Aman runs a mix of light and heavy vehicles across multiple concerns, with its own workshops, store and drivers. In that setting, "leakage" is every unit of value that leaves the business without a record that ties it to a job. It is rarely dramatic theft; far more often it is the absence of a paper trail — and the two look identical on a spreadsheet.
Over-fuelling, tank siphoning, inflated slips, private use — the single largest and hardest-to-see cost.
Parts issued without a job, double-buying, "ghost" consumption, scrap that never gets logged.
Unbilled or under-billed trips, private runs on company fuel, return trips that vanish.
Repeat repairs, inflated labour, parts billed but not fitted, no link between job card and cost.
Padded overtime, idle vehicles marked on-duty, driver hours nobody can confirm.
Missed tax/fitness/permit renewals → fines, seizures and downtime — a pure, avoidable loss.
Each row is a real leakage point raised in our sessions, mapped to the module and control that shuts it. "Closed" means the platform makes the leak visible and accountable; "Tightened" means it is sharply reduced through verification and reconciliation.
| Where it leaks | Module / control | Effect | How the leak is closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel / CNG over-draw & siphoning | Fuel Management + VTS | Closed | Every fill logged per vehicle & driver; consumption measured against distance from GPS; efficiency outliers & theft patterns flagged automatically. |
| Parts issued without a job | Store (SKU/QR) + Job Card | Closed | A part can only be issued by QR scan against an open job card; stock auto-deducts, so every part maps to a vehicle and a reason. |
| Double-buying & stockouts | Store + Reorder + Procurement | Closed | Real-time stock with reorder alerts and PO flow — prevents duplicate purchases and emergency over-priced buying. |
| Unbilled / under-billed trips | TMS Ops + Route Fare + Billing | Closed | Booking → manifest → dispatch → delivery → return is one chain; route-fare auto-computes the charge, so no completed trip can close unbilled. |
| Private runs on company vehicles | VTS/GPS + Geofence + Trip class | Tightened | Live tracking, route history and internal-vs-external trip classification expose off-route and after-hours movement. |
| "Ghost" return / empty trips | Return Trip + Reconciliation | Closed | Return trips are logged empty/loaded with cost reconciliation — an outbound trip must be squared off. |
| Loading / unloading quantity mismatch | Loading Manifest + Gate Pass + Unload | Tightened | Quantity/weight captured at manifest, verified at digital gate pass, and confirmed with condition at unloading. |
| Maintenance overbilling | WMS Job Card → Invoice | Closed | Labour, parts and cost live on one job card that becomes the invoice — parts billed must match parts issued from store. |
| Repeat / avoidable repairs | Log & Repair History + Preventive | Tightened | Full per-vehicle history surfaces recurring faults; preventive schedules cut breakdown-driven emergency spend. |
| Padded overtime & idle-on-duty | Roster + Overtime + Field Shift | Tightened | Duty roster and overtime capture cross-checked against GPS movement and trip logs. |
| Rental-vehicle billing leakage | Rental Trip + Separate Billing | Closed | Hired vehicles tracked and billed separately so rental cost never blends into owned-fleet numbers. |
| Scrap / "unwanted goods" | Scrap Register + Disposal | Closed | Condemned parts and scrap are logged and disposal-tracked — recoverable value stops disappearing quietly. |
| Compliance fines & seizure downtime | BRTA Compliance + Auto-renewal | Closed | Tax, fitness, route permit, insurance tracked with renewal alerts (60/30/15/7/1 day) — no vehicle grounded on an expired paper. |
| New-vehicle handover defects | PDI Checklist + Warranty link | Closed | 5-section pre-delivery inspection with photo evidence and sign-off, linked to warranty — defects caught before they become Aman's cost. |
Rather than a separate trick per problem, the platform applies the same four-step control to everything of value that moves:
Every fuel fill, part issue, trip, job and duty is entered digitally at the point it happens — QR scan, app, gate pass, GPS ping.
Each event is bound to a vehicle, a driver/staff, and a job or trip. Nothing floats free; everything has an owner.
Actuals are checked against plan — fuel vs distance, parts billed vs issued, trip completed vs billed, overtime vs GPS.
The moment reality drifts from the record — an outlier, an overdue renewal, a mismatch — the notification engine flags it.
Fuel is usually the largest controllable cost and the easiest to lose. The platform treats it as a measured ratio, not a slip:
The store is where value walks out one part at a time. The control is simple and hard to bypass:
The TMS operations chain is what turns freight movement into an accountable, billable record end to end:
Booking → Loading Manifest → Dispatch → Gate Pass → Unloading → Receive → Delivery → Return Trip → Billing
A grounded or fined vehicle is pure leakage — cost with zero output. The BRTA compliance pack tracks tax token, fitness, route permit, number plate and insurance per vehicle, with staged auto-renewal alerts (60/30/15/7/1 day) and a live expiry dashboard. Warranty and insurance are linked to the PDI and new-vehicle record, so nothing lapses unnoticed.
Control only works if it is visible. Every module carries Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly notifications and reports — this was a defining requirement, not an add-on. Management sees fuel efficiency, parts movement, trip billing, maintenance cost, overtime and compliance status on a schedule, with an audit trail behind every number. Leakage stops being a suspicion and becomes a line on a report someone owns.
Push, SMS, email & in-app alerts on every module — expiries, outliers, approvals, mismatches.
All D/W/M/Y reports, exportable, with dashboards for fuel, cost, utilisation & compliance.
Who did what, when — every issue, edit and approval is logged and defensible.
Admin, Operations, Workshop/Mechanic, Store, Accounts — each sees and does only its part.
Sequenced so the highest-value controls land earliest. (Delivery timeline and scope are covered in the requirement response; cost is handled separately, outside this document.)
| Priority | What goes live | Leakage it closes |
|---|---|---|
| First | Core masters, BRTA compliance, notification engine | Compliance fines & downtime; the foundation every other control sits on. |
| First | Store (SKU/QR), job cards, fuel/CNG, workshop | Parts pilferage, fuel loss and maintenance overbilling — the daily bleed. |
| Next | TMS operations chain + route fare + billing | Unbilled trips, private runs and manifest mismatches. |
| Next | VTS/GPS, driver/staff apps, roster & overtime | Off-route movement, idle-on-duty and padded overtime. |
| Then | PDI, rental, warranty, reporting & analytics | Handover defects, rental billing leakage; full visibility across the board. |