How The Shelly Company Cut Cost Per Ton by 18%

Company: The Shelly Company

FleetWatcher Customer Since: 2013

• Implementing FleetWatcher significantly reduced cost per ton over four years, with improved real-time visibility enabling quicker responses to trucking issues.
• The platform enhances efficiency through features like quick ticket edits and a mobile app that streamlines last load out control and job tracking.
• Exceptional customer service, including rapid responses and site visits, has greatly assisted team understanding and operational success.

The Shelly Company boasts some impressive stats. It serves 81 of 88 counties in Ohio through its 90 sites. Its Twinsburg location alone delivers 1 million tons of asphalt and 3 million tons of aggregate every year. But perhaps the most notable number is this: 

“With the implementation and improvements in visibility of FleetWatcher, we have reduced our cost per ton 18% over 4 years," Chris Tomasch, Shelly’s logistics manager, stated. 

Visibility and Agility

Tomasch was with the company when it implemented FleetWatcher in 2013 and saw these savings firsthand. He noted other benefits, including fleet visibility.

"We are able to identify any trucking issues in real-time, allowing us to respond accordingly. FleetWatcher gives us accurate performance data which we can use for determining truck demand, reducing wait times, and managing brokers,” Tomasch stated.

He’s also a fan of the shift ticket quick edit feature. “We can make fast, accurate adjustments with minimal effort,” he says. The mobile app allows his team to better control last load outs, reducing the need to send trucks back to the plant to hold. Telematics also make it possible to track a job using the app, significantly reducing the time spent calling to find a truck.

"There are many choices of GPS tracking programs available. FleetWatcher is very user-friendly and allows us to do more than just see where our trucks travel.” Tomasch continued, ”We are able to set the parameters we want, to gather the data we need in a format we can use."

Hands-On Help

Tomasch recalls a time when he set up five new trucks, but none of them were tracking. He reached out to the  FleetWatcher customer service team and received a response in 10 minutes, and was able to track them. “Every time I reach out with a question or concern, I get a response quickly, usually the same day,” he said. “It’s also very helpful when their team makes a site visit, it gives our team a better understanding of the function and tools we need to be successful.”