Fleet Control
Each vehicle's complete record (roadworthiness tests, insurance, servicing, drivers and costs) with automatic alerts before anything expires.
Fleet control is one of those things handled well right up until the day it is not, and that day is expensive: an overdue inspection takes the vehicle off the road and lapsed insurance turns any incident into a serious problem. Advance warning is the module's whole value.
Each vehicle also builds up its servicing and repair history with its cost, which surfaces information rarely available: which vehicles are costing more than they return, which models give trouble, and when it makes sense to replace rather than keep repairing.
Fuel consumption, refuelling and cost per kilometre complete the picture. And if the vehicle carries GPS tracking, the kilometres do not have to be written down: they arrive on their own.
Expiry dates
What gets expensive the day it is forgotten
Fleet control works fine until it fails once, and that once costs money: an overdue roadworthiness test takes the vehicle off the road on the day you need it most, and lapsed insurance turns any incident into a problem of a different order.
Each vehicle carries its dates and the system warns before they expire:
- Roadworthiness tests and whatever inspections the vehicle type requires.
- Insurance, with its provider, cover and renewal.
- Servicing by date or by mileage.
- Permits and authorisations tied to the vehicle or its activity.
The alert arrives with enough notice to handle it calmly, which is the only difference between a formality and a problem.
The real cost
Which vehicle costs more than it returns
It is a question rarely answered with data, because a vehicle's cost arrives spread across different places: the garage invoice, the fuel, the insurance, the road tax and the repair paid in cash on a Sunday.
When all of that accumulates on the vehicle record, the comparisons that decide a replacement appear:
- Cost per kilometre for each vehicle, comparable across the fleet.
- Repair history, which reveals the one going into the garage every other month.
- Real consumption against expected, which sometimes says more about the use than the vehicle.
The conversation about replacing versus keeping on repairing stops being the workshop manager's impression and becomes a comparison between what the next breakdown will cost and what the vehicle has been costing.
Nothing to write down
Data that has to be entered by hand ends up not being entered
Any fleet system that depends on somebody writing down the odometer every week works for a month. After that the dates stretch, the figures get filled in from memory, and mileage-based servicing stops meaning anything.
If the vehicle carries GPS tracking, the kilometres arrive on their own and servicing alerts fire when they genuinely should. And assigned drivers come from shipments and jobs, so knowing who had a vehicle on a given day does not depend on a notebook either.
That is the difference between a system that maintains itself and one that needs a person dedicated to maintaining it: the second gets abandoned, always.
Clearing things up
Frequently asked questions
Answers to what we get asked most.
Which expiry dates does it warn about?
Roadworthiness tests and whatever inspections the vehicle type requires, insurance with its renewal, servicing by date or mileage, and any associated permits and authorisations. The alert arrives with enough notice to handle it calmly.
Can I see what each vehicle costs?
Yes: cost per kilometre comparable across the fleet, repair history and real consumption against expected. It turns the decision to replace or keep repairing into a data-based comparison rather than an impression.
Do the kilometres have to be entered by hand?
Not if the vehicle carries GPS tracking: kilometres arrive on their own and mileage-based servicing fires when it genuinely should. Any system depending on somebody writing down the odometer weekly works for a month and is then abandoned.
Can I tell who had a vehicle on a given day?
Yes, because assigned drivers come from shipments and field service jobs rather than a notebook. It is the figure you need when a fine or a claim arrives referring to a specific date.
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