With Masternaut’s vehicle and asset tracking your mobile workforce need never be out of sight or mind.
Thanks to our web-based solutions, you can enjoy total visibility of your assets and vehicles.
Look forward to reduced travel time, mileage and vehicle running costs. You’ll immediately see increased productivity and efficiency in your business.
Features
- Web based - no IT investment needed
- View current position and status of driver and vehicles
- Accurate journey histories
- Easily identify the nearest vehicle to a location
- Real-time traffic updates
- Automated timesheets for each employee
- Monitor excessive speeding
- Record out of hours/unauthorised vehicle use
- Geofencing allowing management of territories
- Alerts - customised and sent by email or text message
- Reports - tailored and emailed to your inbox
- Access using a web browser or on a phone/mobile device
How does the Masternaut Vehicle Tracking solution work?
Each of the vehicles you want to track are fitted with a small tracking device (MCU). These contain Masternaut's own GPS and GPRS tracking technology. Real-time information about location, speed and distance are captured and sent back in real-time. We then make this information available to you in your own password protected area on the Masternaut website.
A variety of enhancements can be added to the Masternaut vehicle tracking system according to the needs of your business. Examples include driver identification, tacograph interface and live temperature monitoring.
Benefits
- Real-time visibility of your mobile workforce
- Reduce fuel costs, mileage and emissions
- Increase control of overtime costs
- Boost productivity and workforce utilisation
- Increase customer satisfaction through improved communication and proactive management
- Obtain detailed insight to help drive your business forward efficiently
A Solution tailored to your needs
We’re committed to providing cost-effective vehicle tracking solutions that demonstrate high return on investment. The beauty of our tracking solution is that it can be easily tailored to your specific needs without the expense of creating a completely bespoke solution.
Better features as standard...
Mobile Web Access - Rapide
Even when you’re out on the road you can stay in control. All you need is a web-enabled device and you can view the exact movements of your entire mobile workforce with minute-by-minute updates. You can monitor individual vehicles or access a seven-day history. This fantastic feature is standard for all Masternaut vehicle tracking customers.
Reports
- Using reports, your data is consolidated into powerful management information reports - generated weekly, monthly or whenever suits your business best. Allowing you to make informed management decisions and ensure you realise a high return on your investment.
- Reports are customised to meet your requirements e.g. driver time sheets, engine idling, time spent at specific locations, mileage reports etc.
Alerts
- Alerts can be established to let you know via text or email when your vehicles or workforce show unexpected or unplanned activity.
- You can be informed when vehicles move into or out of a pre-defined area. This not only helps you increase the security of your assets, it also helps manage congestion charges. It also assists you in maintaining your duty of care as an employer by warning you of dangerous operating occurrences or drivers exceeding their time limits. By being alerted to these situations you can take immediate control.
Greenerfleet
As a Masternaut customer you’ll get free access to GreenerFleet, a unique emissions reduction tool that helps you improve driver behaviour and lower your carbon footprint. GreenerFleet processes data from the vehicle tracking system and creates a driver league table allowing you to quickly see your best performing drivers when it comes to speeding, engine idling and mileage.
Using GreenerFleet, you can make your people more aware of green issues and encourage drivers to act safely and more responsible. This not only lowers your emissions but also lowers your fuel bills as well.
Driver ID - See who was driving and when
- Ideal where your vehicles are being driven by more than one person. Driver ID allows you to manage journey histories and driving information for individual drivers. Drivers are given their own unique keyring which is inserted each time they drive. The Masternaut tracking solution automatically separates the data for each person and means timesheets can easily be created for each employee.
- A discreet ID key reader is fitted on the vehicle dashboard that links to the vehicle tracking system. If the key is not inserted, an audible alert reminds the driver to insert their ID keyring.
- A combined dashboard button/reader is available for customers who want both Driver ID and a Privacy Button.
