Our Way of Upping the Client’s
Revenue By 70% Through
Paperless Trucking System

Iot


Executive Summary

With a sound presence across 4 continents and 5000 employees, the client holds a revered reputation in the field of services and utilities. Known for giving sustainable and eco-friendly solutions, for the last 13 years, the client has been at the forefront of metamorphosing utility activities. Being responsible for managing cities’ infrastructural setups of coal, electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, trucks forms the crux of its functional movements. Taking this point in consideration, it wanted to catapult its business efficiency in stratospheric heights by the inclusion of paperless trucking system.

Client Challenges

  • The client wasn’t able to optimize truck fleets strategically. Consequently, it couldn’t accomplish work orders taken through call centers, and communicate them to the drivers through the logistics control center.
  • Since truck in depots, truck in transit, and field operations used different connectivity options, data terminal fixed on the trucks became more complicated.
  • Different interface protocols were needed by various trucks.
  • Its harsh and rugged working conditions needed preventive and disaster recovery systems.

Technology Stacks

Platform Used

PTC Thingworx

Hardware Used

Siemens

Our Solutions

Since the goal was to make business processes more customer-centric and result-yielding through paperless transactions, a right intersperse of technological measures was needed. And as IoT’s natural instinct to facilitate streamlining of process and better asset utilization are well-proven assets, we strongly recommend it.

  • First, we began with a design-oriented development by creating a custom mobile terminal running on windows mobile
  • The functionality of real-time truck location was integrated with a mobile application through a GPS module
  • Custom accelerator was built to integrate the application with the waste management module

Platform Solution Integrationsss Tangible Benefits
Sensor for location and weight of truck load Paperless transaction Big Data on scientific local tax calculator
Connectivity to cloud through Wi-Fi and GPRS Automation of full civic infrastructure Application portal and network equipment for automation of truck movement and payment truck movement and payment

Quantifiable Benefits

  • Increase in revenue by 70%
  • Return of investment in 24 months
  • Processing lag time reduced to less than a week
  • A start-to-finish paperless waste management process

About Futurism Technologies

Futurism Technologies is a global business leader, that bringing 360-degree Digital Transformation for business enterprises of various sizes, as well as technology providers by delivering assured business efficiency through a set of new-age technologies. We provide end-to-end high quality and cost-effective IT services to a variety of industries. With state of the art offices in India, US, UK, Australia, and UAE, we have become a global trusted partner of our clients by delivering age-defining and convention-defying digital transformation solutions.