The Economic and Operational Impacts of Truck Idle Time: A Study in a Sugarcane Sector Company
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20170408Keywords:
Fuel consumption; Fleet performance; Onboard telemetry.Abstract
Sugarcane transport in Brazil requires high logistical efficiency, with engine idling time being a critical factor in fuel waste and operational costs. This study aims to analyze the average engine idling time in a fleet of 20 trucks from a sugar-alcohol plant in the interior of São Paulo, assessing its economic and operational impacts. The research is descriptive with a quantitative approach, using onboard telemetry data from 2022 to 2025. Results show that between 2022 and 2024, approximately 12% of engine-on time was idle, equivalent to 48 hours/month per truck, causing unnecessary consumption of 154 liters of diesel per month. With the implementation of telemetry, driver training, and operational adjustments in 2025, the idling percentage decreased to 7.3%, resulting in a potential annual savings of 17,000 liters of diesel. It is concluded that monitoring and managing engine idling time significantly reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and lower environmental impact, confirming the research objective.
Downloads
References
CONAB. Produção de cana chega a 610,1 milhões de toneladas na safra 2022/23 com melhora na produtividade nas lavouras. Brasília: CONAB, 2023. Disponível em: https://www.gov.br/conab/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/producao-de-cana-chega-a-610-1-milhoes-de-toneladas-na-safra-2022-23-com-melhora-na-produtividade-nas-lavouras
FRANÇOSO, R. F.; BIGATON, A.; SILVA, H. J. T.; MARQUES, P. V. Relação do custo de transporte da cana-de-açúcar em função da distância. Revista iPecege, v. 3, n. 1, p. 100-105, 2017.
GIL, A. C. Métodos e técnicas de pesquisa social. 7. ed. São Paulo: Atlas, 2019.
GONÇALVES, F. A.; LIMA, R. S. Emissões de poluentes por motores a diesel: desafios para o setor de transportes. Revista Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, v. 10, n. 2, p. 85-100, 2021.
MEDEIROS, C. B. et al. Gestão energética: estudos e alternativas para o uso eficiente e sustentável do combustível no transporte rodoviário. 2024. Projeto Aplicativo (Pós-Graduação em Gestão de Negócios) – Fundação Dom Cabral, em parceria com SEST SENAT, São Paulo, 2024.
NICOLAU, O. N. B.; CHAVES, G. L. D.; ZANCHETTA, I. T. Avaliação do consumo energético e emissões de dióxido de carbono do transporte rodoviário do Brasil (2016-2026). Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, v. 54, p. 205-226, jul./dez. 2020. DOI: 10.5380/dma.v54i0.62606.
VALERETTO, C. A. Eficiência logística: o uso da telemetria na distribuição de combustíveis líquidos. Revista Tecnológica da Fatec Americana, Americana, v. 6, n. 1, p. 36-46, 10 out. 2018.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Arthur Rapanello
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright Policy
By submitting a manuscript for publication in the journal Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT), authors agree, in advance and unrestrictedly, to the following terms:
- The authors retain the copyright and grant to the Journal Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT) the right of first publication of the manuscript, without any financial burden, and waive any other remuneration for its publication in the Journal of Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT).
- Upon submission to the Journal of Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT), the manuscript is automatically licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in the Journal Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT).
- Authors are authorized to enter into additional contracts separately, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in the Journal Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT) (publish in repositories or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of the initial publication in the Journal Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT), provided that such agreement does not imply an endorsement of the content of the manuscript or the new vehicle by the Journal of Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT).
- Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online, in institutional repositories, for example after the editorial process is completed.
- The authors warrant that they have obtained proper permission from their employers for the transfer of rights under this agreement, if those employers own any copyright in the manuscript. In addition, the authors assume any and all responsibility for possible copyright infringements of these employers, exempting Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT) from any and all liability in this regard.
- The authors assume all responsibility for the content of the work, including the due and necessary authorizations for the disclosure of data collected and results obtained, exempting the Journal of Advances in Global Innovation & Technology (@_GIT) from any and all liability in this regard.
