Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated Sees Returns with FleetLocate from Spireon, Inc.

Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) March 28, 2012

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated (CCBCC), the nations largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, announces significant cost savings and returns resulting from its partnership with FleetLocate’s Trailer and Asset Intelligence platform from Spireon, Inc.

FleetLocate is a powerful, easily configurable and scalable GPS Tracking and Monitoring System that allows organizations with large and widespread fleets to continuously track and control their trailers in real-time. CCBCC selected FleetLocate to address its logistical and operational challenges after reviewing a number of fleet monitoring systems available on the market.

We chose FleetLocate because it was the only system we found that provided continuous real-time and accurate views of our entire fleet, which consists of over 800 trailers operating at hundreds of landmarks across the Southeastern U.S., explains David Hopkins, Senior Vice President of CCBCC Operations. This unprecedented visibility into our fleet has allowed us to save significant costs, improve customer service and satisfaction, and make faster, more profitable business decisions.

FleetLocate provided the ideal platform for CCBCCs challenges and needs, says FleetLocate Vice President and General Manager Steve Blair. FleetLocate offers continuous trailer monitoring with exception based reporting that turns information into business intelligence. Working closely with CCBCCs logistics team, we were able to quickly configure a solution that provided precisely the kind of information they needed to know about each trailer and their location.

Using FleetLocates intuitive dashboard and unique user interface, CCBCC can now see the exact location of each trailer, as well as expected arrival, departure and idle times. This granular level of information allows us to ensure we have the right trailer at the right location at the right time, says Hopkins. Equipped with this intelligence, weve been able to eliminate bottlenecks and delays that can lead to costly shut downs of manufacturing lines and pallet-loading equipment. This makes our manufacturers happy as well.

Another benefit to real-time fleet visibility is the cost-savings related to trailer leasing and rentals. FleetLocate enables CCBCC to increase utilization of its existing fleet, eliminating the need to rent or lease additional trailers to handle loads. In addition, CCBCC now uses FleetLocate to quickly identify and locate trailers that require preventative maintenance, saving maintenance-related costs and hundreds of man hours.

FleetLocates flexible reporting feature has proven to be another valuable tool for the company. FleetLocate enables CCBCC to generate on-the-fly as well as automated reports customized for specific individuals within the company. We can quickly generate reports that contain actionable intelligence most pertinent to the person looking at it, explains Hopkins. This saves countless hours wading through pages of irrelevant data and allows the right person to make the right decision, faster.

Since implementing FleetLocate, CCBCC estimates the company has generated the following cost-savings as a result of improved fleet tracking and monitoring:

Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated Sees Returns with FleetLocate from Spireon, Inc.