Specialist fleet management providers Essential Fleet Services has adopted R2C Online’s digital platform to drive fleet and workshop management.

Following a rigorous and competitive tender process, R2C Online was awarded a long-term contract to provide its technology to manage fleet and workshop compliance for Essential Fleet’s HCV, LCV and specialist vehicle fleet.

Anthony Doherty, IT director at Essential Fleet, described what led them to R2C’s cloud-based solutions. “We are investing in our business platform to ensure we move even further ahead of our competitors in delivery of the best customer service in the industry,” he said. “R2C forms a cornerstone of this platform and allows tight integration with our in-house systems.

“The R2C platform offers a comprehensive feature list designed from the ground up for the commercial vehicle industry by experts who know the industry.”

Using R2C Online’s solutions, Essential Fleet can employs one digital toolkit for a fully optimised fleet, using features such as SMR e-procurement, digital job tracking, defect management and maintenance planning.

Doherty continued: “High quality business systems and data management are critical for every successful business today, with these investments we can inform and provide insight to our customers about all operational aspects of their fleet, ensuring the maximum return on their investment.”

Nick Walls, managing director at R2C Online, said: “We are delighted to have Essential Fleet on board and to be helping them transform their fleet operations.

“Our platform reaps benefits for fleets of all types and sizes, with instant return on investment, so we’re already looking forward to hearing about the successful implementation of our system and the process and compliance benefits it will bring to Essential’s customers.”