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The job title of the staff of GymKidz who operates the The reason for selecting Waze because it is:
vehicle is the logistic officer, Mr Albert. We aim to use • Free to download
GPS and transport app technology to help the logistic • Ease of use
officer make quicker or shorter trips, resulting in more We assessed that the logistic officer did not use app
efficient use of their fuel; and, whenever possible, attain technology to get to his destination during our audit.
the most efficient fuel consumption of 13.51 km/l. An experiment was conducted for the GymKidz van
using Waze and another vehicle not using Waze (see
We have decided to introduce the App, Waze (see Figure Figure 8). We demonstrated to the driver that Waze
7), to the logistic officer to enable the van to achieve would automatically direct the user to the route with
better fuel consumption and arrive at its destination the smoothest traffic. This puts the vehicle on target
sooner. to achieve the ‘extra-urban fuel efficiency rate that LTA
reports.

Figure 7: Screenshot of the Waze app.

Henceforth, we introduced Waze to the logistics officer
and downloaded the App onto his mobile device. We
also rode with him to show him the functionalities of
the App (see Figure 9).

Figure 8: GymKidz van with the other vehicle not
using Waze.
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