In today’s technological world, managing tachograph or vehicle data is not just about compliance.
This is a message the team at Aquarius IT continues to advocate because of all the far-reaching benefits coach and bus operators can glean from analysing tacho data on one digital platform alongside vehicle maintenance, walk-round checks, time and attendance, and licence checking for example.
This level of data integration is proven to significantly reduce day-to-day administrative burdens, reap time and cost savings, and vastly improve service and safety levels, while also enabling managers to make evidence-based decisions that result in wider operational efficiencies and profitability.
Equally as important say the Aquarius team, is when choosing an integrated software package, make sure it features all the tools you need for your business. Tanat Valley Coaches are a prime example of this, because by using Aquarius’s suite of technology-led solutions they’ve been able to unlock new levels of integration.
Based on the remote Shropshire / Welsh border, Tanat Valley Coaches are one of Aquarius’s newest ‘Digital to Digital’ coach customers. The team are experienced in using integrated digital systems to manage their driver and vehicle compliance responsibilities, and know all about the benefits, but they strived for a solution that would enable their drivers to conduct digital defect checks off-line in rural areas with poor signals.
Operations Manager Zak Edwards said: “Everything was workable with the paper-based defect system we used, but uniquely with Aquarius we found a digital solution that would enable us to manage daily driver defects in poor signal areas, offline. This has proved to be a game changer administratively and logistically, as we can ensure daily checks are sent to us even if the location that the driver did the check in has a poor signal. With Aquarius’s Defect Check App, the drivers can perform the checks offline and then as soon as they get into a better signal area they can send the check through at the touch of a button. I’m not aware if there are any other systems that can do this, or at least not one that can be customised to this level.”
“For us, this has completed the loop, because we now have everything related to driver and vehicle data on one integrated digital platform.”
To find out more about how integrated fleet management solutions are driving change, and how Aquarius’s team of compliance, technical and IT experts can support your future success, contact us via aquariusit.com/contact/
