DP&C® SMARTFLEET
Affordable, End-to-End Fleet Management Solutions for Transportation and Service Providers
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The Challenge: Increasing Profitability through Enhanced Customer Service, Efficient and Optimal Routing and Mobile Inventory Management
To remain competitive and profitable in today's complex, competitive and increasingly expensive business environment, service providers need efficient routing and mobile asset management tools to maximize fuel expenditures and timely customer service. But truly cutting-edge service providers recognize that every mobile asset is also an extension of its warehouse, and efficiently managing mobile inventory can provide a competitive advantage. DP&C® SMARTFLEET takes inventory management from 20th century paper processes into the 21st century with integrated, real-time information management hardware and software.
The Solution: DP&C® SMARTFLEET
Affordable, End-to-End Fleet Management Solutions for Transportation and Service Providers
DP&C® SMARTFLEET is a powerful transportation management system that enables service providers to: enhance inventory management of mobile assets; manage critical payroll, billing and accounting functions; and enhance customer service visibility and optimal fleet routing. DP&C® SMARTFLEET is customizable and scalable, providing a solution that generates immediate and sustainable return on investment. The seamless, real-time visibility provided by DP&C® SMARTFLEET can enhance profit performance, customer service and fleet optimization.
DP&C® SMARTFLEET Industry Applications
DP&C® SMARTFLEET's capabilities can be effectively matched and customized to meet the needs of service providers who are contracted to provide delivery and transportation services as well as validated performance data to their clients including:
- » Transportation companies whose operating systems are fragmented and are looking for a more streamlined, more integrated operation.
- » Providers who execute scheduled/routine routes, for-hire, and quick response services.
- » Operators looking to take advantage of GPS technology to integrate real-time information into more timely management and deployment of their fleet assets.
- » Service providers who are currently dependent on paper driven systems, and want to make their operations more seamless, transparent and profitable.
DP&C® SMARTFLEET Features & Benefits
DP&C® SMARTFLEET's quantitative and qualitative benefits include: reduced operating expense, enhanced customer service and a scalable system to meet competitive challenges and budget.
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| Feature | Benefit | GPS Only |
SmartFleet | SmartFleet Plus |
| Mapping - Current truck position | View current truck position (minute by minute updates and historical data) |  |
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| Web based Portal - 24/7 uptime and support | Reliable service No need for IT support | |
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| Remote access | Ability to monitor from multiple locations | |
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| Feature | Benefit | GPS Only |
SmartFleet | SmartFleet Plus |
| Exception/alert management | Proactive management Make real-time course corrections Stay ahead of potential problems Ability to parse minute by minute historical data | |
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| Integrated geo-fencing utilizing regular or irregular fences | Provides actual versus scheduled results | |
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| Trip termination information | Improved customer service Determine profitability of service and deliveries Improved fuel efficiency Improved labor efficiency | |
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| Provides real-time reporting | Increases the timeliness and accuracy of information to more efficiently utilize all assets in the organization | |
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| Operational tracking | Mitigate general liability and comprehensive insurance expense due to exception management – make informed decisions | |
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| Actual versus planned performance data | Strategic planning Improved operations and customer service by managing expected against actual Improved asset utilization to reduce capital purchase and capital asset support expense | |
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| Administration | ||||
| Feature | Benefit | GPS Only |
SmartFleet | SmartFleet Plus |
| Auto load recurring routes | Reduction in manual tasks that mitigates administrative time | |
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| Low cost start up through quick-start package | Provides quick ramp up to gaining cost savings and productivity savings | |
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| Historical performance data (driver, asset, customer) | Strategic planning Driver performance management More efficient labor utilization | |
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| Vendor Managemet | ||||
| Feature | Benefit | GPS Only |
SmartFleet | SmartFleet Plus |
| Supports decentralized supply chain | Manage decentralized vendor performance through centralized order management (vendor visibility) Provide visibility to fragmented resources Compares actual versus planned activity | |
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| Advanced security – multi-level permissions | Provides the ability to manage decentralized assets through a central location | |
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| Integration | ||||
| Feature | Benefit | GPS Only |
SmartFleet | SmartFleet Plus |
| Links to and scalable with other operating ERP systems | Reduction in manual tasks and redundant input Better customer service More informed organization to make better day to day decisions | |
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| Links to payroll | Reduction in manual tasks and more accurate payroll reporting | |
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| Advanced analytics – with DP&C®TM Analyzer and data maintenance | Dynamic data analysis to optimize operations Automated reporting (IFTA) Driver logs Driver, vehicle information | |
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DP&C® SMARTFLEET Integration
DP&C® SMARTFLEET can be integrated with existing company accounting and inventory software, and can either be centrally hosted for the client, or implemented as a local application. Seamless connectivity and customization ensure maximal operational effectiveness, enhanced operation and overall management, and increased customer service.
DP&C® SMARTFLEET Case Study: Finkle Trucking
NJ-based Finkle Trucking provides comprehensive contract and for-hire full truckload services in states east of the Mississippi River. It has been in business for more than 50 years and today operates with more than 300 drivers and power units. The company has satellite operations in New England, the Midwest and Southeast.
Recently, Finkle Trucking found itself in an increasingly competitive environment. With operating costs rising and competitors eroding market share, Finkle management needed to successfully address shrinking operating margins, increased administrative burdens, and the need to enhance visibility of information to support better and faster business decisions.
Clifford Finkle IV, CEO of Finkle Trucking, engaged DP&C® Enterprises to implement the DP&C® SMARTFLEET Suite to enhance visibility of real-time information across Finkle's entire enterprise, including administration, operations, dispatch and back office integration.
Some of the issues addressed as part of the implementation included:
- » Increasing the timeliness and accuracy of administrative functions, including payroll, driver and equipment information, and customer profiles by replacing forms and other paper-based systems with electronic documentation
- » The ability to measure actual performance versus scheduled plan
- » The ability to more easily manage and account for exceptions
- » Improved asset utilization
- » Measuring driver payroll versus hours earned
- » Measurement of overall business effectiveness to support more timely and informed business decisions
- » A platform that is scalable for future growth
- » An efficient and user-friendly dispatch solution to manage standard routes, exceptions and for-hire activity
"DP&C® SMARTFLEET, coupled with GPS technology, has provided our organization with both tactical and strategic benefits that are contributing to growth in our bottom line," said Clifford Finkle.