ITF Group | Samsara

ITF Group saves $4.4M in insurance costs and $4M in fuel costs with Samsara

ITF gains critical real-time visibility across their operations, driving a range of benefits, including significant cost savings as well as a 20% improvement in trailer utilization, a 60% reduction in harsh braking, and more.

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Meet ITF Group

A lack of visibility made it difficult to optimize operations

ITF Group is an asset-based third-party logistics provider that offers transportation, logistics, warehousing, and fulfillment solutions. Based in Hazelwood, Missouri, ITF operates across the United States and Canada serving customers in the food and beverage, retail, and e-commerce industries.

As a rapidly growing company, ITF began to feel the strain of not having visibility into critical areas of their operations. "Our business outgrew our ability to track and manage important things like fuel usage, maintenance, and even driver safety," said Sam Burkhan, CEO. "At ITF, one of our top priorities is investing in technology to serve our customers better. We knew it was time to find a solution that could give us real-time insights and help us make smarter decisions."

Burkhan and his team began to look for a new, comprehensive tool that would allow them to manage their fleet more effectively.

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Samsara provides real-time data across ITF Group’s business

To tackle these challenges, ITF Group implemented Samsara across their fleet of nearly 400 trucks and 1,600 trailers. "We started small, rolling out Samsara in about 20 of our units, but as we saw the impact of what the technology could do, we scaled up quickly," Burkhan said. "Now, Samsara is a core part of our business that gives us real-time visibility into almost every part of our operations.”

In addition to the technology, Burkhan was impressed with Samsara's customer support during the deployment and beyond. "From the start, Samsara was easy to use and our partnership with the team was excellent," Burkhan said. “Our account managers are energetic and always there to make sure our team is utilizing the full potential of the solution.”

AI Dash Cams drive millions in insurance cost savings

ITF Group faced a number of challenges related to driver safety, such as maintaining safe following distance and drivers not wearing seatbelts. After deploying Samsara AI Dash Cams, ITF Group has experienced a range of benefits, including a 50% improvement in reducing risky behaviors and a 30% reduction in accident rates. These improvements helped lower the company's insurance premiums by $4,500 per truck per year, resulting in $4.4 million in savings on insurance premiums alone over four years.

Vehicle Gateways help ITF Group save millions in fuel costs

As they expanded their operations, ITF Group struggled with a lack of real-time visibility into their fleet, missing critical data on fuel usage and truck idling. Now, with Samsara, ITF has been able to make substantial gains in these areas, including improving their fuel efficiency from 6 MPG to up to 7.5 MPG, while reducing idle time to 29%. These improvements have helped the company save $4 million in fuel costs.

Improved trailer tracking helps drive utilization and optimization

Before implementing Samsara, ITF Group faced difficulties in tracking and managing its trailer fleet, such as the ability to see if trailers were empty or loaded. "We had to email customers and wait for responses, sometimes overnight, to know if a trailer was empty," Burkhan said. "It created inefficiencies in our dispatching and slowed us down."

Now, the company has real-time visibility into trailer location and cargo status, they have been able to make a number of efficiency gains across their trailer fleet, including a 25% reduction in downtime, a 20% improvement in utilization by reallocating trailers, and a 25% improvement in routing optimization.