Track Assets and Schedule Maintenance

Take control of your Fleet Maintenance and Asset Utilisation with eSmart:Tracker

Maintenance scheduling for any plant and machinery can be a problem. You need to consider the impact of downtime on operations and plan for delays, and in the case of unexpected maintenance requirements, how then do you cope when your assets involve hire plant and a transport fleet?

With assets and plant forming a vital part of everyday operations, their maintenance is essential to improving productivity and efficiency. When fixed in place, the assets are easier to manage, but the same is not true when they include hire equipment, tractor units and trailers.

As these assets leave your depot, it becomes increasingly difficult to monitor their utilisation and maintenance requirements. Not only do the vehicles have to pass quarterly MOT tests, they also need to pass ad-hoc, roadside inspections. Doing so will help you avoid punitive financial penalties, or your vehicles being taken off road for failure to comply with road safety regulations and roadworthiness tests.

With BEC’s eSmart:Tracker system, you can automatically schedule maintenance for your roaming assets. The only human intervention required, is for the driver to flag a maintenance issue with a tractor or trailer unit, and as soon as the asset enters the site, it is automatically recognised and intercepted for repairs.

The eSmart:RFIDTracker is designed to make life easier for you as a company and help with unscheduled maintenance for your assets.

Key features and benefits

• Interception - it will flag and intercept assets for scheduled maintenance as they are checked in at the depot gatehouse.
• Protect Against GFPD - helps avoid 'Graduated Fixed Penalties and Deposits' issued by VOSA for roadworthiness offences by reinforcing robust maintenance discipline. It will also help ensure that your assets are properly maintained and not just when the MOT or service is due.
• Asset Utilisation - it will monitor the usage of your assets whether they are plant, machinery, rolling stock or trailers; and automatically allocate free resources to a job.
• Real-time Asset Inventory - you will get an instant snapshot of what is on-site.
• Maintain Customer Relations - helps prevent customer-imposed penalties for delayed deliveries or missed delivery slots caused by faulty vehicles.
• Cost Effective - it is a lower cost than standard Beacon based systems; eSmart:RFIDTracker uses intelligent, self contained RFID tags that are quick to install and do not need an external power supply.

How it works

The cost effective eSmart:Tracker system uses intelligent RFID tags that are fixed to individual assets. As the assets pass the depot gatehouse, directional scanners sense and identify the tags. The asset information is transmitted across a wireless link to the host system giving you instant updates of your fleet inventory. You can also use eSmart:Tracker to monitor asset utilisation. With reliable, updates to your host system in real time, you will be able to identify which assets are in use and allocate free resources to jobs.

As the RFID tags do not require an external power supply, they can be mounted on unpowered assets such as skips, light towers and freight containers as well as all trailer asset types including Swap Bodies, Tilt, Curtain Siders, Low Loaders, Tankers and Flatbeds.

Working directly with your host, eSmart:Tracker helps you make the most of your existing system, without modification. When combined with BEC’s sophisticated web application: eSmart:Console, you will be able to monitor multiple sites, from any location on the company WAN.

For more information on the eSmart:Tracker and to discover how it can help save your business money, contact BEC on 01254 688088, or download the brochures on Fleet Maintenance and Asset Utilisation and eSmart:Console for Seamless control and independence over your data.