SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is a waste management company that collects, sorts, and recycles waste from households and businesses. It also composts, generates energy and manufactures alternative fuels.
The company wanted a fleet management platform for its plant equipment in its administrative region of central England, covering more than 100 machines. It turned to AssetGo, which created a bespoke solution for SUEZ.
“AssetGo was able to produce a solution that enables us to manage all our mobile plant across several sites in central England,” said John Hinton, Production Supervisor, based at the company’s Rugby facility.
SUEZ uses the AssetGo platform for defect checks and pre-use inspections of machines. “If an operator identifies a defect – for example, a hydraulic hose is leaking – they can flag that on the system,” said John. “They can also take a photo of the defective part, including the serial number.
“We can send that information to the equipment supplier, meaning they send the engineer out with the correct part. This is improving first-time fix rates and has at least halved downtime, possibly more.”
A standard feature of the AssetGo system allows SUEZ to record hours of operation, sending them an email alert for when a machine is due a service or a regular inspection.
“Being able to easily monitor hours of operation is great for us,” added John, “I can quickly see when a machine is due a service or a LOLER inspection, or when an operator’s licence expires.”
SUEZ chose AssetGo because it was able to offer a bespoke solution and could manage multiple types of machinery from one platform. “Across the central region, every SUEZ site has different machines in place,” said John. “Some of our plant suppliers offered their own systems but they didn’t fully integrate with ours. You can easily end up with four or five different apps for different brands of machine.
“With AssetGo, I get to work in the morning, open my laptop, then go to make a cup of tea. By the time I get back with my cuppa, I can see all the KPIs, including alerts. I can then take any appropriate actions and get on with my day.”
At SUEZ’s site in Rugby, the company has also added the facility’s fixed plant onto AssetGo, to enhance efficiency of daily checks. “This has also reduced downtime on fixed plant,” said John, “AssetGo supported us 100% in this new venture.
“I would definitely recommend AssetGo to other plant operators. It is dead simple to use and makes your life easier.”
AssetGo software specialises in the fundamental aspects of fleet management compliance and converts them into simple, everyday checks for drivers. The results are highly visible to fleet operators and easily manageable. The system addresses core fleet activities such as daily walkaround checks, cost and accident reporting, fuel and expense tracking and tachograph analysis – among other key elements.
To learn more about AssetGo’s products and how they can improve compliance and save time, contact AssetGo on 03301 744 244, visit assetgo.co.uk or email hello@assetgo.co.uk
