Some of these advantages can be measured

The annual running costs of a simple industrial truck in 2008 amounted to around € 80,000 p.a. (mainly staff costs, though also operating resources, maintenance, financing/leasing, etc.) per shift.

Thus, a 15% reduction in a fleet of 20 vehicles used in one shift to 17 vehicles already means an annual cut in costs of around € 240,000 p.a. and, depending on the system configuration, and amortisation of SyncroTESS within 18 months.

These annual cost savings increase

• by the factor 1.8 for two-shift operation and roughly the factor 2.5 for three-shift operation
• by an additional(!) factor of 1.5 for 30 instead of 20 vehicles
• with an increase in efficiency of 20% (still a very cautious estimate in our experience) instead of 15% (as assumed above) by a further additional (!) factor of 1.25
• by a further, additional factor (proportionate) if vehicles are used with running costs higher than € 80,000 p.a. incl. staff and incidental expenses
• in the following years T = 2, 3, 4, 5, … by the annual increase in these running costs, in particular for labour and fuel

This is why the transport management system actually pays for itself in less than a year in the majority of cases.