In modern fleet management telematic system can help to improve efficiency and boost productivity. Similar to the black box in a plane, telematics gathers data on things like vehicle location, travel speed, risky driving activity, road conditions and accidents.

For this, they use GPS tracking like digital assistant DKV LIVE. The data that is collected can be used to create safer and more efficient routes for drivers and lead to shorter delivery times and more conscious fuel usage. Solutions like this smoothen the way to successful digital fleet management. They can support if you as a customer wish to be proactively informed about forthcoming events, your data retention obligations or suspicious activities concerning refuelling – the digital assistant always knows where to look.

If you want to optimize the daily logistics tasks for your dispatchers, drivers, fleet managers and customers, this could be your way to go. Let us share four reasons to “hire” a digital assistant:

1) More transperancy

Find out how you can navigate your vehicle to the best fuel station. Be notified of suspicious refuelling in real-time. When a vehicle’s location does not match up with where it was last refuelled.

2) More security

Where is the truck with the goods? When will it arrive? Is there traffic congestion ahead? Get the answers to these questions immediately from your digital assistant. In real-time. 100% efficient and reliable.

3) More speed

Obtain a complete overview of your fleet’s movements whenever you like. Save valuable time by having efficient and comprehensive data records. Always be one step ahead and quicker to reach your destination.

4) More profitability

With functions like the integrated Freight Search in DKV LIVE, you say goodbye to inefficient journey planning processes and empty runs. You can also compare consumption data and potential savings – make sure you are the market winner.

How does a digital assistant work?

In case of the DKV LIVE the box is connected to the vehicle and the DKV fuel card number will be assigned to the respective box or the vehicle. By this, transactions can closely tracked and inaccuracies can be avoided.

In every case where the GPS data for the vehicle significantly differs from the GPS location of the fuel station at which the DKV fuel card is used, a warning appears in the portal. If a corresponding alert is activated, the fuel card can be deactivated promptly and automatically based on suspected dubious refuelling.

The limits for the amount of fuel purchase in any one fuel transaction can be administered for each vehicle in the customer portal. For this purpose, you can enter the desired tank volume or the maximum permissible tank volume. If an over-fuelling occurs and the corresponding alarm is activated, there will be a notification and the fuel card is promptly and automatically deactivated.