Reading Buses is using Freeway’s fleet management system to capture and analyse maintenance and repair data for all its vehicles, which operate on various routes in Reading and Newbury.
The software manages scheduled and ongoing vehicle maintenance, and produces workshop job cards linked to the individual inspection and maintenance histories for each vehicle. Labour costs on sub-contracted vehicles are also captured.
Freeway provides stock control, order management and fleet asset management. It also calculates fuel efficiency; integrating with Reading Buses’ fuel management software so that a complete picture of the total running costs per mile for each vehicle make and model is available for the entire fleet.
According to Mike Batt, Purchasing and Facilities Manager, Reading Buses, the company was one of the first UK bus operators to install the Freeway transport management system.
He said: “Although not bespoke to us, Freeway has developed right alongside us, adding new functionality to accommodate our evolving requirements.”
Patrick Tandy, Managing Director of Freeway Fleet Systems, added: “Reading Buses has used Freeway for more than a decade.
“The bus company’s use of the software has developed from managing running repairs for older vehicles to keeping a modern fleet in first class condition. The flexibility of the software is achieved by Freeway’s responsiveness to customers’ changing requirements, adding new functionality as and when they need it.”
