Telematics - Page 29

Vehicle hire and fleet management company, SHB Hire has joined forces with vehicle tracking provider, Tracker.

Truckstops 20, the latest routing and scheduling optimisation system from VRS supplier MapMechanics, has been integrated into Masternaut’s telematics solutions.

Scotia Gas Networks (SGN) is using TomTom fleet management to ensure it hits strict industry service level agreements (SLAs).

Quartix is targeting the leasing industry with a new telematics device. The company has already enjoyed success in the fleet sector, having fitted more than 80,000 units for 5,000 customers, but it now believes the time is right to tap into a market with plenty of potential for growth.

Technology firm iPointlive has launched new software to enable businesses to monitor, manage and protect employees directly via their mobile phones. iPointlive’s Mobile Employee Management software is one of the first fully-automated apps on the market to turn GPS-enabled phones into monitoring devices.

The winners of the AA’s first fuel efficient driving competition scored an average fuel efficiency of 98% thanks to utilising Trakm8’s fuel saving system ecoN.

LeasePlan has launched a new telematics product, powered by RAC technology, which provides driver data that can be used to improve fleet safety, reduce fuel spend and help companies fulfil duty of care obligations.

Telematics provider Masternaut has announced the expansion of its senior management team with the appointment of Jon Gilbert as group customer service director.

Telematics provider Microlise has introduced a seven-inch ruggedised Android-based touchscreen tablet which can be fixed in-vehicle or used as a hand-held device via a magnetic charging bracket.

Paragon has announced new interfaces for its Fleet Controller option that enables linking of routing and scheduling software to vehicle tracking systems.

Telematics provider Masternaut is holding a driver challenge day today in association with its partners Balfour Beatty and O2.

Cobra UK has launched Cobra Asset Control, three new products for the fleet vehicle tracking market.

Automotive repair business the Morelli Group has been making cost and efficiency savings through using ALD Automotive’s ProFleet2 Premium Plus telematics solution.

Costa Express has invested in Tracker’s telematics solutions as part of expansion plans.

Push messaging is set to revolutionise the way the fleet industry communicates with drivers – that’s according to Mark Andrews, MD of mobile technology innovation company DriverConnex.

Masternaut has completed its acquisition of data service provider E.Novation BTC, combining its telematics technology with wireless tachograph capabilities.

South Gloucestershire Council has chosen Tranman to manage their fleet of 400 vehicles. The agreement will see South Gloucestershire use Civica’s fleet management solution Tranman to improve efficiencies, reduce administration and reduce costs.

Routing and scheduling software is helping to drive efficiencies for a partner in the UK’s largest next day delivery network.

The day-to-day management of thousands of fleets could be radically changed with nine out of 10 cars being 'connected' by 2020.

A telematics company that only launched four years ago has fitted more than 30,000 vehicles with a device, which has been designed in-house by its own R&D team and manufactured here in UK.

Water technology company Xylem Water Solutions has rolled out a TomTom system featuring integrated tracking, navigation and vehicle diagnostic devices to its 192 commercial vehicles.

Trimble is holding a free webinar with The Service Council at 6pm tomorrow (June 27) to reveal the findings of its research report ‘Achieving The Perfect Workday: Intelligent Field Service Management’.

With around a third (39%) of young drivers claiming to have been involved in a collision since they started driving, Tesco Bank has launched Tesco Bank Box Insurance, a new product that tracks driving behaviour on a daily basis to encourage responsible driving, and help bring down the cost of motoring.

SageQuest, a division of Fleetmatics, has published a free e-book entitled ‘Going Beyond Track & Trace’, which helps companies with large fleets understand the capabilities of the latest value-added vehicle tracking technologies and how they can help to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Mark Forrest, general manager, Trimble Field Service Management, discusses how businesses are prioritising sustainability and delivering on the green agenda.

An increasing number of ‘blue light’ fleets are introducing sophisticated web-based IT to provide effective and efficient management of vehicles alongside administration and cost savings.

Magenta’s Maxoptra real time scheduling solution, which automatically plans and allocates work to fleets, has been given the status of ‘promoted solution’ by TomTom Business Solutions in its recently launched Application Centre.

Hundreds of vehicles will be transferred to Trakm8 after the company struck a deal with Cheshire-based telematics provider Visilink.

Tracker has partnered with Towergate Insurance to provide black box telematics to Towergate’s corporate fleet customers.

The UK could follow Italy’s lead and make telematics boxes compulsory in all new cars.

Business mileage capture and cost reduction tools are emerging as the prime needs of fleet operators from telemetry systems, according to In-Car Cleverness.

Oxford-based online solutions provider Ebbon-Dacs and motor accessories supplier VGroup International are piloting moDrive, a new in-vehicle telematics solution with low start-up and running costs, with two UK fleets, beginning this month.

The most obvious ways to reduce fuel consumption for any vehicle is to reduce speeding and eliminate poor driving habits, says Fleetmatics Europe.

Redhead Couriers has improved the efficiency of its fleet of 10 vehicles and tackled speeding since installing Fleetmatics.

Jaama will be exhibiting at this year’s Blue Light & Amber Light Fleet Exhibition in response to significant interest in their Key2 product from the emergency sector.

Severn Trent Water has awarded a three-year contract extension to Ctrack for its commercial vehicle fleet.

Legal experts are backing the adoption of video technology by fleets to help in the fight against fraud, as a new camera telematics product is launched this month.

Ringtons has rolled out Isotrak telematics to improve fleet efficiency and performance after achieving a 25% reduction in fuel usage during trials.

Himex has announced its acquisition of Road Angel Fleet, a developer of GPS-based tracking products for consumer and commercial automotive markets in the UK since 2002.

When a vehicle relays its location and payload condition to the fleet automatically, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is involved. M2M makes workflows simpler and processes leaner, facilitating entirely new business models, and can be put to good use in fleet management.