Newport haulier predicts ‘£50k-plus’ annual savings from Michelin Connected Fleet solutions

Jaga Brothers’s 42 truck and 130 trailer fleet has employed Michelin’s Truck Plus and Trailer Premium solutions to achieve greater fuel efficiency, and will now adopt Michelin Connected Fleet’s brake testing maintenance system

Jaga Brothers managing director James Hill tracks vehicles, monitors driver behaviour and checks tyre pressure and temperature alerts via Michelin Connected Fleet’s management solutions (Photo: Michelin)

Newport haulier Jaga Brothers says it has saved £35,000 in fuel costs across its fleet of 42 trucks and a further £5,600 in tyre replacements on its 130 trailers, following its partnership with Michelin Connected Fleet. The company added that its access to vehicle data analysis has helped its drivers to implement driving behaviour improvements, further affecting positively its cost savings. The company was already using an exclusively Michelin tyre policy before rolling out the Connected Fleet solutions that have yielded additional efficiencies. Jaga Brothers managing director, James Hill, says: “The Michelin Connected Fleet solutions have had a huge financial impact on our business. Our aim was for the service to start paying for itself in the first year and the figures so far have exceeded our expectations.”

Analysis of vehicle data over a six-month period by Michelin Connected Fleet consultants has also helped Jaga Brothers to improve driver behaviour by lowering the number of harsh driving events, whilst delivering fuel savings of 0.6mpg per vehicle. Plus, Trailer Premium’s tyre pressure and temperature alerts and insights have helped to reduce the number of rapid deflations and costly tyre replacements by 66 per cent.

James Hill added: “We have seen major improvements in driver behaviours such as harsh braking and harsh accelerating, which has increased fuel efficiency to the extent that we expect to save more than £50,000 in our first year of working with Michelin Connected Fleet.”

Hill says the family-run business, which specialises in the transportation of construction materials including steel, timber and bricks, has also reaped the benefits of the smart reporting tools, after the company was suffering around three rapid deflations per month.

“The downtime was costing us up to £800 per tyre, combined with breakdown callouts and any further damage caused. Since we started using Michelin Connected Fleet solutions, which quickly alert drivers to low tyre pressures, we have had only one rapid deflation. That’s an exceptional result, and over eight months it has saved us about £5,600 in tyre replacement costs.”

Jaga Brothers, which has run an exclusive Michelin tyre policy across its fleet for seven years, rolled out Michelin Connected Fleet on all its trucks and trailers following the success of initial trials of the Truck Plus and Trailer Premium solutions.

The company expects to make additional savings when it embraces the brake testing technology add-on, which Hill believes could save the business around £9,000 per year on brake maintenance.

Gilson Santiago, CEO of Michelin Connected Fleet, says: “It’s great to see how Jaga Brothers is benefiting from our suite of connected fleet management tools, bespoke reporting and consultancy services. We are committed to helping customers run safer and more sustainable fleets and this partnership underlines the major cost savings that are possible by using the services and insights we offer through our solutions.”

Jaga Brothers says the Trailer Premium solution has reduced its tyre replacement costs on its 130 trailers by £5,600 (Photo: Michelin)

What is Michelin Connected Fleet?

Michelin Connected Fleet offers the tyre manufacturer’s advanced fleet management services and solutions. These are designed to provide the tools and information fleet operators and managers need to manage their fleets, increasing operational efficiency and sustainability.

Michelin Connected Fleet says it is “committed to understanding customer needs and providing them with pragmatic and quality solutions in the areas that matter most to them.” This means the solutions are focused on reducing fleet management costs, increasing productivity, improving driver and vehicle safety, meeting end-customer expectations and increasing the overall sustainability of their business. They aim to partner with customers to deliver recommendations based on mobility data to give them a competitive advantage. Michelin Connected Fleet says its global customers represent “approximately 300 million journeys per year across Europe, North America and South America – collectively connecting 660,000 vehicles operated by 70,000 customers, spanning 48 countries.”