The Fleet Intelligence Gap

Fleet businesses have the data, but is it helping them act fast enough?

New research from Allstar reveals a gap between having fleet information and turning it into timely decisions.

Fleet matters

84%

say fleet is one of their largest operating costs.

84%

say clear visibility of fleet costs is essential to informed business decisions.

Fleet decision-makers know what's at stake. The challenge is turning visibility into action.


But managing the data takes time

4.27 hours a week

are spent, on average, downloading, checking, reconciling, analysing or reformatting fleet data.

That's around...

6 working weeks a year

spent handling fleet data.

And that information is spread across an average of:

3.35 systems, portals or spreadsheets

Some problems are being found out too late

100%

of respondents discovered at least one of the fleet issues was found only after the cost had already been incurred in the previous 12 months.

Including:

43%

say avoidable costs or missed savings

35%

say EV charging or reimbursement errors

35%

say reporting errors or reconciliation gaps

And action takes time

4.5 days

is the average time it takes to go from spotting an issue to acting on it

This is the Fleet Intelligence Gap

The problem isn't a lack of data, it's the work between data and decision.

Fleet decision-makers need more than visibility. They need intelligence that helps them identify what matters sooner, understand what needs attention and act faster.

That’s less time managing data. More time making decisions.

Allstar commissioned independent research surveying a total of 300 fleet managers, transport managers, operations managers, procurement managers and finance leaders responsible for fleets of between 21 and 75 vehicles across the UK.


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