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How AWBS Moved from Firefighting to Earned Recognition Success

Before FleetCheck, Adrian White Building Supplies (AWBS) dealt with fragmented, paper-based processes that made it difficult to manage compliance, vehicle maintenance, and inspections across their fleet. A low annual test pass rate and subsequent DVSA audit exposed gaps in their defect reporting, and outdated defect books left little accountability or accurate oversight. By implementing FleetCheck Professional, AWBS centralised their fleet operations, replaced outdated systems, and gained real-time oversight. The platform now supports proactive maintenance, smarter purchasing decisions, and seamless Earned Recognition audits – saving time, reducing downtime, and improving compliance across the business.

About Adrian White Building Supplies

Industry – Construction
Fleet size – 30
Fleet mix – HGVs, Vans, and Cars
Location – Oxfordshire
Tags – Fleet Management, Earned Recognition, VOR rectification
Products – FleetCheck Professional

I use FleetCheck every day – I’d struggle to do my job without it. You can tell it’s built by people who actually understand transport, not just IT developers. It’s so logical.

Wyatt Tait | General Operations Manager | AWBS

I use FleetCheck every day – I’d struggle to do my job without it. You can tell it’s built by people who actually understand transport, not just IT developers. It’s so logical.

Wyatt Tait | General Operations Manager | AWBS

Adrian White Building Supplies is a trusted builder's merchant, specialising in landscaping products for trade and retail customers. Known for high standards, AWBS delivers six days a week and sees fleet performance as central to its service quality. In 2018, AWBS became a founding member of the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, marking their commitment to best practice.

Why FleetCheck?

AWBS discovered FleetCheck through the DVSA's list of accredited software providers for Earned Recognition. With no joining fee, minimal startup costs, and the support team handling most of the onboarding, it was an easy decision. FleetCheck stood out due to its intuitive design, comprehensive vehicle management capabilities, and alignment with Wyatt’s compliance needs.

Transport is often seen as a necessary evil in our industry - but we flipped it on its head. FleetCheck helps us run a cost-effective, compliant fleet. It brings all our data together, letting us analyse performance by vehicle, driver, or depot.

The Challenge

Lack of Oversight, Clunky Audits, and Constant Firefighting

Annual Test Pass Rates and Audit Pressure

AWBS had a vehicle fail an annual test due to issues not being properly documented and repaired, triggering a DVSA audit and a formal warning. This exposed gaps in their reporting processes.

Lack of Visibility

Vehicle maintenance and associated costs weren’t being properly tracked and analysed. This lack of insight made it difficult to stay on top of compliance and budgeting, driving their decision to pursue Earned Recognition and implement FleetCheck.

Paper-Based Systems

Drivers were still using old defect books and paper-based vehicle inspection logs, often completing them in bulk at the end of the week, making it hard to ensure accuracy.

We relied on old defect books and endless emails, making it difficult to monitor walkaround checks, and prove who got what, and when. Everything felt like a firefight.

We needed a more uniform way of collating driver and vehicle information and being able to record it and report on it. Drivers would use the work WhatsApp group to report defects, and messages would get lost. It was hard to keep track.

The Solution

A Centralised Platform for Day-to-Day Efficiency

FleetCheck has provided AWBS with a centralised digital platform to manage inspections, maintenance, and costs from one place. Tools like traffic light alerts, scheduled inspections, collision reporting, and Earned Recognition dashboards have helped shift their fleet operations from reactive to proactive, improving compliance and day-to-day efficiency.

It’s a great financial controller for us – you can set budgets and look at your actuals. The app is great for communicating with the drivers too. Gone are the days of sending them individual memos. I love it, and so do the drivers. They can record collisions on site, instead of waiting to be contacted by a customer or local authority. It’s all helped with compliance.

The Impact

Less Downtime, More Insight, Zero Stress

Reduced Vehicle Downtime

Since FleetCheck we’ve had little to no downtime. It’s helped us put in place an efficient maintenance program and anticipate problems better. I can clearly track what’s done and what’s pending, keeping faulty vehicles off the road.

Smarter Purchasing Decisions

We’ve used FleetCheck to analyse the cost and economy of our fleet. When we came to replacing our vehicles, we surprisingly found that an older vehicle outperformed a newer one, with better carrying capacity. That kind of insight and forecasting has saved us money – we’re not operating in such a reactive and alarmist way now.

Time Savings and Less Headaches

It’s streamlined everything, from scheduling LOLER inspections with MOTs to cutting admin for drivers and managers. Our workload has dropped significantly.

Seamless Earned Recognition Audits

Auditors love it. They know FleetCheck is robust, logical, and easy to navigate. We can pull up our ER KPIs in seconds. It just flows. It also gives me full confidence going into an audit that ‘all my ducks are in a row’, so to speak."

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