VMIgreenlight® vehicle tracking GPS vehicle tracking system Successful fleet management goes beyond knowing where your vehicles are now and where they have been. It encompasses the ability to access detailed management information to plan the future success of your business. VMIgreenlight® uses sophisticated GPS tracking software to help businesses reduce fleet running costs and increase company productivity. It is the easiest to use, feature-rich system available on the market today. It gives users the capability to track and monitor their vehicles’ locations, history and performance in real-time, as well as the ability to efficiently plan and set routes with satellite navigation technology. VMIgreenlight® is available as a web-based vehicle tracking system which is ideal for organisations that do not wish to host and manage their own computer hardware and prefer to access the system via the internet. VMIgreenlight® is also available as a self-hosted tracking system which is ideal for those companies that wish to store and manage their own data. VMIgreenlight® vehicle tracking brochure Live, real-time vehicle tracking on quality street level mapping. Maptrack is the main application of VMIgreenlight®, it allows you to track, monitor and access real-time and historic fleet information, down to street level mapping. The simplicity and high level of detail makes the system instantly understandable. The ability to see individual vehicles, groups or your entire fleet on mapping quality unrivalled in the telematics industry, means you can provide accurate information to your drivers and customers. Replay the movements of any vehicle at a speed and time to suit you. Playback allows you to replay your vehicles’ activities, by simply selecting the date and time in history, the system will show you the exact route your vehicles took. It can even identify the speed the vehicle was travelling and how many times a particular vehicle stopped. The vehicle journey can be replayed, illustrated using a ‘snail-trail’, which allows you to click on specific points of the journey to identify what happened. Our advanced mapping software allows you to zoom right in to see both major and local roads, right down to street level. The Playback feature gives you the option to illustrate journeys with a 'snail trail' to show where a vehicle has been within any start/stop sequence.  Designed to save you and your drivers' time and money. VMIgreenlight® provides highly informative and easy to understand fleet management reports, allowing you to identify trends, analyse costs and highlight any exceptions. These reports can be set up to be emailed to an individual or group of recipients on any set day and time each week providing powerful information at the touch of a button. Fleet Management reports can be used for a variety of purposes, such as electronic timesheets or providing your customers with proof of service. You can choose which report to run depending on the type and level of information you require, from a minute-by-minute audit trail of each vehicle to a list of exceptions made by a vehicle, including visits to barred locations. Autoreports allows reports to be configured and delivered by email at pre-set times, for example, daily, weekly or monthly to allow managers to automate the process of verifying and checking drivers' timesheets or overtime claims. All fleet management reports can be output in one of the following formats: - DOC :: (Microsoft Word Document)
- PDF :: (Portable Document Format)
- RTF :: (Rich Text Format)
- XLS :: (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet)
This facility allows you to draw a boundary around a specific location on the system map. It is a user-defined area known as a 'watchbox', enabling you to match the exact perimeter of a desired location. When a tracked vehicle enters the watchbox (or gets within a pre-defined distance), a message is displayed on screen. You can also program the tracking system to send the alert message to the mobile phone numbers of any interested parties, such as Employees or customers. Your customer, for example, could receive a message saying: “Your delivery is 20 minutes away” or your fleet manager could be informed that: “MP06 5GH is 1 mile away from the warehouse”. Messages can also be sent to confirm when a vehicle has left the allotted area. In fact, this feature can be used for a variety of purposes, including highlighting drivers entering barred locations. The movement of a vehicle outside of normal working hours can be highlighted using the watchbox; this can prove invaluable for security of mobile assets, sending an SMS alert to a mobile phone instantly. You can also program routes into the system and an alert will be sent if a vehicle deviates from the set route. Live management of vehicle movements allows businesses to take proactive action in unforeseen circumstances, such as immediately re-routing a lost or diverted driver. A selection of the benefits that will help you to reduce running costs and increase productivity: - Provide accurate ETA’s to improve customer service
- Re-direct the nearest driver at short notice
- Reduce insurance premiums*
- Reduce wage and overtime claims
- Monitor driver behaviour and driving style
- Comply with the Working Time Directive (WTD)
- Increase vehicle security
- Monitor maintenance and service intervals
- Track consignments and high value goods in real-time
- Two-way communication between office and driver
- Plan the most efficient routes and reduce fuel consumption
- Identify unauthorised private mileage and excessive idling
- Monitor harsh acceleration, heavy braking and hard cornering
- Record precise vehicle information including speed, direction, fuel usage and vehicle diagnostics
 How GPS vehicle tracking works... At the heart of Minorplanet's vehicle tracking system is the vehicle tracking device or 'data collection unit' (DCU) which is fitted discreetly to the vehicle. The tracking device, which requires no driver interaction or intervention, continually monitors and records on a minute-by-minute basis the vehicle's position, speed and distance travelled anywhere in the world, using the Global Positioning System (GPS). This data, along with optional information such as vehicle weight, temperature control and driver ID, is transferred by the use of a GPRS wireless network to Minorplanet's own servers. Customers can then access this data from their own PCs over the Internet. Alternatively, Minorplanet can offer the option of a customer-hosted service whereby the data is transferred directly over the GPRS network to the customer's own server. This data forms the basis of our live vehicle tracking system and historical fleet management information that enables you to improve productivity, reduce fleet running costs and demonstrate your compliance with legal obligations. Some of the main elements of our tracking products are explained below, alternatively visit our Solution section where you will discover a range of fleet management features and benefits to suit your own particular needs. The live tracking facility allows you to locate vehicles in real time. The current location, status, direction and speed of a vehicle can be ascertained in seconds. This not only enables you to check on vehicle progress, but also allows you to keep your customers informed of estimated arrival times (ETA's). The map screen has been set up for ease of use and enables as many or as few vehicles as you wish to be viewed at one time.  