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GPS Innovations launches new in vehicle monitoring system

Vehicle telematics specialist GPS Innovations™ has recently launched a new technology-based In Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) which will dramatically improve driver safety and fuel economy,  the all new RoadScout® is designed to help save costs and further enhance efficiency.

The smarter fleet solutions provided by GPS Innovations™ aim to help businesses run a safer, greener, more cost effective fleet. Solutions include a wide range of wireless technologies, specialising in Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for behavioural and performance measurement.

Jason Buchanan, Managing Director for the GPSi Group, stated “We are reaching a tipping point for vehicle technology that is now extremely robust, easy to install and most importantly, affordable. For any company that maintains their own fleet, our system can provide a higher level of intelligence that not only improves decision making, but achieves the important goals of better safety and reduced impact on the environment”.

RoadScout®
The recently released RoadScout® series is a powerful and versatile solution designed to be easily installed into most 12v & 24v vehicles and trucks within minutes. It has been designed and engineered exclusively in Australia by GPS Innovations, and is built for Australian conditions. The RoadScout® works by communicating live vehicle and driver data recorded by the device to FleetConnect, GPS Innovations’ secure webbased reporting tool, via Telstra’s Next G mobile network for wider coverage.

Frans Braam, Marketing Director at GPSi Group Pty Ltd says, “The RoadScout automatically calculates carbon emissions from the recorded mileage of each vehicle. Fleet managers can use this intelligence to take more direct steps that reduce the carbon emissions of the fleet.”

The RoadScout® can also help promote a more eco-friendly driving style by detecting and reporting fast acceleration and harsh breaking events that increase fuel consumption and carbon emissions, affect driver safety and increase fleet risk.

“Because of the Plug ‘N’ Go installation the RoadScout has given us the ability to offer short term IVMS rental solutions for companies that may have three month contracts in place that require remote vehicle monitoring,” says Frans Braam.

FleetConnect™
FleetConnect™ is a powerful web-based software which allows fleet managers to better manage their fleet and mobile employees. The dashboard style user interface is easy to use, and gives immediate access to vehicle location, driving time, time-at-location, distance travelled and more. It can also be integrated into an existing management information system to give fleet managers a real-time, ‘finger on the pulse’ view of how their vehicles/people/ assets are behaving and/or performing.

The future is also looking very bright for the company, with up-coming launches for an in-vehicle driver feedback system to improve driving behaviour in real-time, and an ‘eLogbook’ FBT solution which will make paper-based log books a thing of the past.

Driver Feedback Screen (DFS)
The DFS, a tiny 1.8inch LCD screen helps to promote safe driving by providing drivers immediate feedback on their driving performance. Working on the same principle as a set of traffic lights, the DFS changes colour depending on driving performance. Features of the new release DFS includes the delivery of prompts to the DFS when the driver is speeding, harshly steering or braking, and idling. The new DFS is expected to be available in Q1 2012.

eLogBook
GPS Innovations’ eLogbook boosts efficiency on the road and in the office. By clicking a button on the DFS at the start of each journey, employees can register their trip as either personal or work-related. Drivers have access to their own trips as soon as they turn off the ignition and can directly enter additional information relevant to that trip.

“We can see companies benefiting instantly by not having to collect and trawl through hundreds of manual logbooks every year,” says Frans Braam, “Fleet managers will be able to compare each individual driver to see which FBT method best suits them.”

For more information regarding GPS Innovations and their products, call 1300 438 477 or visit www.gpsinnovations.com.au

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