Fleet Logistics selected by World-leading industrial group Atlas Copco
Fleet Logistics, Europe’s leading fleet management specialist have been selected to manage the European fleet of Stockholm-based Atlas Copco with a view to drastically reducing operational costs and introducing complete transparency across fleet operations.
Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world-leading positions in compressors, construction and mining equipment, with revenues around €6bn in 2009. It operates in 170 markets with more than 30,000 employees and a combined fleet of around 3,000 cars in Europe. The company has outsourced the management of its European fleet to Fleet Logistics, beginning with a pilot project in France, and if successful would be to rolled out across Europe and possibly globally in the future.
Fleet Logistics will introduce its Fleet Care fleet management solution, which includes the competitive tendering of each new vehicle from a panel of preferred leasing companies, which has been proven to reduce acquisition costs by 10-15% and will be just one in a series of initiatives that the project will put into action.
The move to outsourced fleet management has been overseen by Atlas Copco’s Advanced Service and Administration Provider (ASAP), an internal service provider for business processes, including IT, HR, finance and purchasing.
Kim Kjaerulff, Acting ASAP Purchasing Manager, said the company was looking to evaluate ways of changing the running of its fleet across Europe with a view to reducing costs and increasing control and transparency.
“We are looking to achieve a coordinated and consistent approach to the running of our European fleet with Fleet Logistics,” he said. “This will include increased centralization and transparency of data.
“Once we have shown what we can achieve with the more efficient running of the fleet in France, and we have clearer indication of what is possible, we then hope to persuade other internal customers within Atlas Copco to adopt this new approach,” he said.
Peter Soliman, Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Logistics, commented: “We are delighted to be working with Atlas Copco to help identify ways of reducing costs and increasing transparency on the European fleet, and look forward to a long and mutually rewarding business relationship.”
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