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Vehicle Data Terminal - for two way communication
- The vehicle data terminal (VDT) is a dashboard mounted communications device that is linked directly to your tracking hardware. With two-way communication it helps improve workflow by allowing your team on the road and your team in the office to communicate and exchange information in real-time.
- Designed to be simple, quick and easy-to-use, the VDT features one-touch operation and is easily customisable to your particular needs.
- Jobs and regular activities can be logged on the device (e.g. deliveries and service tasks). Users choose from a range of pre-configured answers for logging their work and responding to text messages.
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Engine Management - monitor driving styles
- It’s never been more important to keep an eye on every penny spent in your business. By linking to your vehicle’s CANbus, Masternaut’s Engine Management enhancement collects information about driver behaviours such as acceleration, braking, engine idling and road speed.
- The solution identifies opportunities for improvement and helps you take a proactive approach to lowering your fuel costs, reducing your CO2 emissions and encouraging safer and more responsible driving habits.
- Your vehicle’s canBUS is connected to the Masternaut tracking solution. The FMS gateway of the vehicle’s CAN must be open (the vehicle manufacturer can advise how to do this).
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Vehicle Intelligence - link with vehicle PTOs (power take-offs)
- To provide 100% visibility of your mobile workforce, Masternaut Vehicle Intelligence gives you a detailed insight into almost any event that generates an electronic response, like opening a door or tipping a load. You will know precisely what your workforce is doing, where and when.
- This level of detail provides robust documentation in support of service level agreements whilst real-time monitoring lets you compare actual activity against the plan and keep work flowing smoothly. By recording events taking place like doors opening or closing, sweeper brushes being activated or cranes picking up loads, the solution gives visibility of circumstances that could cause operational or security concerns so you can take action.
- Information is relayed along with vehicle tracking data to be displayed via your secure web-portal. And real-time text or email alerts can be put in place make sure you have your finger on the pulse of your workforce minute-by-minute.
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Temperature Tracking - for temperature critical applications
- Developed with the refrigerated transport sector in mind, Mastercold allows you to ensure that once your vehicles have left the depot they maintain the required temperature for the duration of the journey, and you don’t break the cold-chain.
- Mastercold can monitor the temperature in up to 4 separate compartments at any given time, giving you maximum flexibility for your loads. Temperature information is coupled with other vehicle tracking information to provide complete visibility of your cargo temperatures, location and status.
- Displayed via your secure web-portal the data is presented in easy graph and report format. Exception reports and alerts can also notify you via text or email of any temperature that falls outside a pre-defined range that you configure.
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Tachograph Interface - Connects to your vehicles’ tachographs
- The tacho interface generates highly detailed data on the exact movements of any vehicle and driver. This powerful tool is connected directly to a vehicle’s digital or analog tachograph and provides key information in real-time, such as working time, driving time, waiting time and rest times as well as periods of availability.
- This data is integrated directly into your tracking solution and is managed through your secure web-portal. Data captured by the tacho interface can be integrated with other vehicle information, like location and speed, which means you can adhere to driving time restrictions, identify high risk areas and manage resources more effectively. The result is an in-depth 360 degree view of your workforce 24 hours a day.
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Working Time Directive Solution - Manage driver hours simply
- Organisations that manage mobile workforces operate in a minefield of legislation and regulation. Managing compliance and meeting deadlines is a must. Working time directives and duty of care legislation means that having an accurate view of a driver’s working hours is absolutely vital. Our working time directive solution, HourTrak, logs the hours worked by each individual driver.
- HourTrak captures driving hours and periods of stop or rest so you can have a real-time view of what rest is required by each driver. This real-time visibility means you can act fast to avoid infringements before they happen and comply with regulations.
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Stolen Vehicle Recovery - Thatcham Category 5
- Theft of vehicles causes downtime, disruption and lost profits. Masternaut Thatcham Cat 5 stolen vehicle recovery solution minimises this. Your drivers carry a small and discreet RFID tag in their pocket. This wirelessly makes a connection with the Masternaut vehicle tracking system when they get into the vehicle and verifies that an authorised driver is present.
