Fuel inefficiency, empty miles, driver admin and poor scheduling are eroding your margin. FLOW identifies the leaks and delivers a practical fix.
These are the four most common operational waste patterns we find in transport & logistics businesses — and most owners don't know which is costing them most.
Drivers running empty legs, jobs scheduled without backload consideration, and routes not optimised for fuel or time — costing margin on every run.
Unplanned breakdowns taking vehicles off the road — costing hire vehicle costs, missed deliveries and driver idle time.
Tachograph management, driver hours checking, vehicle inspection paperwork — consuming 3–5 hours per driver per week.
Most operators have never benchmarked their fuel cost per mile against market rates or optimised their card and supplier arrangements.
FLOW is our four-stage operational improvement framework — built specifically for UK SMEs.
We analyse your route data, vehicle utilisation, driver time and fuel costs — building a complete picture of where margin is being lost per vehicle and per run.
We identify your top waste sources: typically empty mile ratio, maintenance scheduling, and driver admin time vs. wheel time.
We provide route restructuring recommendations, maintenance scheduling triggers, and admin consolidation — practical changes your team implements without new software.
Average transport client recovers £18,000–£45,000 annually in fuel savings, reduced downtime and recaptured driver hours.
Illustrative figures based on typical FLOW audit findings for a transport & logistics business.
| Empty mile fuel and driver cost | £13,200/yr |
| Reactive maintenance vs. scheduled | £8,700/yr |
| Driver admin time (non-driving) | £10,400/yr |
| Fuel card not optimised to best rate | £4,800/yr |
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