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Technology BiTes
Fleet management software
Making machines manage more
The on-duty operations manager What and how?
Fleet management software collects a wide range of
of a facility looks up at the data related to cleaning operations in the professional
screen in front of him. Symbols cleaning segment. Provided in real time, this accurate
representing cleaning machines information allows for effective monitoring and
management of cleaning activities.
move around the mapped Cleaning machines integrated with cleaning machine
facility. The auto scrubber on software such as Karcher’s will capture data about
parameters like machine usage, operating hours,
the first floor is not performing maintenance schedules, fuel consumption, location
tracking and cleaning performance metrics. This data
well; perhaps it needs to be is obtained through various sources, such as telematics
repaired? The scrubber-driers devices installed in machines, sensors and manual
inputs from operators.
bought a few years ago are Taski’s IntelliTrail advanced GPS Box – with data
guzzling water; maybe an transmission via GSM network – tracks the movement
of cleaning machines using a cloud-based web
upgrade is in order? The budget application; no installations on a computer are needed.
for cleaning has been slashed; With the analyses it provides, operations managers can
monitor, optimise and control cleaning machines across
here is the ideal set of machines. multiple sites.
These questions and suggestions Infrastructure needed
To be compatible with fleet management software,
came not from the manager, a facility needs to have both physical and digital
but from the fleet management infrastructure in place. It goes without saying that first
software he was observing. As and foremost, the cleaning machines that are being
tracked need to have been supplied by the company
facilities become increasingly that is supplying the software. The facility may also
need designated areas for machine storage, charging
mammoth, budgets still need and maintenance, as specified by the supplier.
Digitally, the facility needs reliable internet
to be curtailed. Vinay Raykar connectivity and a robust network infrastructure to
V, Head- Building Care & support communication between the cleaning machines
Equipment Marketing, Taski and the fleet management software. This enables
seamless data transfer, remote monitoring and control
Machines for South Asia and of the machines. “Karcher India’s fleet management
software can be accessed through a user-friendly
Rohit Mishra, DGM - Professional interface, either via a computer or a mobile device,
Sales, North & East, Karcher ensuring convenient and efficient management of the
cleaning fleet,” Mishra said.
India explain how fleet Explaining how Taski’s system works at a given
management software can help facility, Raykar said: “No major infrastructure changes
are required – neither physical nor digital. The
facilities make the most of their Intellitrail box has to be installed on the machine which
needs to be tracked. This makes the installation (and
cleaning machines. tracking) process very easy.”
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