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As a fleet business owner, you naturally want the vehicles you've invested in to be utilized optimally and according to their intended purpose. This is why companies with fleets need a Fleet Management System (FMS) with trusted technology. With an FMS, you can easily monitor and manage your valuable assets and ensure productive fleet performance.
What is a Fleet Management System (FMS)?
A Fleet Management System (FMS) refers to a technology that enables the exchange of information between a fleet of vehicles and a central platform. This system requires a GPS and GPRS network, a GPS tracker, telematics software, and a server. The features of each FMS vary. However, the primary function of this system is to monitor, collect, store, process, and report information about the vehicle fleet.
Your Benefits of Using FMS
In business practice, the use of an FMS aims to ensure smooth fleet operation, improve performance and productivity, and maintain operational cost efficiency. This is made possible by FMS features that provide detailed visibility into vehicle activity. Furthermore, you can use the monitoring data as a reliable basis for optimising your fleet across various aspects.
Generally, FMS can do the following things, depending on how sophisticated the telematics developed is.
✔️ Monitor location, distance travelled, operating hours, and active status of vehicles;
✔️ Monitor fuel consumption, as well as detect fuel theft and fraud in fuel claims;
✔️ Improve driving behavior and reduce accidents and vehicle wear by providing warnings when speeding, braking suddenly, pulling the gas hard, turning too sharply, and starting the engine when the vehicle is stopped ( );
✔️ Monitor vehicle activity in a specific area through ;
✔️ Prevent vehicle misuse through driver identification systems and remote engine deactivation ( );
✔️ Increase the credibility of operational reports;
✔️ Manage service schedules based on odometer or period, as well as other vehicle-related schedules, such as insurance payments, and vehicle and driver document renewals.
How Does FMS Work?
To have an FMS, you first need to install a GPS tracker device on your vehicle. This device receives vehicle activity data using GPS and then sends it to a server via the GPRS network.
After installing a GPS tracker, you will be able to monitor your fleet from a PC, using Cloud-based software (Software-as-a-Service/SaaS) that can be accessed anywhere via an internet browser. There are also FMS that have a mobile application platform for access via mobile phones. The data in the software and mobile applications are pulled from the server. That's why it's important to have a dedicated server so that data traffic in the FMS is not disrupted.
With access to the software and features, you can start managing and optimising both your fleet and your drivers.
Added Value of Cartrack FMS Application
Cartrack offers smart fleet solutions that can be applied across various industries. Features and systems can be tailored to each customer's needs. Cartrack's fleet operational reports are comprehensive and accurate, with delivery periods that can be automated. Complementing the convenience of fleet management, Cartrack also develops Delivery software to organise delivery jobs and MiFleet to manage administration and operational costs.
When you choose Catrack, you get premium technology and products, developed in-house and patented under the Cartrack name. We also have server special owned internally by Cartrack and provides services free installation lifetime warranty. Not only that, you'll also gain additional value by implementing Cartrack's FMS, with results based on global averages as follows.
✔️ Reduce fuel costs average 25%/year
✔️ Reduce overtime minimum 1 hour/week
✔️ Increase productivity minimum 1 extra delivery job/week
✔️ Reduce spare part replacement minimal 10%
✔️ Reduce maintenance costs minimal 25%
Essentially, an FMS is simply a tool that empowers fleet operators to make better decisions in managing fleet operations. FMS technology is essential as a solution to the inefficiencies and limitations of manual fleet management. The next step is to choose a trusted FMS that best meets your fleet management needs, namely Cartrack. Cartrack is trusted not only in Indonesia but also by various fleet companies worldwide.
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