Bridgestone Bfleet

The competitive edge for transport operators serious about tyre management & cost control

What is Bfleet

Bfleet is a suite of services and information that Bridgestone have developed to help pro-actively manage your fleet and tyre operating costs. Bridgestone can tailor these services and information to your needs and specific requirements.

Electronic Trading - Bridgestone lead the industry in this important and innovative area, from basic reporting, invoicing by vehicle to fully integrated end-to-end e-commerce. Please ask us how we can assist you to streamline the supply process and reduce your administration costs through electronic trading.

Bfleet Systems - information is power

At the core of Bfleet is Bridgestone's national fleet data collection system.

For Bfleet customers, Bridgestone's system captures and stores all information automatically every time we provide product or services to any of your vehicles, right down to pressure checks and tyre rotations. Every activity, every time regardless of location.

Bfleet information is stored in our central data base by vehicle using your fleet ID numbers and with detail down to axle position, so that we can track and report on tyre performance, service delivery and operating costs by your fleet ID.

Bfleet data allows us to provide you with summarised fleet costings, service activity reports and KPI's in a range of different formats depending on your specific needs.

Bridgestone's Bfleet data collection system has been in operation since 1996 and has a proven track record with many major transport customers.

Bridgestone FleetWatch - the ultimate in pro-active fleet tyre management, and the most effective way to control and reduce your tyre operating costs.

Bridgestone have harnessed the power of our Bfleet information and established a fully operational fleet tyre authorisation and management centre known as FleetWatch.

FleetWatch offers Bridgestone customers a fully managed service where Bridgestone operators have live access to your fleet data. All service delivery is controlled via the FleetWatch centre and Bridgestone become responsible for :

Directing tyre service personnel at shop floor level to ensure tyre fitment policies are being adhered to and service delivery is effective.
Issuing order numbers on your behalfEnsuring Purchase Order Numbering systems are adhered to.
Raising invoices and ensuring no discrepancies between what has been authorised and what has been supplied / invoiced.
Assisting with account reconciliations to ensure minimal admin administration.
Providing reports on tyre performance, KPI's, service delivery and advising of vehicles that need attention.
Assisting with account reconciliations to ensure minimal administration.

The direct benefits of FleetWatch to you are :

Better tyre utilisation and increased tyre life = lower tyre operating costs
Direct control of service activities to stated standards and policies
Greater control of casings
Increased administration control and significantly reduced internal administration costs
Full accountability from Bridgestone as supplier / manager
Lets you get on with your core business.

Bfleet On-Line - a first for Bridgestone - and THE solution for Bridgestone customers serious about managing their own fleets

Bridgestone offers transport operators direct access to their own fleet tyre data live and on-line.

Up until now the only way to access your Bfleet data was via your local Bridgestone representative or store and in printed form.

Under these traditional methods, any fleet or tyre problems are only identified after the event. You've already spent your money without fixing the cause of the problem, and your only chance is to try and catch the vehicle at the next opportunity.

Using Bfleet to access your own data live and on-line, you can now give your people the power to check tyre and service history as part of your authorisation or ordering process. It gives you the power to make the best decision at the time of tyre replacement or service. Armed with the facts, you can direct the tyre service person to act in your best interests, take direct action and save you money.

The key benefits of the Bfleet system is that it provides :

A record of all tyre related service and tyre replacements by your fleet ID
Direct access to your fleet's data
Summarised cost per kilometre running rates by vehicle - as a total for the vehicle or down to axle level
Tyre performance history on all tyres replaced
Tyre usage by fleet ID
Helps to identify areas of tyre theft
Identify areas of over-servicing to help reduce operating costs
Identify areas of under-servicing that contribute to increased costs

Remember - all data is stored by your fleet ID and down to axle level.

Bfleet allows you to take full control of the tyre supply process and pro-actively manage tyre usage and tyre costs by vehicle.

An example of Bfleet in Action:

Without Bfleet

Your truck needs new steer tyres, and as sometimes happens you notice that one tyre has worn out slightly faster than the other. Under your current system you replace your tyres without any reference to the performance of the tyres being removed, or past service history for that vehicle.

You think that the tyres have performed poorly, but aren't sure, and that you might also have a wheel alignment problem. So you arrange and pay for a wheel alignment however once the truck returns you find out that there was no major problem here.

So you've spent money on tyres plus an alignment, and time on getting the truck to and from the alignment shop.

With Bfleet

With Bfleet in place, when your workshop guys asks you to approve the purchase of 2 tyres, you check on-line the history for the vehicle's steer tyres.

The live data shows you the date and KM reading of when the current set of tyres were originally fitted, and so you immediately know that they have achieved 123,000 kilometres - which is more than you were expecting and above the 100,000 km ave for all other vehicles in your fleet.

The Bfleet information also shows you :

that you wheel aligned the vehicle at the last set of steer tyres
that 2 new rims were fitted last time
that the tyres were rotated at 45,000 kms
that the pressures were checked at least once every month

Armed with this information, you decide that the vehicle doesn't need money spent on an alignment at this time, or any other actions, and so you approve the purchase of the replacement tyres.

You have saved time and money, and confirmed that the Bridgestone tyres in use are exceeding your expectations

Bridgestone's mission - our job is to manage your tyres and assist to reduce your fleet tyre operating costs

For more information on any of Bridgestone's Bfleet services

call us toll free on

1800 Bfleet - 1800 235 338

Bfleet Web Site