Tuesday, 9 October 2007

Cadec Launches PowerVue For Fleet Management Solution

Cadec Global has launched PowerVue, a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based, hosted fleet management solution for the truck and fleet industry. Designed to enable companies to...

Cadec Global has launched PowerVue, a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based, hosted fleet management solution for the truck and fleet industry. Designed to enable companies to maximise the business value of their fleets, Cadec's PowerVue helps fleet managers address challenges such as:

-- Improving efficiency and reducing costs by integrating actionable
fleet information with existing routing, mapping and supply chain
management software;

-- Creating dashboards of relevant information for each stakeholder in
the supply chain -- from dispatcher, to fleet manager, to CEO, to customer;

-- Ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations by automating
paper-based administrative processes such as DOT logs and fuel tax;

-- Visibility into driver safety data including speed, route/location,
and idle time; and

-- Meeting and exceeding customer service expectations.


A prepared company release said, unlike traditional mobile communications systems that primarily emphasise messaging and location, or OBC systems that focus on collecting data, PowerVue adds a level of intelligence by combining the most advanced on-board computer system with a web-based, enterprise-class data management application. This enables PowerVue to translate vast amounts of fleet data collected from each vehicle into actionable information that can be leveraged throughout the supply chain.

While simple, browser-based tools are limited to providing access over the web, PowerVue's use of web-services technology combined with its dynamic web interface provides new levels of end-user customisation to adjust to the way each person needs to see their data, as well as easy integration to systems throughout the supply chain. Users can easily create role-based dashboards to present data to different types of stakeholders within the organisation and even create customer service portals for their clients to view real-time information on when to expect their deliveries, including a map that tracks truck locations.

"The launch of PowerVue marks yet another first that Cadec has introduced to the market," said Cadec CEO Michael Baney. "It's the culmination of months of work that involved not just the efforts of our employees, but also the many customers who gave us their input on the ideal fleet management software, and then helped us refine the product by field testing it in their own environments. We're very proud of the result."