Cherry Load, the Oxfordshirebased logistics solutions provider reports ‘instant control’ over driver and vehicle activities since switching to remote tacho downloading and data analysis from leading transport software specialists Mandata and TruTac.
Established in 2011, the familyrun company operates a mixed fleet including temperature-controlled, curtain sided and bulk-tipping trailers. The company initially looked to Mandata for software to help manage everything from transport planning to operational monitoring, electronic proof of delivery and invoicing for their UKwide operation.
In November 2018, to speed-up and automate the retrieval of driver and vehicle tacho information for simplified compliance, Cherry Load added a suite of software from Mandata and TruTac which enabled tacho data digital files to be downloaded remotely via Mandata’s service, Tacho Now, and then pushed to TruTac for analysis.
“This is valuable for monitoring information regarding our own drivers and particularly so for agency drivers, about whom we have little or no knowledge.” Explains Cherry Load’s Compliance Manager, Tracey La Porte.
The combined Mandata and TruTac systems allow Cherry Load to remotely download and view data such as vehicle speeds, break intervals and daily working times. All of which can be accessed on a single screen with individual driver averages and an automatic alert to flag up any anomalies.
“This allows me to attend to any infringements almost as soon as they happen” continues Tracey, “and if an agency driver has more than one card, i.e. one British and one from another country and has swapped from one to the other, the TruTac system alerts us to a potential problem. Similarly, we can see if that driver has recently worked elsewhere, because a telltale truck icon appears on the screen.”
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