April/May 2008

Count On Us monitors traffic flows on main roads for local authorities in the UK and Ireland. But how does it monitor the movements of its own vehicles?

The answer is with the satellite tracking system from Masternaut Three X. This is now being used to help streamline ISO 14001 audits by delivering accurate, independent real-time activity and historical reports for its technicians and vehicles.

Count On Us installs and maintains fully self-contained video units on the road network. Installation and maintenance technicians are assigned to regional offices and start each day's work from home. Masternaut now reports the exact time that the technician sets out for the day's work, and monitors the route and time taken, as well as providing Thatcham Category 5 security to protect the expensive specialised equipment on board each vehicle.

The company is taking advantage of several special features of the system. Field services manager Mike Smith uses the Rapide mobile version of the Masternaut service to check on the team when he is out and about.

 

It is also planning to use Masternaut's 'GreenerFleet' tool, the Carbon Calculator, to monitor the carbon footprint of the fleet as a whole and each vehicle in it. And it is working with Masternaut to develop innovative service interval and vehicle excise duty reminder reports.