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CASE STUDY TRACKMATIC HAS GIVEN US VISIBILITY INTO DRIVER BEHAVIOUR SO WE CAN ENSURE WE ARE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN BE IN TERMS OF DELIVERING OUR FURNITURE. to deal with them. This could be as simple as sending out a manager to look at the product or ensuring that any missing items were delivered straight away. This level of customer engagement has made an instant, massive difference.” Coricraft can better plan and fine-tune deliveries, optimise operations and redefine customer engagement. Each challenge around visibility, communication, control and timing has been addressed using Trackmatic’s innovative and disruptive technology solutions. “The results speak for themselves,” said Slotow. “Customers have left positive feedback around the professionalism of the delivery service and Coricraft has grown their deliveries without having to expand on their fleet or their teams. They www.intelligentcio.com have created capacity to scale without increasing costs or infrastructure and, as benefits go, that’s one that hits the bottom line.” “Success does not happen by chance, it takes the right client that is willing to collaborate, experiment and trust us with their business.” The company has seen delivery accuracies increase by 27%, the leave on time by 33%, (while shifting the start time by an hour earlier) return on time by 36% and overtime bills reduced by 15%. In addition, the time to delivery has been reduced from three hours to 32 minutes and there has been an 80% increase in customer service. Trackmatic is currently working with Coricraft to expand its solution which includes the Trackmatic Insight analytic dashboards that will give Coricraft the means to measure key performance metrics and provide even more meaningful data for richer last mile and customer delight deliverables. More stats point to significant increases in route efficiency (86%), turnaround adherence time (94%) and a rise from 34 to 43 trucks a day leaving the depots nationally each day. Schneeberger said: “Trackmatic has given us visibility into driver behaviour so we can ensure we are as efficient as we can be in terms of delivering our furniture. Because we have this level of visibility, we can give our customers visibility, and this allows us to proactively engage with them and exceed their expectations.” n “We are proud of the work that has been achieved at Coricraft,” said Slotow. INTELLIGENTCIO 53