November 12, 2026

Dashboards Don't Cut Waste. Decisions Do. Why We Built SCORE.

Most motive power fleets already have the data. What they don't have is an answer to the question that comes right after it: so what?
Your batteries report state of charge. Your trucks log hours. Your chargers log sessions. Somewhere in that stack is the answer to whether you're carrying more equipment than you need, and whether the next purchase order is actually necessary. But a dashboard shows you what happened. It doesn't tell you what to do about it. That gap is why we built SCORE, our forklift fleet optimization program.
The gap we kept running into
In the motive power fleets we measure, the same pattern shows up again and again. Batteries running on less than half their available capacity on a typical day. Chargers, often 20–30% of them, barely used or not used at all.
None of it is anyone's fault. Fleets get sized against a snapshot, equipment gets added as sites grow, and nobody's job is to go back and check whether the original assumptions still hold. The data to catch it exists. What's missing is someone whose job is to turn it into a decision.

What a SCORE is

Your SCORE is one number: how much of the battery capacity you own you actually use. It compares two things. Available capacity is every battery under your roof, charged once a day, for the whole period. Actual consumption is the energy those batteries really took in, as metered by CHARGlink. The gap between them is equipment you installed, maintain, and pay for that never does any work. The smaller the gap, the higher your SCORE.
One 5-site grocery fleet shows it plainly. Over nine months of CHARGlink data, its batteries could have delivered 4.68M kWh and used about 956K. That's a 20% SCORE. Right-sizing battery count, battery capacity, and charger count to measured demand identified $3.06M in one-time capital avoidance, without changing how the fleet operates.

$3.06M

in one-time capital avoidance at a 5-site grocery fleet — found by right-sizing to nine months of measured CHARGlink data

Source: SCT platform data — anonymized client engagement.

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What we did differently, and why

We built SCORE around four decisions. Each one answers an objection we kept hearing from fleet teams.
1. Start with a free Day 0 audit, not a contract. Proof should come before commitment. We audit your battery, truck, and charger operation on site at no cost and no commitment. You don't buy anything to find out what's there.
2. Assign a Fleet Analyst from day one. Insight needs an owner. Your analyst monitors your data continuously, reports findings to your team, and joins your quarterly and annual reviews ahead of every CapEx and OpEx decision. Not a login. A person.
3. Make the investment simple. SCORE is a partnership, not a snapshot, so the pricing shouldn't be a puzzle. You choose one lump sum covering hardware, installation, and SCORE analysis, or hardware and installation up front followed by a 3- or 5-year SCORE plan. Either way, it's laid out in your proposal before you decide anything.
4. Stay independent. We don't sell batteries, trucks, or chargers, so a finding that you're oversized costs nobody a sale. Your battery and truck dealers stay exactly where they are. SCORE gives you independent numbers to bring to those conversations.
What it finds, and how it works

What it finds

One 20-site grocery network found $556,100 in stranded capital in 75 days, with no new equipment required. At a large retailer's distribution site, battery sizing assumptions were off by 60–75% from actual use, and the audit found $1,097,000.
Neither fleet was doing anything wrong. Both were running on assumptions that made sense when they were made. Continuous data is what showed the assumptions had moved.

How SCORE works

1. Day 0 Audit. On-site, no commitment. We audit your battery, truck, and charger operations first.
2. Tailored Proposal. Devices plus a service plan, built for your fleet.
3. Install & Monitor. Devices go in and stay on, live 24/7 and analyst-led, with no Wi-Fi or IT work on your side.
4. SCORE Reviews. Quarterly to annual, your Fleet Analyst brings you the story: what's oversized, what to fix, and what to buy, or not.
If a battery or charger purchase is on the horizon, start with the question underneath it: how much of what you already own is working?
Quick Answers
What is a SCORE?
Your SCORE is the share of the battery capacity you own that you actually use. It compares the energy your batteries could deliver, charged once a day, with the energy they actually took in, as metered by CHARGlink. A 20% SCORE means 80% of that capacity was installed, maintained, and paid for but never used.
Does SCORE replace our battery or truck dealer?
No. SCORE runs independently alongside your dealers and adds data your current relationship doesn't generate on its own.
Do we have to buy equipment to get started?
No. The Day 0 audit is free, no commitment, and needs no hardware purchase. SCT doesn't sell batteries, trucks, or chargers, so no equipment sale is tied to starting.
Does SCORE work across mixed equipment brands?
Yes. SCORE is brand-agnostic and cellular-connected, built for mixed fleets running different battery, truck, and charger brands side by side.
What does the Fleet Analyst actually do?
They monitor your battery, truck, and charger data continuously, report findings to your team, and stay involved through your quarterly and annual reviews.
Is there a cost to start?
The Day 0 audit is free and no commitment. If you move forward, you choose how to invest: one lump sum for hardware, installation, and SCORE analysis, or hardware and installation up front followed by a 3- or 5-year SCORE plan.
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