Volvo Trucks recently delivered 38 units of the Volvo FM370 4x2T RAS prime mover to the Lee Ting San Group of Companies (LTS Group), who are one of the largest logistics companies that provides transportation, container haulage, warehousing and maintenance services here in Peninsular Malaysia. The LTS Group supports nationwide and cross- border transportation services and have been around since 1974.
A handover ceremony was held at Volvo Trucks dealership in Prai to commemorate the event. So far, 20 units of the Volvo FM370 (370hp) prime movers have been delivered and the remaining 18 units are scheduled for delivery by January next year. LTS Group would have owned a total of 80 Volvo trucks in its current fleet of 280 prime movers once all of these new FM Series trucks are delivered to them.
The reason for the purchase of the new Volvo FM prime movers is that LTS Group is in the midst of performing their fleet replacement exercise in order to achieve more efficiency and to lower operating costs where the new trucks are expected to have better fuel efficiency and long term reliability. The new trucks will be used for container haulage business for LTS Logistics (PG) Sdn Bhd, for both long and short haul deliveries of cargo.
All the new Volvo FM trucks purchased by LTS Group will be fitted with Dynafleet, which is Volvo’s proprietary telematics system and are covered under Volvo Gold Service Agreement which includes the benefits of Volvo Uptime Promise. These solution systems are integral to making the new prime movers become more efficient than keeping older trucks in the fleet.
Dynafleet is Volvo's fleet management system and this helps customers achieve greater profitability and efficiency through data logging three key service areas which are fuel and environment, positioning and messaging. The on-board Driver Coaching function provides essential fuel saving tips to the driver. Meanwhile, the Volvo Uptime Promise is the only feature in the industry in Malaysia that compensates customers monetarily for certain duration of downtime.
Mitch Peden, Managing Director of Volvo Malaysia said, “The delivery of the trucks fulfills Volvo’s commitment in helping LTS Group on achieving more productivity, competence and safety, as the Volvo FM offers the highest levels of flexibility and transport efficiency. All these are crucial for boosting profitability and business growth for our customers.”
Lee Kah Chye, Group CEO of LTS Group also said at the event on why the group chose Volvo Trucks. He said,
“As a logistics company which started 45 years ago and since then has been serving the needs of hundreds of clients throughout Malaysia, we have definitely gone through many market changes and seen new developments in the industry. We understand that the industry needs to evolve for businesses like ours to grow. That is why our approach now is to be a forward-thinking transportation company that is willing to invest into technology and innovation, in terms of integrated logistics system, warehouse management system, telematics, and RFID tracking system for our goods. This is the reason for our purchase and we look forward to putting to good use Volvo’s Dynafleet to help us increase our effectiveness.”
Lee also stated that his company’s satisfaction with Volvo Trucks’ aftermarket support. The solutions have basically convinced them to take up the Volvo Gold Service Agreement with Uptime Promise for all the new trucks. The Volvo Trucks’ Uptime Promise is a industry leading feature which provides monetary compensation to customers who has a truck on a breakdown time that exceeds Volvo Trucks’ committed time to put the truck back on the road. More than financial compensation for truck downtime, Uptime Promise also offers benefits including safe and dependable repairs carried out by highly skilled Volvo technicians, minimum loss of time and income, and maximum truck uptime.
Peden commented, “Volvo Uptime Promise is designed to give customers extra protection against unplanned standstills and is offered as part of our continuous customer satisfaction enhancement effort. We would like to thank LTS Group for their loyalty, trust and support to Volvo Trucks. We believe this truly highlight our valued relationship with our customer and we will support them whenever and wherever it is needed.”
As with all of the latest heavy duty prime mover or trucks from Volvo Trucks, the Volvo FM was designed with the driver in mind. Among the Volvo FM’s cabin features include a spacious and ergonomically designed cabin with a clearly laid out dashboard and all of the buttons, controls and functions within convenient reach. The driver's seat is very adjustable for improved driving position and lumbar support and it also comes with the mandatory safety features and more (if the operator specs them in).
The Volvo FM also features the ground-breaking Volvo Dynamic Steering system that boosts the truck’s first-class driving properties and also comes with crawler gears on its Automated Manual Transmission. As with the latest Volvo Trucks sold here, it can run on Malaysian B10 biodiesel.
“While the Volvo FM is productive and economical for the customer, it also offers the driver a comfortable new working environment and enhanced safety,” said Peden.
As for the LTS Group, they first started operations in 1974 with only one truck driven by the founder, Mr Lee Ting San himself. Over the years as business expanded, the company started purchasing heavy-duty trucks, which led to the group first becoming a Volvo Trucks’ customer some 18 years ago when they bought a Volvo FM10 model. Today, the company employs more than 500 staff and has a large fleet size of trucks including rigid trucks and trailers.
The gentlemen standing 2nd & 3rd from left are Lee Kah Chye, Group CEO of LTS Group and Mitch Peden, Managing Director of Volvo Malaysia.
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