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Ink Firm Improves Delivery Fleet Operation

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Oct 25, 2004

Cybit, the UK on-line telematics service provider, has announced its first European telematics contract following an order from Sericol, the producer of inks and consumables.

Cybit, the UK on-line telematics service provider, has announced its first European telematics contract following an order from Sericol, the producer of inks and consumables.

Sericol has installed Cybit's Fleetstar-Online fleet and asset management system into an initial 30 vehicles to help improve the management of its deliveries across the UK, Germany, France and Holland.

Sericol selected Fleetstar-Online because of its comprehensive web-based fleet management tools, and the company will use the Cybit system to improve vehicle utilisation, optimise routes and help ensure the safety of its drivers said Cybit.

Cybit's scalable Fleetstar-Online telematics is claimed to support multiple languages and features real-time vehicle tracking, exception reporting, replay mode, customised reports, mileage information, SMS messaging and live traffic information.

"Although we had an existing telematics solution, we wanted to migrate to an internet-based telematics approach to help deliver management information about our fleet across the business," commented Mike Cole, manager of Sericol's customer service centre.

"Most of our European deliveries use historical routes, which we believe can be optimised to increase the number of drops and make fuel savings.

Cybit's Fleetstar-Online will provide us with the necessary management tools to make this possible, while also providing additional benefits such as vehicle replay, mileage information and customisable reports.

Richard Horsman, Cybit's chief executive officer said: "We can provide organisations which operate across Europe, such as Sericol, with exactly the level of telematics they require, while also providing them with an incremental upgrade capability so they can introduce additional capability when needed." Fleetstar-Online is claimed to provide companies with a cost-effective ASP-based fleet management system, which offers users anytime, anywhere access to the system via a standard web browser.

The latest release of Fleetstar-Online introduces a modular approach to fleet management, providing fleet customers with access to industry leading technology that was previously available only to major enterprises claimed Cybit.