Jennings Building & Civil Engineering Contractors, based in north Wales, has bene operating Caterpillar machinery for more than 25 years

On the recommendation of Cat dealer Finning, it recently invested in Caterpillar’s VisionLink technology, cloud-based fleet management software that allows operators and owners to view data including operating hours, geographical and performance metrics.

There is no sign of buyers’ remorse here.

Managing director Danny Jones says: “We have worked with Finning to introduce VisionLink to half of our fleet and are already seeing the benefits of the technology. By identifying and addressing non-productive idle events we have not only cut fuel usage and emissions, but because of the increase in efficiency we have also seen an increase in overall profitability.

“VisionLink is designed to optimise a fleet and isn’t just for reducing idle time, we have found it invaluable when it comes to real-time monitoring, fuel efficiency analysis and maintenance scheduling which all work towards ensuring our machines are working to their true capacity.

“As a company we are focused on innovation and providing consistent, high-quality service to our customers. We feel the most recent investment with Finning bolsters our innovative offering and has allowed us to maximise fleet efficiency and boost our overall profitability.”

Finning UK & Ireland sales representative Iwan Jenkins added: “Proper fleet management is key to ensuring efficiency and profitably to companies such as Jennings BCE, and VisionLink offers accurate real-time insights to allow businesses to enhance their operations.

“For instance, during our work with Jennings BCE we saw that one of their machines was pulling in data demonstrating the machine was idling 71% of the time. We worked with the team at Jennings to reveal how VisionLink could tackle things like idle time by sending real-time alerts and performance data to allow their team to address challenges as they occur.”