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De Beers Angola Prospecting LTD - Because a diamond is forever…

Established in 1888, De Beers is the world’s leading rough diamond company with unrivaled expertise in the exploration, mining, and marketing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers operates in more than 20 countries across six continents, employing more than 13,000 people, and is the world’s largest diamond producer with mining operations across Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Canada. The Head Office in…

Frotcom is helping Sharrcem to keep a high standard of customer service

Sharrcem has adopted Frotcom as an easy way to monitor its assets while assuring customer satisfaction. Operating since 1936, Sharrcem is the leading producer and supplier of cement in Kosovo. After being acquired by TITAN Group in 2010, Sharrcem has significantly upgraded its technology and techniques for the production of raw materials and cement and initiated the application of high standards, integrated at all operating levels. In order…

Providing better emergency response through Frotcom

The Federazione Regionale delle Misericordie della Toscana is an association of over 300 local organizations, charities, and civic centers operating in and around the Italian region, which provides integrated civil, medical and emergency services. The association not only provides an integrated backbone service to its members but also coordinates with state and national authorities in disasters and accidents in the Tuscany area. This meant…

Frotcom is of real value to IPC Travel business operations

To ensure business and customers demands are met, IPC Travel chose Frotcom to efficiently track and monitor their vehicles, saving a large amount of time in its daily operations and also promoting customers safety. Founded in 1989, IPC Travel is Sierra Leone’s leading travel agency in all travel and tourism related services such as tours and excursions, hotel reservations, vehicle rentals, among other services. IPC Travel sought a solution which could help them to efficiently track and monitor their vehicles…

10 Tips for better fleet management - White paper

This paper shows that with a few good fleet management practices, it is possible to significantly improve cost efficiency, customer satisfaction, and productivity while reducing downtime. These practices apply to large road transportation companies and companies with just a couple of vehicles. In fact, some of the recommendations in this document apply to companies that currently do not have any vehicles of their own, as you’ll see.

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.…

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.