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Why is Data essential to optimized fleet management?

Visit fleet management is an act complex with multiple strategic stakes. Complex, because rigorous fleet management requires the integration of numerous data from a variety of sources. Strategic, because the vehicle fleet, and more broadly employee mobility, often represents the second-largest cost item for companies. Strategic, too, in environmental terms, where the impact of the automobile on the ecosystem is undeniable.

To reconcile these imperatives and challenges, Optimuma European specialist in connected vehicles since 2006, has developed a modular, scalable fleet management platform. Powered by a Data Hub of unparalleled richness, it enables optimized fleet managementboth financially and environmentally.

#1. Data collection

Before analyzing data, it must first be collected and synthesized in order to render it in an intelligible and intelligent form. To this end, Optimum Automotive has designed a data hub capable of collecting large quantities of data from a variety of sources.

A veritable nerve center, the Data Hub supplies the fleet manager with the following information

fresh" quality data, so that it can centralize all the information it needs to act efficiently and accurately within a single tool.

#2. Data processing.

A large amount of data is only valuable if it is processed and analyzed. Continuous analysis of data flows on Optimum Automotive's fleet management platform enables anomalies to be detected. It sends alerts to fleet managers in the event of problems. It also provides sound advice tailored to the current situation.

Example of alerts:

. Contract monitoring :
The platform monitors vehicle mileage and operating time. In the event of an anomaly with regard to rolling laws (e.g. under- or over-rolling), the fleet manager receives an alert for the vehicle(s) concerned and is directed to take action (contractual amendment, early return, etc.)

. Monitoring driving behaviour :
For each driver, the system studies driving behavior (analysis of braking, cornering and acceleration). Targeted safety awareness campaignseco-driving to prevent road risk and optimize driver TCO.

. Targeted migration to electrification or hybridization :
Because the energy migration of all or part of a vehicle fleet cannot be carried out at random, monitoring the usage of each vehicle enables us to determine which are potentially eligible for electrification or hybridization.

In short, fleet management is becoming increasingly complex. To meet these new challenges, a platform connected to the company's automotive ecosystem (vehicles, drivers, suppliers, automotive and regulatory databases) is essential. It provides fleet managers with all the data they need to optimize the fleet's financial and environmental performance. Optimized fleet management not only reduces costs, but also minimizes the company's environmental footprint.