Cloudy fleet analytics

Connected location analysis, knowing where your staff and resources are and what they doing at any point in time, can have a significant impact on the efficiency and productivity of any business. Making this possible is the target US-based Telogis has set itself with its cloud-delivered Fleet system, which the company has just upgraded to Version 11.

The goal with Fleet 11is first of all to help companies realise that their `fleet’ is no longer just their vehicles out on the road delivering products or collecting raw materials. It now includes increasing overall operational efficiency by analysing and utilising the data that can be gathered from workers, vehicles and other assets in the field.

The Telogis platform provides dynamic routing, commercial-grade navigation, advanced telematics, real-time work order management and mobile applications for companies with significant numbers of mobile workers.

Fleet 11 can therefore be applied whether companies require actionable information from their vehicles, assets, customers, workers, and partners, or all of them. It enables connectivity between what is happening in the field and the back office.

It features mobile application enhancements and new maps that are optimised for mobile devices, allowing supervisors and operations leads to easily visualise vehicles, assets and workers. Fleet 11 also supports Telogis Live 2.0, the location and data sharing tool that connects partners’ and contractors’ workers and assets on one screen so that project information can be shared among multiple users to maximise productivity and operational efficiencies.

Fleet 11 also delivers support for richer vehicle engine data and services that are derived from existing relationships with the top vehicle manufacturers such as Ford, Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks and others. This enables more advanced levels of alerting and reporting.

“The trifecta bet of connected location intelligence, understanding what’s happening with drivers behind the wheel, and the ability to derive actionable analytics from that data, is really what drives business transformation for our customers,” said Mark Wallin, vice president, product management at Telogis. “Telogis Fleet 11 raises the bar by turning data into true business intelligence, helping companies make more informed decisions that make their businesses run smarter.”

It also closes the loop with drivers through the integration of Telogis Coach, the industry’s first mobile application to give both drivers and back offices the same view of a driver behaviour scorecard. Using Coach, drivers review their own behaviours and understand their successes and opportunities for improvement. They also receive peer leader-boards, a snapshot of the day’s driving behaviours and tips for driving more responsibly and safely.

Fleet 11 also helps drivers meet the latest compliance mandates for Hours of Service (HOS) and Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR) by providing simple, seamless integration between Telogis mobile compliance applications and the back office.

The actionable analytics that are derived from connecting to and understanding how teams and vehicles are performing in the field is facilitated by Fleet 11’s enhanced alerts, dashboards and reports that include visual analytic tools and dashboards, scripted alerts for even more flexibility, the enterprise Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Scorecard and reports in hundreds of configurable formats to fit any business or fleet size.