Enjoy all the benefits of VMIgreenlight® from any internet enabled PC. VMIgreenlight® Anywhere allows access to live vehicle tracking and fleet management reporting from any computer with an internet connection. It is a simple and easy to use option for the mobile fleet manager wanting to check on the status of vehicles on the move.  The latest generation vehicle tracking device offering in-vehicle communications. The Communications Hub is the latest generation vehicle tracking device or 'Data Collection Unit' (DCU). It provides a number of innovative features including internet and email access, hands-free voice communication and the ability to integrate with other applications and technologies through ‘IP pass-through’. Keeping vehicles on the road is critical to any organisation involved in fleet management and therefore reliability is a primary consideration. The tracking device has ‘over-air’ fault diagnosis, providing firmware and configuration checks managed by a central Minorplanet server. Download Communications Hub product sheet VCom In-Vehicle Communications - Bringing the office to your vehicles Phone Dialler - Control over the numbers called, control over cost Driver ID - Ensures the correct identification of drivers where vehicles are frequently driven by different people - Internal battery back-up
- IP pass-through connectivity
- Voice hands-free port
- Built-in accelerometer
- Second by second Incident Buffer
- CANbus interface
- No loss of data
- Internet or intranet access on the move
- Hands-free phone using the same SIM card
- Monitor and modify driving styles
- Accurate recording of fuel usage and mileage
- Quick and easy to install causing minimal vehicle down-time for fitting
 Enables data exchange between VMIgreenlight® and almost any other application If you have other back-office systems, and have ever thought ‘if only I could see my vehicle, journey and location data in...’ then it is worth considering the VMIgreenlight® API. What does the VMIgreenlight® API mean to you?
API stands for Application Programming Interface. An API is exactly what its name suggests – an interface or set of instructions that allow two different applications to interact and share information. An API provides the ability to share data across different platforms. The VMIgreenlight® API has been developed to allow any data presented in VMIgreenlight® to be accessible to other applications you may already have using standard internet technologies. The VMIgreenlight® API provides a means of data sharing between VMIgreenlight® and almost any other application, the end result appearing seamless to the you, the user. - Share information between new or legacy systems
- No need to develop information applications from scratch as API components can be used together
- Enhance a field-tested and proven product as needed to reflect unique and changing requirements
- Integrate different applications across different platforms so the end result appears seamless to the end user(s)
- Leverage the development costs of existing systems by interfacing them with VMIgreenlight®
- Integrate key VMIgreenlight® data into dynamic intranet / extranet delivery applications, with bespoke query and reporting options.
- An industry standard means for systems developers to quickly gain access to available data
- Enables data exchange, between VMIgreenlight® and almost any other application
- Interrogate the hosted database in a secure manner without jeopardising data integrity
- Create a bespoke, interactive user interface or web page to view and manage data
- Create a secure automated process running in the background that provides a constant data feed from VMIgreenlight® to another database or application.
Imagine if you could tie your staffing cost data to hours worked and distance travelled data to scheduling... You would have a payroll-to-revenue metric and a planned vs. actual utilisation metric that could inform critical staffing and planning decisions. The API interface removes the constraints of a standard User Interface, allowing you to define the data that you wish to extract. All this is done over the Internet using Secure Socket Layer (SSL - the same security used by banks and e-commerce businesses). Once the necessary interface programming work has been defined and developed, you can use the API to facilitiate your data management and reuse across systems in a number of ways. For example, you might want to simply extract data on an ad-hoc basis for import into another system as it is needed. You might want to develop an automatic update program that extracts data on a regular basis (for example; minute-by-minute) and then writes it to the database of another application.
 Why connect to CANbus? The VMIgreenlight® Communications Hub can be connected to a vehicle’s Engine Control Unit (ECU) via CANbus (Controller Area Network bus) and provide detailed vehicle information back to fleet managers. This allows accurate vehicle data to be captured to help with driver behaviour and vehicle monitoring, cost control and operational efficiency. Data recorded can include: - Fuel usage
- MPG
- Use of brake and number of brake applications
- Use of clutch and gear changes
- Use of auxiliary equipment (Power Take Off)
- Fuel usage during vehicle idling
- Extended fleet management information
- Accurate fuel usage
- Maintenance cost
- Reduction in unplanned downtime
- Identifying bad driving habits
- 6-16% reduction in fuel usage
- 2-10% reduction in operational costs
- ROI within 6-12 months
 Risk Management is key... Insurers continually strive to find the means to reduce the number and severity of claims by improving the insurance risk profile of the fleets they insure. Risk Management is the key to achieving this objective. Using Minorplanet vehicle tracking to generate an accurate driver performance feed, it is possible to build a proactive driver performance history that can direct the attention of fleet managers to poor driving behaviours and therefore provide an opportunity to manage them.  Vehicle tracking solutions help companies cut costs through efficient fleet management Offering ease of use and fleet management beyond simple 'track-and-trace', VMIgreenlight® vehicle tracking has proven to help customers increase efficiency, improve productivity and increase profit; providing real return on investment. |
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