- If the vehicle is driven by someone without a tag, an alert is immediately raised notifying you that the vehicle may have been stolen. Real-time location information from the tracking system allows swift recovery and Police response. Additionally the Police can immobilise the vehicle remotely.
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Onboard Weighing - stay safe and within the law
- The Masternaut vehicle tracking solution can be linked to all the major onboard weighing solutions. This means that live real-time data about vehicle and individual axle weights are sent back and made available on your Masternaut site in real-time.
- This live data is invaluable in ensuring you comply with vehicle weight legislation, especially since overloading can lead to hefty fines. The Masternaut system will capture an accurate audit trail about loading and unloading and will draw attention to any discrepancies that might indicate that your vehicles are being used for fraudulent activity.
- Our accredited Masternaut engineers will connect the Masternaut vehicle tracking unit to the onboard weighing system on each of your vehicles.
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Transport and logistics
In transport and logistics, something as simple as a change in the weather can play havoc with your plans. And when you combine that with spiralling fuel costs and ever increasing legislation, operating profitably can be a challenge.
From temperature-sensitive and high value cargo to home delivery. And from retail distribution of all kinds to passenger transport, we create cost-efficient solutions that work hard from day one.
“With Masternaut we know exactly where our vehicles are – and where they should be. We have improved efficiency, decreased working capital, and dramatically increased green benefits.”
United Biscuits
United Biscuits are saving £200,000 per year and have cut out three million unnecessary miles in four years.
“Using the live information and the historical reports, we are able to work with our drivers to ensure that they use the most cost-effective routes and make best use of their time and availability. This has big implications in helping us to reduce fuel bills and making us a much more environmentally responsible company. We also like the fact that Masternaut is very easy to use and web based, so it can be accessed from anywhere.”
TT Express
Public sector and waste
Working in the public sector raises daily challenges, and it’s how you choose to tackle them that’s often the difference between success and failure. Through experience we’ve created solutions specifically with you in mind.
Regardless of your function, from waste collection, sweeping, gritting and lighting to passenger transport, pest control and building & grounds maintenance, we can create the perfect solution.
“Masternaut Three X provides proof of work completed so we can check on service performance and respond straight away to any service requests. We can work smarter with information allowing us to optimise routes and improve services where they’re needed most.”
Hillingdon Council
“A 40% increase in productivity, much better timekeeping, greater awareness of individual responsibilities and an overall improvement in accountability are among the many positive outcomes of using Masternaut.”
Ward Recycling
Service sector
Success in the service sector demands that you get the most from your mobile workforce; but with rising operating costs, maximising performance whilst minimising resource costs can seem impossible.
With clients in equipment and plant hire, facilities management, roadside assistance, insurance & inspection and telecoms & data services, as well as the more traditional areas of electricity, gas, plumbing & HVAC, our expertise and solutions will transform your business.
“A 10% reduction in travel time has not only saved on fuel costs and reduced emissions, it has also increased our responsiveness and customer satisfaction levels.”
Britvic
“Customer retention is critical to the success of our business. Using Masternaut we have been able to analyse our workload distribution and client base, maximising fleet usage and ensuring the best possible service to our clients.”
Cathedral Hygiene
Construction
The construction industry faces unique challenges both on and off site. Our mobile resource management solutions help you to meet market pressures and stay competitive, by raising productivity and lowering costs.
Whether you deal with building materials and aggregates, maintain highways, provide property services or manage the actual construction yourselves, our solutions will improve the way your team operates.
“The information recorded by Masternaut Three X supports our key performance indicator reporting. In the event of a fault we can compare planned and actual routes, we can provide evidence of gritting activity and we can be proactive in the management of the health and safety of our drivers.”
Ringway
“By reducing unnecessary mileage we hope to reduce our annual fuel bill by half. This is a projected year on year saving of £100,000 plus. The Masternaut service has also increased awareness of the environmental impact of our activities and drivers are more conscious of how and when they use their vehicles.”
Glencroft
