P&G takes a gamble on tracking system
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• Procter & Gamble has begun trialling tracking technology to help it monitor a number of vehicles run by haulage firm James Irlam & Sons.
Ten vehicles at Irlam's Stoke-on-Trent site have just been fitted out with the Cahlink system from Road Tech Computer Systems in an openended trial. Tom Corps, UK and Eire outbound logistics manager at P&G, says the trial will probably last three to six months.
Procter & Gamble has no transport capability of its own, but uses a group of seven hauliers to move around 500 truckloads a day within the UK, with Irlam's acting as the lead haulier.
Corps says P&G is working with Road Tech to add further functionality to the existing system, for example to help reduce congestion at RDCs.
"We're looking at using geofences around critical regional distribution centres (RDCs) to feed the truck's running time to the RDC and produce a warning if a geofence is passed late,he says.
• Procter 8f, Gamble has also recently begun trialling trailer tracking with a system supplied by Global Point Technologies. Around 30 trailers run by London-based haulier SR Smith have been fitted with the system, says Corps.
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