The House Depot’s Kathleen Eaton and Samsara CEO Sanjit Biswas at Samsara’s consumer convention in San Diego. Eaton stated dashcams have yielded measurable security advantages for House Depot’s supply drivers. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Matters)
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SAN DIEGO — Transportation and security executives outlined how they’ve improved security, effectivity and driver satisfaction of their fleet operations by way of expertise implementation throughout Samsara’s 2025 consumer convention.
Personal fleet operator Mohawk Industries, the world’s largest flooring producer, has lowered paperwork and created higher truck routes and extra correct estimated arrival instances for its clients by deploying a few of Samsara’s newest merchandise and options, Andy Yearout, the corporate’s senior vp of provide chain, stated throughout the convention’s opening session on June 24.
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Digitizing workflows has enabled the non-public provider to deal with an overflow of paper paperwork, corresponding to buyer invoices, inspection reviews and payroll sheets.
“While you appeared within the cab of our vans, it appeared like they wanted a submitting cupboard,” Yearout stated.
Mohawk Industries’ Andy Yearout, with Samsara Chief Product Officer Kiren Sekar, stated Mohawk has improved security, lowered paperwork and developed extra environment friendly routes by way of its use of expertise. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Matters)
Mohawk additionally achieved important financial savings by implementing Samsara’s new routing and navigation capabilities whereas additionally working carefully with its drivers to include their information of routes, clients and visitors into the route planning course of.
“We took out over 4 million miles per yr, and web of the funding we made, we saved the group nearly $8 million per yr,” Yearout stated.
The expertise additionally has improved the corporate’s relationship with its drivers, he added, partially by enabling managers to have a good time and reward good efficiency.
“It let our superstars shine and it allow us to acknowledge them,” Yearout stated, including that Mohawk has reinvested financial savings from the expertise implementation into its driver recognition program.
Mohawk, primarily based in Calhoun, Ga., ranks No. 77 on the Transport Matters High 100 listing of the most important non-public carriers in North America.
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Kathleen Eaton, vp of security, power and constructing providers at The House Depot, stated dashcams have yielded measurable security advantages for its supply drivers and for technicians as they journey to carry out on-site upkeep work. She cited an 80% discount in accidents for the supply fleet and a 60% discount in claims with its technicians.
“Our associates merely change into higher drivers behind the wheel,” Eaton stated.
House Depot, which ranks No. 50 on the non-public TT100, is also testing Samsara’s new wearable security system to assist shield lone employees as they make deliveries and go to job websites.
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