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Reduce Costs
Gain insights that help put money back in your pocket.
Cost Saving Tips
How can fleets reduce costs?
In today’s uncertain climate, operating costs can often feel beyond your control. Without visibility into your day-to-day operations, you could be unknowingly wasting valuable money and time. Learn more about which inefficiencies are costing your organisation the most and how a complete fleet management platform can help.
£3.3 billion
spent on engine idling per year
4X more
expensive to fix emergency repairs vs. preventative maintenance
£65k–100k+
average spent to replace a stolen trailer
£27/month
spent per vehicle for cellular data plans
01
Sell or rent out underutilised equipment
With a surplus of costly trailers (or other equipment) on your books, you risk running unnecessary overhead costs. Use the Samsara Utilisation Report to make informed business decisions when right-sizing your inventory.
02
Prevent costly maintenance
Samsara collects data directly from each vehicle’s diagnostic port, allowing you to create a preventative maintenance schedule and avoid costly breakdowns.
03
Optimise your electric vehicles
Leverage the Samsara EV Efficiency Report to view the percentage of miles driven on electric versus petrol to ensure that your electric vehicles and hybrids are being used efficiently. Additionally, use the Fleet Electrification Report to determine which vehicles are best suited to transition to electric.
04
Lower your insurance costs
Driver safety tools help you take a more proactive approach to reducing high risk driving behaviors, helping to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents and lower insurance premiums.
05
Prevent theft
Set up geofences and configure alerts to get notified when high-value equipment or vehicles leave a predetermined area. Easily and quickly leverage Samsara real-time GPS tracking to recover stolen equipment and avoid replacement costs.
06
Lower cellular data bills
Save tens of thousands of pounds per year on your cellular bill with in-cab WiFi hotspots from the Samsara Vehicle Gateway.
07
Save on fuel with Ecodriving
Reduce fuel costs and improve operational expenses with real-time fuel efficiency reporting, driver performance scores, and cost-reducing driver behaviour metrics.
08
Avoid false claims
Fleets can save valuable time and hundreds of thousands of pounds per year on driver exoneration with dash cams. Samsara AI dash cams provide instant proof with easy and fast video retrieval.
09
Prevent lost loads
Avoid paying for expensive load claims due to out of range temperatures with the Samsara Environmental Monitor and AG24 reefer monitoring. Keep a pulse on temperature changes with easily configurable alerts and reports so that you never lose a load again.
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Preventing costly errors
Whether you pay drivers by the number of miles driven, or time spent on the job, Samsara makes it easy for your back office team to pay your drivers accurately, with reports for Time on Site, Driver Hours, and more. Simplify administration with open APIs that allow you to sync data to systems for payroll, ERP, and more.
How to lower fuel costs with Samsara
Learn how to take control of your fuel economy and reduce overall spend with Samsara Fuel Reporting.
Customer Success Stories
Everything you need to help you save money in one integrated platform
When evaluating fleet management technology, look for solutions that offer real-time visibility, dash cams and driver productivity tools in one unified solution.
