Roadmap monthly newsletter - October 2013

October
2013

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Case Study

Editorial

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Inter-Adaks most satisfied
with Frotcom’s support and
constant innovation

et me ask you: is your company using Frotcom’s API?
I can hear you asking “What is an API and why would we use it?” Fair
enough, I obviously started on the wrong foot. Let me explain it then.

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way for two or more computer
applications to “talk” between them. In other words, it’s a way of extracting data
from an application and use it in another application. Once programmed, the
process of data transfer requires no human intervention, it’s completely automatic.

New features
Eco-driving ranking
enhancements
Information about other
Frotcom options - Teasers

News and Events
Frotcom East Africa and Airtel Kenya
implement Road Safety Initiative
rewarding good driving behaviour

This and much more…

A typical example involving Frotcom’s API (we also call it web services) is to have an
external application extracting from Frotcom the total mileage of a vehicle in a
certain time period, in order to use that information to compute a trip cost and
charge it to a client; or another programme extracting the number of driving hours
of a driver, in order to calculate the driver’s variable component of a wage.

“That’s great, but why should that interest me?”
Well, it depends. If your company has software applications which could benefit
from reading data from Frotcom – such as in the examples above – you could
automatize some of your back office operations.
But other typical cases of the use of Frotcom’s API involve sending your vehicle’s
tracking data to major clients, forwarding companies or business partners.
For example, LKW Walter, a big transportation organisation based in Austria, asks
their transportation partners for authorization to use Frotcom’s API to know their
vehicles whereabouts.
A second example is Timocom, a large freight exchange player in Europe.
Transportation partners equipped with Frotcom will be able to authorize their
vehicle’s positions to be available for their customers through Timocom’s site. When
entering vehicle offers, companies can highlight that their vehicles can be tracked by
clients – a big advantage when it comes to getting orders.
Plenty of reasons why you should consider Frotcom’s API.
Valério Marques, CEO - Frotcom International
A note from the editor – If you would like to have your own say in the next edition of this newsletter please do
not hesitate to get in touch at roadmap@frotcom.com.
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Did you know?
Traffic laws map
in all EU countries

Case Study
Inter-Adaks most satisfied with Frotcom’s support and
constant innovation
Inter-Adaks, d.o.o. is a family owned business with more than 3 decades of
history. Based in Kočevje, 50km south from the Slovenian capital, the company
started the road transportation business with only one vehicle, travelling at the
time in former Yugoslavia.
The solid reputation established over the years, has been built thanks to a
trustworthy relationship with its customers. Adaptation, dynamism,
responsibility and competence have also led them to an inevitable growth.
Nowadays, the company owns a fleet of ten vehicles travelling not only in
Slovenia but also throughout Europe (mostly in Germany and Austria).

Mr. Andrej Štajdohar
CEO and founder of Inter-Adaks

“In 2010 we decided for Frotcom after consulting
several GPS vehicle tracking providers in Slovenia.
Frotcom offers a quick and simple web interface and
has a wide range of reports / statistics that we use on
a daily basis. What we appreciate the most is the
continuous level of service and the excellent support
provided, which is literally always available”, said Mr.
Andrej Štajdohar, CEO and founder of Inter-Adaks.
“The system is constantly improving and responding to
our needs. Since we started using Frotcom we reduced
the need to contact drivers, decreased communication
fees and increased drivers’ security. We are able to see
where our vehicles are and dispatch jobs in a more
effective way“.

Check the new interactive map
listing traffic laws in all European
countries.
The
European
Commission
Directorate General for Mobility
and Transport has launched an
interesting and useful interactive
map collecting all the traffic
regulation in each European
country.
The map includes information on
speed limits, traffic lights and
forbidden lanes in different roads
valid for each transport category. It
also has the rules on the usage of
seat belts or the mobile phone
while driving.
Before travelling abroad, or just to
refresh your memory on the rules
in your own country, have a look at
the map and make sure to travel
safe!
Source: European Road Safety Charter

Roadmap congratulates Frotcom Slovenia’s team for this successful project!



