Must Have Features For an On-Demand Fleet Management

With the on-demand industry taking all the sectors of the service industry by a storm how can it take a backseat when it comes to Transport and logistics.

Vehicle tracking is a major concern in all the industries, be it logistics and transportation or packers and movers. Also, it is a major concern for a business that deals with a  constant movement of goods from one place to another, such as eCommerce, pharmaceuticals, construction, and manufacturing. But managing logistics is a time-consuming as well as taxing task. Managing a huge number of transport vehicles and utilizing them in a way to maximize profits can be challenging.

With the recent advances in the transport sector, the extent of fleet management has advanced in a number of ways. The availability of a wide range of solutions leads to improved efficiency in fleet management with in-vehicle tracking, increased safety, reduced maintenance costs, improved customer services and much more.

Managing and tracking your vehicles in the logistics sector is a major concern in this sector. And hence most of the businessmen and entrepreneurs are looking for a fleet management system.

With the upsurge in the need of fleet management apps let us have a look at the features that are a must-have for these apps to excel in the industry:

Features to be included in fleet management on demand app:

The features to be included can be divided and discussed for different panels differently:

DRIVER PANEL:

Registration:

The drivers can log-in with the help of an email account or the social network credentials.

Real-time GPS tracking:

Using this, drivers can track the route to be taken for making the deliveries within the stipulated time frame.

Update trip timings:

By updating the starting and ending time of the trip drivers helps in tracking the Kms covered in a more transparent way.

Update status:

Updating the status of delivery can help track vehicles to be used again as well as the deliveries completed.

Reports:

All the reports related to the trips taken by the vehicles and the distances covered can be updated by the drivers.

Admin Panel:

Dashboard: 

It displays a list of all the drivers and the fleet that are attuned to the app and are managed and monitored by admin.

Maintenance and schedule:

All the fleet maintenance activities and the service scheduling timetables are managed and monitored by admin.

Specialized solutions:

The admin reserves the right of adding any specialized solutions if required as per the user’s requirements.

Fuel usage, Vehicle tracking, and performance analysis:

Admin manages the fuel consumption charts, vehicle tracking reports, performance and the average delivered by the vehicles.

Driver management:

All the drivers that are involved in making the deliveries are managed by the admin.

Manage vehicles:

This section allows the admin to manage all the basic information related to the vehicles and all other necessary details.

Marketing:

All the promotional ads, banners, advertisements, and email templates are managed and monitored by the admin.

With all these features in-tact and a well-planned strategy in place, the fleet management apps are here to stay.