Acden Environment

CHALLENGE

Utility Vehicles (on-road fleet) 

Acden’s fleet serves large oil sands and industrial sites spread over long distances. Without real-time vehicle visibility, supervisors drove to confirm pickups, schedules slipped, and coaching relied on anecdote instead of data. They needed dependable in-cab tracking to keep routes on time, verify service at each stop, surface safety and utilization insights, and standardize reporting as operations scaled. 

Challenges: long verification drives, schedule drift, limited proof of service, inconsistent coaching data 

Needs: live GPS and route history, geofenced arrival and departure, event data for coaching, maintenance and utilization reports 

Waste Bins and Containers (non-powered assets) 

Acden also manages hundreds of bins across remote yards and active job sites. Without location data, containers were hard to find, turnarounds slowed, and inventory documentation for audits took hours. They needed bin-level visibility to locate assets instantly, prevent loss and theft, optimize placement and turnaround, and export inventory on demand. 

Challenges: misplaced containers, time lost searching, slower turnaround, audit-heavy manual counts 

Needs: rugged asset trackers with last-seen location and movement history, alerts for unauthorized movement, utilization views, audit-ready inventory reports. 

SOLUTION

Utility Vehicles (on-road fleet) 

Acden implemented in-cab tracking so supervisors can now pull exportable route and proof-of-service reports, while speed, seat belt, and harsh-event data support faster incident resolution and targeted driver coaching. 

• What we put in place: live GPS, route history, geofenced stop verification, and safety events 

• How the team uses it: confirm service without drive-bys, coach with objective data, standardize reports 

• Results: quicker incident response, safer driving habits, and consistent documentation across sites 

Waste Bins and Containers (non-powered assets)

Acden outfitted bins with rugged, intrinsically safe sensors to replace manual checks with automated inventory. Supervisors generate exportable reports to prove inventory, which removed monthly physical counts, saved 30+ hours each month, and cut truck miles. Time once spent on manual bin counts now goes to payroll, billing, mentoring, and team enablement, creating immediate ROI.

• What we put in place: bin-level location history, movement alerts, and audit-ready inventory reports

• How the team uses it: find containers instantly, prevent loss and theft, optimize placement and turnaround

• Results: significant time savings, lower fuel and mileage, faster audits, and a clear financial return

RESULTS

With durable, intrinsically safe tracking for bins and live visibility for vehicles, Acden replaced manual verification with automated proof of service, saving 30+ hours a month, redirecting roughly $20,000 per month from manual counts to higher value work, and realizing an average ROI increase of more than $300,000. The combination of rugged hardware, required safety certifications, and steady customer service turned location data into better decisions, faster incident response, fewer lost containers, smarter utilization, and cleaner audits. As Acden scales across remote sites, the program provides a repeatable blueprint that protects people, assets, and reputation while unlocking new rental opportunities and a stronger customer experience.