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Tip of the month
Configuring the remote
download of tachograph files

New features

If your trucks travel in Europe, you
will be interested in knowing this.

Eco-driving ranking enhancements

All the features of the tachograph
remote download can be found in
Administration > Tachograph
downloads.

Frotcom includes now a set of enhancements to the ranking page in the Ecodriving folder. In order to give a better view over each vehicle’s performance,
some columns were added to the Eco-driving ranking page, making possible to
sort the information by mileage, driving time, total consumption, average
consumption, average speed, percentage of time under max RPM and
percentage of idling time over driving time.
In addition to these columns, a filter was also added to allow viewing only
CANBus equipped vehicles.

If you mark one or several vehicles
on the leftmost column of the list,
under the Tachographs folder, you
will be able to configure them.

Click on the Configure (marked)
button. You will be able to choose
between the following two
possibilities:

Information about other Frotcom options - Teasers
Frotcom includes a new small clickable button on the left of the screen, similar
to what already exists for the useful links. The purpose of this button is to show
you a set of extra features available in Frotcom which you have not activated for
your account yet. From there you can request more information about each
feature.

Every 80 days - Frotcom will
download the tachograph data
files from the selected vehicles,
every 80 days. By European law,
you must ensure that you will
have such files in your computers,
available for inspection by the
authorities, up to 90 days after the
corresponding recordings.
Never - In this case you instruct
Frotcom not to proceed with the
automatic downloading of the
tachograph data files.
Click Save to save your changes or
Cancel to leave the dialog without
saving any changes.




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News and Events
Next, on Roadmap

Frotcom East Africa and Airtel Kenya implement a Road
Safety Initiative rewarding good driving behaviour
Kenya’s National Traffic Commandant joined Frotcom East Africa and Airtel Kenya in
a new road safety initiative by rewarding responsible drivers from 2NK Matatu
SACCO (cooperative) identified by Frotcom’s web tracking and fleet management
system.
This new initiative came as a follow
up of the “Dereva Chonjo Initiative”,
launched early this year by the two
organizations, in a bid to encourage
safe driving speed in public service
vehicles and to reduce road carnage
on Kenyan roads. Through the
initiative, the National Traffic
Commandant, Samuel Kimaru, will
identify and reward drivers from
2NK SACCO along a number of busy
highways in Kenya.

more new Frotcom features
and tips will be presented.

This and more, so don’t miss
the next issue of Roadmap.

The National Traffic Commandant rewarding one 2NK
SACCO driver with a reflector jacket for observing the
recommended speed limits.

Frotcom’s vehicle tracking system helps to monitor driving behaviour minute-byminute regardless of where vehicles are in the country and uses the same data
generated by the system to identify drivers who need extra training so as to achieve
a change of attitude as they handle passengers.
The rewarding program will go a long way enforcing compliance to traffic rules
rather than evasion.
According to Jackson Karisa Fagio, Commercial Director at Frotcom East Africa
“Frotcom East Africa, Airtel Kenya and the Traffic Commandant have taken a
proactive role to reward the drivers for their good driving behaviour. This initiative is
meant to depart from the old traditional practice which has always focused on
punishing wrongdoers and totally turning a blind eye on those who are doing right. It
is common experience that when you positively recognize good efforts, the end result
is motivation. With this initiative, we want to demonstrate that it pays to be good
and try to win more investors in the industry to take the initiative of making their
drivers recognized.”
Airtel and Frotcom have already fitted GPS-tracking systems in more than 550 vehicles in
the SACCO’s fleet. Estimated financial benefits show that the SACCO members could
save up to Ksh 40 million (US$461,000) annually by sealing revenue leakage loopholes
with the use of this solution. This will come along with reduced accident claims to the
insurers significantly reducing the cost of risk management.
Sources: Business Ghana; Humanipo

Roadmap congratulates Frotcom East Africa for this successful initiative!

News and events,



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