CASE STUDY

Dynamon uses Big Data analytics to identify potential for significant annual fuel savings

Company: Dynamon is a data analytics company helping fleets PLC make better procurement decisions to significantly Sector: reduce costs and environmental impact. 3rd Party Dynamon has developed a unique data analytics service that can Fleet Size: analyse fleet telematics data to identify the optimum methods 3000+ of reducing fuel cost and emissions. Dynamon has worked with Wincanton to model fleet data and identify potential for improving Solution: procurement decision-making. Analysing Wincanton’s telematics data to identify potential fuel savings from future tyre choice and aerodynamics solutions. About Wincanton PLC Key Benefits: Wincanton is the largest British logistics company, providing supply Identified potential for significant annual chain consultancy and solutions to some of the world’s most admired fuel savings across fleet. brands. It employs approximately 17,700 people across more than 200 sites and runs a 3,600-strong fleet of vehicles.

www.dynamon.co.uk The science behind fuel saving The challenge From this, Dynamon’s algorithms then generated a further Wincanton operates in an extremely competitive 700 million analysis data points per to produce a marketplace with significant cost pressures and an set of ‘what-if’ scenarios which are used to investigate increasing demand for reduced environmental impact. fuel saving solutions. To identify how much fuel could be Dave Rowlands, Wincanton’s Technical Services Director, potentially saved from tyre choice, this involved a further explains that achieving these outcomes requires a more axle-by-axle analysis on each vehicle taking into account innovative approach to procurement: the fuel performance, wear rates, damage rates, and PPK cost of alternative tyres. To identify aerodynamics “Due to the complexity of our operation products that produce best ROI, Dynamon takes into it is very difficult to clinically model the full impact account the aerodynamic drag saving achieved by of every purchasing decision on our operating each solution, the predicted fuel saving from analysis costs and environmental impact. Therefore, of telematics data, risk of damage, and cost. we make purchasing decisions based on the strongest evidencewe have available at the time.” The Outcome The output of Dynamon’s analytics identified potential Recognising the capabilities of Dynamon’s data analytics, for significant fuel savings from improved tyre choice Wincanton tasked Dynamon to analyse data from across and improved aerodynamic roof spoiler choice. the transport operation to identify where potential cost Dave Rowlands: savings and improved environmental impact can be achieved, specifically during the procurement of tyres “The models that Dynamon has produced are and aftermarket aerodynamic solutions. very impressive and demonstrates a wide range of opportunities to continuously improve, and The solution drive down the cost of running, a multifaceted Two key components of Dynamon’s data analysis logistics operation.” service are: Now that these potential fuel savings have been Helping fleets purchase tyre policies that balance identified, Dynamon is working with Wincanton to 1 both tyre cost and fuel performance. assess future proposals from suppliers of tyres and aerodynamics products to ensure maximum return Identifying aerodynamics solutions that provide on investment. 2 the best return on investment.

After integrating with Wincanton’s existing telematics platform, Dynamon analysed twelve months of historic vehicle data.

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