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Patinter - Giant on wheels
Can you imagine being in charge of 1500 trucks and 2000 semitrailers on a daily basis?
Well, that’s the task faced by the fleet managers of Patinter, one of Europe’s largest road transport companies and – of course – one of Frotcom’s most prestigious users. Patinter is originally a Portuguese company with branches in Spain, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic…
Patinter re-embraces Frotcom
Frotcom International and Patinter, a Portuguese leading company in the international European transport sector, have signed an agreement for the extension of the business relationship that the two companies formed in 2007.
Patinter re-embraces Frotcom
Back in November 2007 the agreement was signed to assure the installation of tracking and monitoring vehicles in trucks of all Patinter´s international delegations. Frotcom…
ROI calculation with Frotcom - White paper
This paper helps you calculate the Return On Investment with Frotcom. It shows that with the adoption of Frotcom, it is possible to significantly improve cost efficiency, customer satisfaction, and productivity while reducing downtimes. These practices apply not only to large road transportation companies but also to companies with just a couple of vehicles.
Where to place the Frotcom GPS terminal inside a vehicle - White paper
This paper explains where to place Frotcom’s tracking device inside a vehicle, considering the different types of vehicles and the most frequent obstacles that block the satellite signals from GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) used by Frotcom.
Mining
One of the challenges of fleet management in the mining industry is to improve vehicle operations and ensure safety and security. In fact, vehicles are often operated under harsh environmental conditions. Moreover, vehicles are frequently operated in remote areas. If something goes wrong, drivers must be able to call for help and automatically make their position known to rescuers.
In fact, vehicle safety compliance is among the main concerns in the mining industry and is commonly part of companies' corporate policy.
Vehicle access control system
When you transport valuable goods and need to control access to the inside of a semitrailer or van, Frotcom’s Access control is your best choice.
GPS trailer and asset tracking
Frotcom is a professional, intelligent fleet management solution, designed to control your fleet’s activities. We haven’t forgotten about your assets either. Frotcom is prepared to inform you when tractors and semi-trailers are coupled or decoupled without any additional hardware.
Passenger land transport
Fleet management of passenger land transport is used to monitor the execution of predefined routes by assigned buses. This includes monitoring departure and arrival times, notifying passengers of expected arrival times, as well as monitoring driving behavior.
Fleet management therefore has a strong impact on customer service and safety, as well as on the reduction of fuel costs, by avoiding aggressive driving styles.
P&M improves Road Transport Management, Service and Performance all in one
P&M International Road Transport implements Frotcom and experiences savings of approximately 15% in running costs and a 10 % reduction in fuel consumption.P&M International Road Transport Ltd - part of P&M, a leading Cypriot freight forwarding and transport group - fields its own dedicated fleet of fully certified, high-spec refrigerated trailers to haul all kinds of perishable cargoes to clients across Europe.
Their specialized…
Automatic driver identification system
In many companies, vehicles in the fleet can be driven by different drivers, according to driver and vehicle availability. If that’s the case, you need a way of knowing immediately when drivers change, so that you can coordinate communications and register the trips executed by each driver.