Mobility is in the centre of today’s economy. And, at the core of mobility, lies effective digital fleet management – that of both drivers and vehicles. An organized and complete view over one's fleet operations will ensure better and smoother allocation of resources – human or financial – and streamline any unforeseeable hiccups.

One customer account for all the fleet’s reporting

With one structured and transparent customer account centre, like DKV COCKPIT, managers can have a bird's-eye view over the entire fleet, wherever in Europe the managed vehicles might be carrying out freight transports to. Such a powerful tool comes with many great perks in terms of financial optimisation, and can be accessed on desktop, as well as on mobile devices.

The personal digital dashboard – complemented by the integrated DKV ANALYTICS add-on – allows to re-order or block fuel and service cards, manage card limits and notifications for a variety of actions taking place within the fleet, or add new users and check and control their purchase restrictions.

Also, the option to preserve and process master data online at any given time gives a fleet manager the option to go back and analyse any trends in the business’ spending. And speaking of analytics and reports, this virtual “cockpit” allows accessing meaningful insights about operations. The comprehensive analysis offers optimal control of all transactions and provides customised information 24/7. By filtering information related to the vehicle park, managers can opt for customized e-mail alerts, individual reports on invoices or cards and toll boxes, and an irregularity assessment.

Telematics should be used in one's favour

Other than streamlined reporting, actively contributing to the fleet’s every day activities doesn’t have to be a burden. Automating, and digitalising administrative and manual processes can also be done just as smart, with another integrated element of the customer account – the telematic service DKV LIVE. With the help of its intelligent features, DKV LIVE manages to unite all of the fleet's activities on one platform.

Checking in real time where, when, and how much fuel is being used by drivers, or if this happens at the chosen stations, is essential for consumption metrics. So, all refuelling operations are automatically recorded and can be matched with the vehicles' consumption data.

Fleet managers can locate all vehicles on a real-time map thanks to GPS tracking. Then, they can estimate when the goods will arrive at the destination, and whether there will be traffic jams or other challenges en route. Also, they can view the distance travelled and make sure when the vehicles were at which location, and get additional insights into the logbook of driving behaviours or resting times. If clients are interested in their deliveries, access can be granted for a certain amount of time to the vehicles that serve them.

Last but not least, manging digital tachograph data is mandatory in the EU member states, with the data needing to be read out and stored. Do fleet managers still want to take on that lengthy process? If not, the telematics assistant – the same DKV LIVE – fulfils the legal obligations and handles the data downloads.

Increasing profitability, saving resources, and automating time consuming processes can exponentially improve operations within a fleet. And most of the times, the secret lies in the digital component of the business, which now, more than ever, proves what benefits technology can bring to one's fleet.