About Scott Cottrill
In a September 2021 appearance, Scott Cottrill discussed how Advanced Drainage Systems manages its own fleet, stating that the company is "not reliant on some third-party provider" and can therefore "dictate the routes" and "how we load those trucks and trailers." He noted that the company controls the average age of its fleet, which he said "impacts mpg" and is "very important for kind of consumption of fossil fuels."
Cottrill also highlighted improvements in payload efficiency, saying the supply chain team has "done a great job" and that the company is "seeing great improvement there year over year." He gave an example in which a job that previously required 100 truck loads now takes only 85, adding that this means "those trucks aren't on the road" and "aren't burning gasoline, diesel fuel and so forth."
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We control our entire fleet, right? We're not reliant on some third-party provider. So we can dictate the routes, we can dictate how we load those trucks and trailers and get them on the road. We control the average age of our fleet, which impacts MPG, which is very important for consumption of fossil fuels and so forth. Payload efficiency is really one of the things that we've been working on. The supply chain team has, and they've done a great job. We're seeing great improvement there year over year. So if we go to a certain job and before it used to take a hundred truck loads to get that job where it needs to be, now it might only take 85. So that's where it becomes very efficient. Those trucks aren't on the road, those trucks aren't burning gasoline, diesel fuel, and so forth. So that's where it becomes really important.
