TECHIES 2012: Small is beautiful
Date:
20 June 2013
Hardy continues: "We said, 'why should funky IT be the domain of 1000-vehicle fleets?' We don't have 1000-vehicle fleets but there's probably an attraction for a 100-vehicle fleet or a 150-vehicle fleet in having all of the funky IT that will help them to better manage their fleet.
"It works on a traffic light system. It shows progress: how many deliveries you've got in place; have you got any invoices overdue - red if they're overdue, yellow if they're due, green if they're not; how many vehicles you've got overdue for service; how many vehicles have an MoT overdue; how many renewals are due. So instantly a customer looks and says, 'if they're all green, everything's tickety boo. If I've got any red lights, I need to do something about it'."
Sales and marketing executive Matt Topham claims the reports contain standard-issue vital stats, but it's easier to see and process them via the software: "You used to just get files dumped on your desk and you'd have to wade through them. The data that lies behind that is what we've been providing for years, but it's how it's presented to you. We've turned data into information, and visually attractive information at that."
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