Track Assets and Schedule Maintenance

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

 

Do you rely on your own transport fleet for distribution? If so, the success of your operations is subject to reliable servicing and preventative maintenance, without which, you are at risk of legislative and customer fines.

The use of vehicles throughout the distribution network directly influences finances, efficiency and customer relations; and whether you use your own transport fleet or hire assets out; you still face the same challenges: scheduling maintenance and timely deliveries.

When scheduling maintenance, you need to consider the impact of downtime and plan for delays. However, as assets leave your depot, it becomes increasingly difficult to monitor usage and maintenance requirements. The vehicles must pass quarterly MOT tests, and ad-hoc, roadside inspections. Failure to do so can result in financial penalties, or the asset taken off-road for noncompliance with road safety regulations and roadworthiness tests.

With BEC's eSmart:datacapture 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, for automatic interception as soon as it enters the site.

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:datacapture 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:datacapture 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. 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.

With reliable, real-time updates to your host system, you can also use eSmart:datacapture to monitor asset utilisation; identify which assets are in use and allocate free resources to jobs.

Working directly with your host, eSmart:datacapture 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 about eSmart:datacapture 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.