Fleet, how home control works

Fleet management software can be categorized by highlighting the products offered by independent companies and companies and what they offer. builders, often in collaboration with specialized vendors, to integrate their increasingly sophisticated and related telematics systems. We've selected a few to show you how they work.

Daimler Fleetboard, a constantly evolving pinnacle

Fleetboard has been in business for about 20 years. Daimler Groupintegrated into Mercedes-Benz Trucks' telematics service offering and is considered the benchmark in the world of fleet management. Offers usage analysis programs that promise to save up to 15% fuel consumption, time optimization based on monitoring work and rest periods and even a site dedicated to trailers.

The service is going through a development stage that began in mid-2019 with the acquisition of Habbl,logistics app which allows customers and subcontractors to be involved in the collection and exchange of data, providing enhanced monitoring of the entire supply chain. Following this transition period and transition to the new system, which will be completed in 2021, Fleetboard will change its name to Fleet logistics.

Mercedes Connected Business, all about MBUX

The German company currently boasts the largest platform sophisticated for easy advertising thanks to the MBUX system with an advanced built-in voice assistant. An innovation that came from the automotive world and which over the past two years has been gradually introduced also into business like Sprinter and Vito.

Thanks to this, the services of a specific program are integrated. Connected business, What allow plan trips upload them remotely to the navigation system, but also receive notifications about the service times of each vehicle and even create a kind of continuous diagnostics remotely, predicting possible failures and breakdowns and determining the nearest Mercedes center (with checking the availability of necessary spare parts) to plan repairs with minimizing unforeseen events and the car stops. 

Iveco, you're leaving Verizon

The Italian giant has begun integrating fleet management services for the new Daily thanks to an agreement it signed last April with Verizon that offers the plan at three different tiers: Basic, Essential Fleet, with or without tachograph connected, and Expanded fleet can also enable remote download of data. Everything is also realizable with the program Required manpower which allows you to analyze and optimize the efficiency of your fleet.  

The service is also offered on the Daily BusinessUp, with a series of applications dedicated to driving optimization, intelligent navigation,infotainment on board and Iveco assistance, which is a kind of very "easy" access to the concept of intelligent control of an individual vehicle.

MAN, three-level assistance

The MAN communication system evolved in 2017 with the transition from MAN Telematics to a new complex. MAN digital services: fleet management programs are carried out with partners Rio and can be used via the RioBox module installed on all new models from this year. Two levels of fleet management are offered: MAN fundamentals e MAN Advance

The first one is the basic service. for free: After registering a vehicle on the Rio platform, basic information such as the location of the tracked vehicle can be obtained. every 15 minutes, movement history, data last 10 days, average performance level, driver identification, etc. in advance, due to 29 cents per day, it offers the same functions, but with more detailed data and a larger historical database that reaches 25 months.

Then there is the service MAN axle, which allows you to use the Essentials plan functions even on models with the previous telematics module at the expense of 22 cents a day.

Volvo Trucks, the app for every field

Il servizio Dynafleet Volvo is based on the series application can be used separately and organized for specific functions such as monitoring vehicle energy efficiency and emissions CO2, travel time (by instant and direct download of data from the tachograph without old intervals 20 minutes), location monitoring and direct messaging that can be downloaded and searched through a smartphone. 

By traversing the data, the program can analyze it. efficiency state general park and provide information and suggestions on the areas most in need of intervention.

Renault Optifleet, quick savings

An offer from a French company is called Optifleet and is also organized for areas such as location and route monitoring (MAP), driver position (Drive unit) and vehicle status (Check), also in this case downloaded to the smartphone and provided with a special message for communicate directly with every driver. The company promises efficiency that will pay off the initial investment in a short time. 3 months.

Ford, service for every dimension

La Casa dell'Ovale offers two different services, one for small business customers and one for a large fleet of vehicles: the first uses the platform Ford Telematics through a desktop that collects and organizes information in real time on a dedicated Transport mobile cloudwhich the telematics system accesses to provide data on the status, efficiency, performance and safety of each individual vehicle with the ability to signal the need technical interventions... Sending data can be configured using another service in the cloud called Data transmission services.

For smaller fleets, Ford instead offers FordPass Pro, available via the app, allowing you to check up to 5 vehicles  and provides information and tools to manage safety, diagnostics, fuel location and status. Also a new modem Ford Pass Connect it is available on various models from Fiesta Van to various Transit versions and also allows vans to access the program preventive maintenance based on data relating to the actual condition of the vehicle.