ESSOTE cuts 40% in transport costs with Vinka-Sitowise co-operation

Sampo is known in Finnish mythology as an artefact bringing wealth and good fortune to its holder. The name seems to go especially well with Sitowise’s new Sampo passenger transport system, based on the recent feedback from ESSOTE, the social and health care authority in South Savo.

The system is used to automate and optimise the non-emergency medical transport (NEMT) in Etelä Savo region. The transfers are handled with regular taxis, taxis with special equipment, like stretchers, and with ambulances. The system has been operational for 10 months and the impact has been remarkable.

“The transport costs have fallen 35-40% in less than a year” says Veli-Matti Thure, the director of support services at ESSOTE. The shift from the old system has not gone un-noticed in financial administration either: “The manual effort needed to track and check transport data for invoicing has dropped with more than 90% since we got Sampo”, says controller Taru Saalasti from ESSOTE.

Sampo uses Vinka’s ride-sharing, dispatch, fleet tracking and driver communication modules to optimise and automate fleet usage. Sampo is designed also for automating para-transit, school ride and regular taxi dispatch services.

For more information about Sampo: jaakko.rintamaki@sitowise.com

For more information about Vinka’s fleet orchestration platform: info@vinka.fi

ESSOTE is the social and health care authority for the Etelä Savo region with more than 3,800 professionals from different fields are reforming well-being services for the roughly 100,000 residents.

Sitowise is a specialist consulting company with 1,700 personnel that provides its customers the full range of built environment services from planning to expert and digital services under the same roof.

Vinka provides a fleet orchestration and optimisation SaaS platform for building new and more efficient mobility services.