GPS Tracking Automate Transportation Cost
Business Challenges
The complexity of calculating the travel times and costs for a vendor-operated fleet of 20 vehicles, making approximately 100 trips per day, poses a significant challenge. The main issue revolves around the daily requirement to generate reports based on travel routes and fuel prices, a process traditionally done manually. This approach is highly susceptible to human error, necessitating a solution to manage and reduce the complexity of this process to minimize errors and enhance operational efficiency.
Business Challenges
The complexity of calculating the travel times and costs for a vendor-operated fleet of 20 vehicles, making approximately 100 trips per day, poses a significant challenge. The main issue revolves around the daily requirement to generate reports based on travel routes and fuel prices, a process traditionally done manually. This approach is highly susceptible to human error, necessitating a solution to manage and reduce the complexity of this process to minimize errors and enhance operational efficiency.
Solution
To address this issue, we have implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology in conjunction with GPS data for transportation operations. This integration automates various tasks, significantly boosting efficiency by eliminating repetitive, time-intensive tasks in transportation management. RPA facilitates automated data entry and cost calculations, streamlining operations. Moreover, RPA aids in generating valuable insights by swiftly processing and analyzing large volumes of data, thereby enhancing decision-making and analytics capabilities.
Impact
- Enhanced Operational Efficiency: RPA streamlines routine and time-consuming tasks within transportation operations. By automating processes such as data entry and costing, it significantly reduces the workload and time required for these operations.
- Improved Decision-Making and Analytics: The use of RPA generates valuable data insights by rapidly processing and analyzing vast amounts of information. This capability supports better decision-making and strategic planning for transportation management.
- Dramatic Time Reduction: The implementation of RPA technology has led to an almost 90% reduction in the time required for transportation management processes, decreasing from 10 hours to just 55 minutes a day.
