WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING

Increased environmental interest and legislative compliance from both the Department of Transport and Health & Safety Executive has focused attention on this market sector. The requirement to segregate waste types and to charge by weight or volume for both industrial and household waste is increasing with proven technology needed to meet this requirement.

Issues

  • Do you adequately ensure the duty of care of mobile employees in an industry with signifcantly higher health and safety issues than the national average?
  • Do you have to collect specialist recycling products or waste of an SDR class?
  • Do you have poor productivity levels, down-time of drivers and driver mates?
  • Are job costs high due to excessive mileage and incorrect resource assignment?
  • Do back office staff spend significant time on paper processes for compliance auditing?
  • Do back office staff spend significant time on paper processes for job tracking?
  • Do you have problems locating specialist assets or equipment?
  • Do drivers get lost attending dynamic collection / servicing points?

Business Benefits

  • Increased poductivity throughout the operation.
  • Reduced turn-around times through pre-notification to site.
  • Reduced fuel and fleet costs.
  • Accurate operational KPI’s.
  • Ensure only qualified and trained personnel are dispatched for specialist jobs.
  • Improve delivery, collection and loading accurracy and efficiency.
  • Real-time visibility of customer delivery of KPI performance.
  • Streamline invoicing.
  • Dynamic and automated job dispatch for optimised usage of resources.
  • Reduce paperwork and adminstration.
  • Increase productivity in the back office.
  • Remove data entry time and re-kaying errors.
  • On demand access to all delivery and customer history.
  • Provide stores with accurate real-time ETA’s.
  • Provide web based, self service access to delivery and POD details for customers.
  • Reduce customer service costs.
  • Increase profitability.
  • Add collections and deliveries to drivers routes in real-time at any time.
  • Find most cost effective changes to plan.
  • Direct driver to additional location using the best route.
  • Visibility of all asset locations (skips, totes, stillages etc.).
  • Identify sites holding assets or lost assets.
  • Support public safety and duty of care.
  • Ensure drivers are directed straight to the location to optimise time on-site and minimise travel between jobs.

Solutions

  • Microlise Advanced Planning READ MORE
    This powerful planning and scheduling system is suitable for a wide range of operational sizes and complexities, from simple fixed routes to real-time dynamic requirement update. Alternatively Microlise systems can interface with existing planning & scheduling packages from 3rd party suppliers.
  • Microlise Vehicle Tracking & Telematics READ MORE
    Vehicle tracking allows businesses to track their mobile assets and resources using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite tracking via the intelligent Microlise tracking unit installed in the vehicle. Options enable voice communication and sensors for temperature, RFID, and doors to be connected to the device. Client software provides real-time visibility of the fleet with street level mapping, digital dashboard, replay of historical data, event and alert escalation, geo-fencing of points of interest such as depots, delivery addresses, etc. and comprehensive operational reporting. 
  • Microlise Trailer Tracking & Telematics READ MORE
    For many companies, monitoring the location and movement of trailers and other high value assets is a major problem. Unauthorised movement, theft and loss is a common occurance. Microlise have introduced a dedicated Trailer Tracking module to their portfolio to solve this problem with a wide range of kitting options including Suzi, battery and solar power.  
  • Microlise Transport Management READ MORE
    Microlise Transport Management Centre (TMC) is a control centre application that provides real-time visibility and dynamic control of all operational fleet resources and tasks. The TMC simplifies the management of assets, vehicles, driver shift rotas, driver hours, delivery manifests, schedules and driver tasks. It ensures optimum resource usage, productivity, customer service and compliance to working time legislation as well as facilitating instant and interactive communications through the use of configurable events and alerts to provide management by exception. The TMC also facilitates full visibility of POD/POC information allowing drilldown by site, consignment and item level.
  • Microlise Mobile Workforce READ MORE
    Directing the activities of a mobile workforce using a hand held mobile data terminal eliminates the need for paperwork and provides real-time visibility of adherence to schedule and plan for all activities. Typical applications include daily driver vehicle inspection, electronic proof of delivery/collection (POD/POC) with sign on glass against a downloaded delivery manifest, task management for installation, service & repair operations, satellite navigation for drivers, low cost messaging and voice, and full Working Time Directive support.
  • Microlise Fleet Management READ MORE
    Owners and operators of large vehicle fleets incur significant costs in maintaining the necessary documents needed to comply with current legislation. Missing, misfiled or incomplete documentation can cause significant problems and even lead to financial penalties for offending companies. Microlise Fleet Management reduces the costs of the management and storage of all required documentation
  • Driver Navigation READ MORE
    Inefficiencies and increased fuel cost are often introduced when drivers fail to take the best route or do not know the location of a delivery or client address. For larger vehicles the problem is compounded by width, height and weight restrictions. Driver Navigation provides the driver with turn by turn navigation to their destination.