Fleet management software: fifteen vans, hundreds of spare parts
Fifteen vans carrying hundreds of spare parts, and nobody knew what was on which one.
Logistics
Custom software for logistics: fleets and business travel
Fleet and business travel management: RFID inventory of the spare parts on board fifteen vans, and a single app for travel expense claims in place of five programs. In both projects the data was scattered across tools that were not integrated.
Projects in this sector
Travel management software: all in one app
Expense claims went through five separate desktop applications, one per type of expense.
What software does logistics need for fleets and travel?
Software that holds together what today lives in tools that do not talk to each other: the vehicles and what they carry, business trips and reimbursements, data gathered by people off-site. For an operator with fifteen vans we put a tag on every spare part; for a company with 1,200 employees five reimbursement programs sit behind a single app.
Recurring problems in this sector
- Knowing what is on board each vehicle before it leaves
- A reimbursement that goes through five programs before it becomes a payment
- Data that arrives from the phone of whoever is off-site
After a first call, we come to your site to see where data gets lost between the vehicles, the people off-site and the office.
Frequently asked questions
How do you know what is on board a vehicle?
With a UHF tag on every spare part and a reader fixed on the vehicle. Head office sees the inventory of every van in real time, and if a part is missing the operator knows before leaving.
Can different tools be unified without replacing them?
Yes, by leaving them where they are, with their suppliers and their contracts: on top goes an API layer, and whoever uses the app does not know which program is answering.
How does data come in from people off-site?
From the phone. In the business-trip app the request starts there, the approval arrives there, and attachments and messages sit together with the request.
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