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Save fuel and grow your business
Whether you run a large or small fleet of vehicles, you can adopt immediate and effective measures that will help you save money on your fleet costs, as well as reduce operational expenditure.
Here are some measures that you can implement right now, to start saving on fuel costs: Educate driversA well-trained, motivated driver, with a good understanding of the factors that influence fuel consumption, is essential to any plan to increase…
Don’t let your tires get tired
You have to stop your vehicle and change a tire, it’s a major hassle for any driver but for a fleet manager it’s a real headache.
Apart from being costly, especially for trucks that have larger tires or vehicles that require special tires, delays can create client issues. So consider paying more attention to your tires and you could save time in the future and increase the productivity of your fleet.
As a fleet manager, if you are constantly changing your vehicles’ tires, something is not right and some important steps need to be taken. It’s not just rocks and potholes that damage tires.…
Fleet managers can now enjoy a stress-free holiday season
With Christmas and New Year fast approaching, road transportation and distribution companies see their workload and time pressures increase.
Responding to requests in a timely fashion, assigning drivers to vehicles and tasks maintaining a fleet running at 100% with no last-minute breakdowns, as well as keeping each vehicle on its defined route, controlling costs, managing unforeseen events and keeping your customers satisfied, heaps the pressure on even the most experienced fleet manager.…
Driving times monitoring
You just received another request to transport goods. You’re looking for the nearest vehicles to assign the job to. But how do you know if the corresponding drivers still have enough driving time available to execute the job in the available time frame?
Bomi10 Logistik is improving delivery times by 25% with Frotcom
Using Frotcom, this road transportation company has seen a 25% improvement on delivery times and a 15% reduction of operational costs.
Bomi10 Logistik provides transportation services, warehousing, storage, and customs clearance services around the clock, alongside packing and labeling. Founded in 1987 with only 2 vehicles, the company has established a reputation as a leader in Macedonia’s transport sector.Nowadays, Bomi10 can count upon 52…
Workforce Management terminals can be used to track the whereabouts of your vehicles
Frotcom's Workforce Management will allow you to track the whereabouts of your workforce, through each terminal's GPS position.
If you are only interested in taking Frotcom's Workforce Management (WFM) feature but would still like to know where each driver/vehicle is without needing to install a GPS tracker in the vehicle, you have another option: to track the WFM terminal directly.
You should be aware that tracking a WFM terminal is not as…
The right motivation improves fleet driver safety
Did you know that most fleet accidents are caused by driver error and are largely preventable?According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, nearly 80% of all vehicle crashes in South Africa were a result of at least one traffic violation. As so many accidents are caused by driver error, driver safety is a major concern for every fleet company and its owners. There are many advantages to operating a safe fleet, among the most beneficial being efficient operation and the avoidance of injury and accidents…
Missing two hours sleep doubles a driver’s crash risk
Previous research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has estimated as many as 7% of all crashes, 13% of crashes that result in hospital admission, and 21% of fatal crashes involve driver drowsiness.However, the relationship between specific measures of sleep-deprivation and crash risk has not been quantified in the general driving population.The results of this study indicate that drivers who usually sleep for less than 5 hours daily,…
Waymo is poised to become the largest autonomous technology company in the automotive industry by 2030
Waymo, the autonomous technology company that’s part of the Alphabet conglomerate, is at the forefront of developing autonomous driving software for cars. Vehicles powered by Waymo's software help Alphabet complete its ecosystem of connected devices by serving as a data collection node when users are on the move. In a steadfast effort to enter the automotive industry, Alphabet Inc. has laid out a clear strategy targeting the connected and…
Frotcom in the USA, complying with the ELD mandate
With an international presence in more than 30 countries, Frotcom recently entered the world's largest fleet telematics market, capitalizing on the recent US ELD regulation that requires trucks to carry an electronic logging device (ELD), which records truck drivers’ work and rest times.
Similar to the European tachograph, the ELD includes onboard devices/tablets connected to the vehicles’ electronic systems that obtain online data on location, movement, and other metrics.
The new ELD legislation is an improvement to previous regulations that required the registration of driving and rest…