The case study records £25,000 in annual direct cost savings and an approximate 23× first-year return on investment.
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PW Gates
Customer case study · Logistics
Turning trailer location data into utilisation, cost and service improvements
PW Gates used Foresolutions tracking to understand where trailers were, whether enough capacity was available and how the fleet was being used — converting visibility into direct commercial return.
PW Gates£25kAnnual direct cost saving
85%Utilisation and efficiency improvement
~23×First-year return on investment
01 · The challenge
What had to change.
PW Gates needed to address the operational issues below.
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Knowing where trailers were at the start of each day
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Making sure available capacity could keep pace with workload growth
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Scheduling servicing and maintenance using reliable mileage and routing information
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Removing time wasted manually checking asset location and utilisation
02 · The Foresolutions fix
Designed around the operation.
Foresolutions designed the deployment around PW Gates’s workflow, combining the required hardware, software and implementation support.
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Rolled trailer tracking across approximately 95% of the fleet
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Provided instant location and movement information through Foretrack
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Used route and mileage data to support maintenance scheduling
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Combined tracking with operational communications support
03 · Technology deployed
The technology behind the outcome.
The project used the following technology as part of the deployed solution.
Trailer GPS tracking hardware
Foretrack / Foretrack Connect
GPS and cellular location reporting
Fleet routing and mileage data
04 · Customer outcome
What the customer gained.
PW Gates gained the following operational improvements from the deployment.
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Reduced direct fleet costs
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Improved trailer utilisation and capacity planning
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Better customer service through more reliable asset availability
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Faster maintenance planning and more accurate operational records
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What this project demonstrates
Trailer tracking creates value when visibility changes fleet decisions.
PW Gates uses location, route and mileage information to improve trailer availability, maintenance planning and fleet utilisation rather than treating tracking as a simple map view.
Tracking helps the team understand where capacity is available and how trailers are actually being used.
Route and mileage data provide a more reliable basis for servicing and operational records.