Firth's Status Automator System, installed in Firth's fleet of Certified concrete trucks in 2008, has been used to monitor the idling time per delivery. At the beginning of July this year the weekly idling time reports, showing the highest and lowest idling per delivery, were forwarded to plants to encourage drivers to be more conscious of their truck's idling time.
"This has created a fun and competitive environment where the drivers monitor the reports and compete with each other to be on the lowest per delivery idling time list," explains Andrew Holt, National Business Analyst for Firth. "Our best areas are currently sitting at around the 7-8 minute mark. Compared to a year ago this is a great improvement. We still have a way to go, but the progress in just a short time is very encouraging."
Firth's aim is to reduce truck idling while waiting by 50 percent to an average of 8 minutes or less per delivery over the next year equating to a reduction in carbon emissions of 720 tonnes.