear well. Kinda seems 'Swift-ish'.