What do you do if your fleet operations could benefit from telematics technology?

Before diving into telematics for fleet operations, a thorough assessment of needs is crucial. While telematics can slash costs, boost safety, and enhance vehicle maintenance among others, it's essential to avoid overspending by defining your exact requirements. Remember, every system comes with a price tag, so precision in analysis is key to maximizing benefits while minimizing expenses.

Adotando a tecnologia telemática em opera??es de frota, o foco seria aplicar a lei 80/20 para maximizar a eficiência e redu??o de custos, priorizando especialmente o controle do consumo de combustível. A telemática possibilitaria monitorar e otimizar comportamentos de condu??o e rotas, áreas que, mesmo com pequenas melhorias, poderiam resultar em significativas economias devido ao alto custo do combustível. A implementa??o dessas medidas n?o apenas reduziria despesas operacionais, mas também contribuiria para a sustentabilidade e eficiência da gest?o da frota.

Analysing your telematics organizational needs is crucial before engaging a Telematics service provider for a contract that is contextualised to the organizations actual needs to cater for operational efficiency, cost effectiveness, emissions reductions and security. If the needs are not clearly identified and agreed upon with all concerned actors, you will end up paying for and collecting telemachus information that is not relevant to your needs and thus many Telematics systems data's are not looked at nor analysed because too much data is collected and some is not needed. Tailoring the system to the actual needs leads to a discount for the service, effective followups, operational efficiency,improved security and emission reductions.

When researching telematics systems, check out options beyond just functionalities like fuel tracking or routing. Consider whether managing the system in-house or outsourcing to a specialized company aligns with the size and needs of your fleet. Larger fleets might find value in internal management with dedicated staff, while smaller ones could benefit from the efficiency and expertise of an external service provider. Tailoring your approach to your fleet's scale ensures optimal performance and cost-effectiveness in the long run.

A proper research of the Telematics solutions around to choose the best solution that aligns with your budget, needs and context is very important. Engagement of other actors in the same context is vital for leads on their experience with the different service providers, demos and engagement of the final users for their inputs is also helpful. After sale support , usability and team trainnings is also important to boost the results from the chosen system.Engagement of the service providers to adjust or tailor the system to your actual needs is also possible. Regular reporting and interaction or analysis of the captured data's with a transparent and continuous communication to both the end users and the service providers incase of errors.

After evaluating the demands of my fleet, to understand the real benefits of telematics in relation to costs and processes, I would involve my team in the system acquisition process, present it and request study and analysis from each group to integrate our views on the business, to integrate them into our strategic planning.

Implementation phase involves procurement of the hardware gadgets, trainning the staff, I would suggest an installation in phases plus a trainning of an internal team that can roll out the installations of similar gadgets later on, engagement of all the actors for an extensive follow ups and trouble shooting during the initial stages to test connectivity in all areas of operation, synchronisation delays between the actual assets versus the Telematics data. Identify key players clearly showing who does what in the installation, analysis, follow up, trouble shooting,focal points at both the service provider side and internally. Keep an eye for feedbacks from the users for adjustments and improvements before final role out.

When installing the appropriate hardware in my vehicles and after configuring the software platform, I would do a "post-use" research process and ask users to provide usability feedback to understand if the features are as compliant as possible and, at the same time, Starting from this, have a more real perception of telematics.

Once your telematics system is up and running, remember that data is the key of its effectiveness. No matter how advanced the system is, leveraging its data is essential for optimizing fleet operations. Implementing insights from this data is a must to realizing cost savings and operational improvements, ensuring that your investment in telematics delivers tangible benefits for your fleet.

Like they say Data is the new currency, the data from your Telematics if analysed and used well can help you take I lnformed deciscions that will transform your fleet operations efficiency, reduced emissions through monitoring driver behaviours and adjusting trainnings aligned to the data's got from the Telematics data. Feedback from the analysed data with trends should be shared with all the concerned actors and the data used to measure key performance indicators like fuel consumption, idling, harsh braking e.t.c. that can be used to measure the relevance and impact of the trainnings.

With the continued use of telematics, it is necessary to analyze the entire process and regularly review telematics strategies to ensure that its usability is effective and that it remains aligned with the company's evolving business objectives and also continues to add value.