Podfather’s logistics software has helped tipper haulage and aggregate delivery specialist Andrews Tipper Hire land a major contract with Balfour Beatty on the Junction 10 improvement works on the M25, near Wisley in Surrey.

Rainham-based Andrews Tippers, which runs a fleet of over 100 trucks, is operating a dedicated fleet delivering aggregates and removing waste material from the site.

The company is using the Podfather system on the M25 Junction 10 project to reduce admin, improve efficiency and responsiveness, and provide total visibility.

Michael Ward, Balfour Beatty logistics coordinator, said: “The use of Podfather on this project was a contributing factor in our selection of Andrews as haulage partner. Digital ticketing, real-time visibility and enhanced reporting all make for a more efficient and more reactive operation.”

Using the Podfather App, Andrews’ drivers access detailed load information, whilst real-time tracking provides total visibility for management teams from Andrews and Balfour Beatty. Drivers also use the Podfather app to capture evidence of loads collected and delivered.

Andrews uses Podfather to intelligently plan and allocate loads to each of the 30 vehicles working on the project. Digital tickets, including collection and tip locations, as well as the type of material to be moved, are sent directly to the driver’s tablet and accessed using the Podfather App.

At the start of each shift drivers are guided through a series of vehicle checks to ensure the road-worthiness of the vehicle with responses captured using the app and stored within Podfather for compliance and H&S monitoring.

Moving between 150 and 300 loads a day, Andrews’ drivers also use the Podfather app to record evidence of materials transported or loads dropped.

Date, time and location stamped photographs, together with signatures from the on-site Plant Vehicle Marshall are captured and stored within Podfather and used to produce daily reports and inform billing.

Tim Page, Tipper Hire transport manager, said: “Podfather simplifies the management of a complex, fast moving and ever-changing schedule. Using Podfather we have complete visibility of where our drivers are, what materials they are carrying, and where they are going.

“This information is available to our client’s on-site management team which means we, and they, can react as situations change and evolve.”

He added: “Not only does Podfather improve our onsite performance it also makes reporting on the project much easier. I can produce the required daily reports in literally 10 minutes, something that would probably have taken me several hours without Podfather.”

“We also utilise the Podfather data to understand the efficiency of each section of works as we are able to asses how much material is being utilised internally versus material that is imported.

“As information is held digitally it reduces the amount of time spent transferring data between systems and it is available as needed. Podfather is a really great tool and I believe it plays a big role in our overall logistics function.”

 

 

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