As we all know, daily defect-checking is essential for both compliance and safety in the coach and bus industry.
Digital systems have made the traditionally laborious process easier to administer, manage and audit over the last decade – but, as the technology has evolved with more coach and bus operators linking the data to back-office systems, Aquarius IT is seeing its customers derive much wider business benefits from this everyday routine.
Principally, daily defect-checking is vital from the point of view of complying with the rules and regulations required to maintain an operator’s licence; this relates to always ensuring the safe and proper use of vehicles for the safety of drivers and other road users.
Also central to this, is consideration of the impact on a business if a Traffic Commissioner were to suspend or revoke the O-Licence due to vehicles being found unsafe. Whether operators use a paper-based or a digital system to manage daily walk-round checks, compliance and safety is the priority.
However, there are real knock-on business benefits of using a digital defect-checking system like the Aquarius Defect Check App, especially when linked with a vehicle maintenance system like Aquarius’s Asset Maintenance software – for both tacho and non-tacho assets.
By having access to the live defect data via the Aquarius App, operators are able to be notified instantly about a minor vehicle fault, like a chip in the windscreen, for example, and get it fixed before it turns into a crack and an expensive windscreen replacement job with a VOR, which saves both time and money.
Being able to then cross-link this data with Asset Maintenance, operators can use the automated planner to schedule periodic maintenance or inspections in real time, thus creating efficiencies and cost savings.
Within Asset Maintenance, operators can then also keep a track of their assets and analyse costs by vehicle and part-type. This feature, combined with all the aforementioned benefits, is why Aquarius’s Earned Recognition-approved solutions continue to be the software of choice by many coach, bus and minibus operators.
For further information, please contact the Aquarius team for a free demonstration.
