Mobile Solutions for FleetWave

PORTABLE DEVICE COMPATIBILITY

Chevin has extended its browser-based Fleet Management software, FleetWave®, to enable users to easily access their organizations' Fleet Management system in 'real time', using smart-phones or PDAs.

Any PDA with access to the internet via Windows Mobile can log on to dedicated PDA pages of FleetWave®. This includes functionality such as:

• Access to company home pages with important dates (Service/Inspection reminders) and important contact numbers (e.g. breakdown, windshield replacement, service contact numbers etc.)
• Access Driver Trips to record details of business usage, client visits or service calls
• The ability to report an accident, capturing 3rd party details and times, even pictures if the hardware has a camera.
• Task allocation system enabling service calls (e.g. client pick up, site visits, etc.) to be allocated to a specific user and progress tracked, with customization options to allow each client's individual requirements to be specifically met.
• Stock Control options for barcode readers enabling wireless inventory control, stock counting and receipts.
• Daily Driver Inspection circle checks, with real-time visibility for the Fleet Manager showing which vehicles have, or have not, been inspected. The need to record Daily Driver Inspections, even when no defects are found, is seen as best-practice by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA).

Chevin Fleet Solutions' Fleet Management software has also been formally recognized by the international transportation association VOSA as fully compliant with the conditions set out in the Guide to Maintaining Road Worthiness.

Workshop Remote Working

FleetWave® can be used to issue work orders to a technician enabling remote checklists of tasks on a particular work order on a laptop, PDA or ‘tough-book’ ruggedized unit.

Workshop Touchscreen Solution

This allows each technician to have their own login to FleetWave®, offering them the list of jobs for the day and once each job has been started, what tasks must be completed, to allow paperless data capture in the workshop.

This detailed time management function further allows the workshop supervisor the ability to see:

• What jobs are in progress at any time
• Estimate completion times and workloads
• Increase workshop efficiencies
  (even actual times vs standard times if this level of reporting is required.)

Touchscreen management also allows the service writer to view of each job while in progress as well las projected completion times for reporting to clients.

For electronic notification, once the job has been completed, FleetWave’s built in email engine can automatically email clients to let them know that their vehicle is ready, without the need for user interaction. This instantly reduces workload and improves communication.