Poland – Orlen Data System for Transportation

Poznan Business Data System won the tender for the implementation of the company Orlen copyright Transportation Fleet DS system to fleet management.

Orlen is the largest carrier transport of liquid fuels in Poland. Each tank, the vehicle fleet, numbering 190, belonging to the company will have installed the GPS device. This allows the company will be able to monitor the work of drivers around the clock to track items used trucks tankers, their routes, journey times to a designated station, the course of unloading procedures, and emergency dispatchers will immediately notify the system about the event.

All information obtained is installed on vehicles with GPS and data from other IT applications company Orlen Transportation will be automatically reported to the persons supervising the work of the fleet of tankers. Platform DS fleet will also keep alert for any unauthorized events related to the transport fuels.

Fleet management system implemented fully automate existing processes currently operating in Orlen Transportation.
It is the flexibility and lack of functional limitations in the Platform DS Fleet decided to choose the company Data System of the many other competing IT companies.

Preparation of the comprehensive system for the transport company Orlen Data System has worked for many months. “The secret of our success lies precisely in the fact that the customer does not have to choose from ready-made suggestions, but we create a bespoke management system based on the specific needs of the customer” – explains Krzysztof Glogowski, Commercial Director Data System.

Thanks to pay the cost of investing in a very short time and the system immediately begins to reap the benefits in terms of reducing costs, improving productivity of the enterprise and increase work efficiency.

Sector of leasing in Poland

Operative leasing and new legal solutions let decrease results of crisis and contribute to development of industry.

One from industries, which in first sequences reacted on appearance of crisis is leasing sector. After dynamic increase in 2007 year and at the beginning of 2008 became time of stagnation. Now leasing industry defends himself suggesting new legal solutions which – in opinion of inventive persons let decrease effects of crisis and contribute to development of industry.

“In situation of economic slowdown when effects of our investments are power of thing deferred in time, very important is proper fitting in time costs to expected incomes due to leasing it became possible because in operative leasing repayment of capital we regard as cost of obtainable of income and his schedule in time we can optionally form. In time of crisis businessman’s are going to decrease costs, they try to their capital expenditures was very rational” – say Andrzej Sugajski, director of Association of polish leasing organization banding leasing firms which represent 90% of market.

Difficulties on market particularly has touched transport industry which in last years try to fit with new requirements, especially after joining Poland to European Union And cope with growing competition. General promoted ago climate of economic SITUATION and dynamic growth of economy. In effect, leasing industry in 2007 year achieve in ways of transport sector record result: For application has been gave vehicles which value totaled 19,5 mld of PLN from that 7,2 mld are saddle tractors with semi-trailers and trailers. Few months later situation has been changed – good situation in industry has braked by the reason of growing prices of petroleum and strengthening PLN.

First symptoms of decrease interest of special ways of transport have appeared already in first half of 2008 year. In second half, situation was only worse first of all on result decrease of order on transport favor then it was caused crisis deepening on international markets. From ZPL data result that in all 208 year corporations leased truck tractors units with semi-trailers and trailers which vale totaled 4,9 mld PLN what mean 32% decrease of value of recently included agreements in this segment of market. In case of market of transport ways last period was hard equal for lease firms as well as clients. Influence of that not only related with decrease national investments more less demand on leasing services but also high increase of costs of sponsorship of activities and limit of possibility of raise funds for this purpose.

Economic slowdown with which we hale currently for action causes deterioration of liquidity of financial polish but that goes behind inconvenience with attendance of net debt concedes Piotr Warmuża, department head of cooperation with suppliers in European lease fund SA.

Trucking market In Poland aims to bottom and…regroup

In first three months of 2009 year were sold in Poland only 14 thousand trucks. It mean decrease of 31% compared to the first quarter of last year is due to report the Polish Automotive Industry.

Trucking market In Poland aims to bottom

Although the decline in sales in the European Union amounted to 35.6% and Poland very well presented on the background of our part of Europe so sector of polish cars market also fall into trouble.

Most decrease in sale check off on segment trucks over 16t. Sale decrease in first quarter by 70% compared to analogous period in 2008. About 65% decrease sale of utility cars over 3,5t. Slightly better looks situation in case of commercial vehicles to 3,5t. Here in first quarter sale was less than year ago only15,5%. Michał Kloc, president of board of Sobiesław Zasada Kraków Sp. z o.o, receipts that after last two years became huge decrease sale of trucks. The improved results do not help big quality of vehicles from 2008 on producers slopes and dealers. Additional competition are used vehicles which became vindicated by leasing firms from failing transport companies.

Difficult market situation for commercial vehicles due to among other attractive offer of used vehicles confirms the analysis of Automotive Market Research Institute SAMAR.

High supply of used cars make serious retrenchments in possibility of sale new vehicles, especially trucks – say Wojciech Drzewiecki, president of SAMAR – Need to add that vehicles are well conditioned and very good prices. Limit of trucks stock is good shown. Present powers freights are much bigger than possibility of transport goods by firms. If infrastructure investment will faster dealing, we would hale Better use for this kind of vehicles on build places. – with decreasing request on drawing saddles, request on carriages will grow.

In assessing the rates and structure the sale of heavy goods vehicles can be made argument that concentration on freight has moved from international transport to national. There will be a clear regrouping of transport – delivery companies. President Kloc add, that increase the number of orders of specialized vehicles with fire premises, sanitation etc.

It is difficult to predict development of situation in the commercial vehicle market in the coming months. Results of sales in April were similar to those achieved in the first three months. Experts predict that only the strong signals to improve the national and European economy influence on positive changes on the automotive markets.

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Impact economic situation on the independent automotive market

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Effects of economical crisis are shown in spare parts producers. On most rate feel them producers closely working with automotive pools. Fall in demand causes that more oftener must they pause production tapes which they create spare parts. This situation slow postpone on independent market. Parts producers trying to rescue lost sales more harder push on distribution webs. Then to verify on who rate ( parts producers) lost sales on first assembly will be able to regain on aftermarket, let’s look on sounding-line effects carrying by research company MotoFocus.pl.

How current economic situation will influent on your business

Yield from them, that crisis situation on world market touch in the near future also persons associated with sale automobile parts services in Poland. Every third respondent (33,2 %) state , that will be fain to search savings by survive crisis. Worst market situation touches many people now, 26% note lesser profits from marched business. Interesting is, that about 30% statement that economic situation not income on their functionality and everything stays on similar level, like in past. Just over 10% of automotive shops and independent workshops involved in the survey see chance for their business in the current market situation and the economic crisis they see as an opportunity to get rid of or reduce competition and thus strengthen the position of its own.