Truckcom Blog

Pryor Group are a specialist earthmoving and civil engineering company based in Essex. They first heard about Truckcom via a local press article and decided to include the company in a review of options for improving their fleet management and tracking systems, conducted in early 2011.

“Pryor were an interesting prospect for us” says Hugh Wightwick, Truckcom’s technical director.  “They are a key player in an important sector of logistics that is not generally using systems like Truckcom at the moment. They had a number of specific requirements, which included special facilities for management of bulk/tipper haulage operations, a bespoke interface with their existing IT systems, vehicle based and mobile phone based tracking, and provision of vehicle tracking information on their internal intranet system”.

“When we first saw the Truckcom demo, we felt it ticked most of the boxes already but we also felt that there was a need to adapt it a little to fit in with Pryor’s existing systems and procedures” says Chris Elwood, Pryor Group’s IT Manager.  “The thing that really sold it to us was the helpful and co-operative approach they have to changes and adaptations. The other companies we looked at had far more of a ‘take it or leave it’ approach”.

“Truckcom provides us with an opportunity to significantly revamp the way we manage our vehicles, our drivers and our work” says Clint Layzell, Pryor Group’s Transport Manager.  “We now have the system fully up and running for routing and tracking on our Tipper fleet. It’s been very easy to get started with Truckcom, even during a busy time for us when our fleet has been expanding significantly”.

“We feel it’s very important for both companies to view this initial roll out as just the start of a productive partnership” says Hugh Wightwick. “We will be pleased to work in close collaboration with Pryor Group to ensure that Truckcom meets all of their requirements, now and in the future”.