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MALAYSIA
Goodway Rubber Head of Sales and Marketing Tai QiSheng
Goodway's Fleet SoftTMBusiness Solution
functions each user is allow to access, electronic data capturing that stops the entering of the same data over and over, etc.
management of the fleet company must be committed with a genuine intention and a clear policy to implement Fleet Soft, and strict implementation is a must. The company also has to ensure regular vehicle tyre inspection, monitor the analysis and take immediate action seriously.
At the moment, Goodway is offering Fleet Soft to through authorised retreaders only. It is available in various packages to cater for the different needs and requirements of the individual fleet companies. Tai will normally recommend that fleet companies start with the basic package first and upgrade it accordingly. Goodway will provide training for fleets that sign up, as well as a data migration service from the existing system to Fleet Soft.
Other optional systems and facilities that are available include RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ,Tyre Inflation System, Truck Weighing Scale, Air Pressure Equaliser, Hub Odometre, etc.
“RFID system,” explained Tai, “has a unique tracking identification number to prevent tyre cloning and theft, and also to manage the fleet’s inventory. It can help to reduce the chances of unwanted cash loss, save time through paperless and efficient data capturing. Tyre performance will also increase when tyre condition is managed properly. RFID technology or other optional systems can easily integrate with Fleet Soft for individual needs and requirements to make the fleet management more efficient.
As a leading complete business solutions provider for the retreading industry, Goodway Rubber always strives to provide powerful and innovation solutions to help its clients to grow their businesses. This, said Goodway Rubber Head of Sales and Marketing Tai QiSheng, includes helping them to be more efficient in tyre management, increasing productivity and assisting fleets to use technology for their business advantage. With this in mind, Goodway has developed Fleet Soft.
“Fleet Soft,” Tai claimed, “is the most comprehensive Business Solution that provides a complete tyre solution to fleet owners. “Through our partnership with our customer, EuroTyre Retreads in Thailand, together we have developed this unique business solution. For the last three years, we have run the Fleet Soft pilot programme in three fleet companies, involving 800 trucks. The response has been very encouraging as Fleet Soft has enabled them to monitor and manage their fleet responsibly and efficiently, which resulted in significant savings in terms of reduction in Cost Per Kilometre (CPK). ”
Following the successful pilot in Thailand, Malaysian based Goodway is proud to bring the “Fleet Soft” home and has announced that it is now available in the local market.
Fleet companies experience high wages and running costs. Tyres are
one of the highest of all operating costs, second to fuel for a fleet. However, most fleets today fail to manage their tyres professionally, which results in significant expenses on tyres. Fleet Soft is a highly specialised, professional fleet management solution with full tyre management system. It tracks a tyre from the moment of acquisition, retreading to scrapping and every step in between. It records everything, from tyre performance, brands, cost-per-kilometre, ranks best performers for product/application, tyre repair, tyre changes, retreads, inventory, etc.
“It is designed to aid fleet companies to monitor and control cost,” explained Tai. “ It helps to reduce fleet operating expenses, downtime and inventory optimisation. In addition, it can compare costs and analysis deviations for effective and efficient utilisation of different types of tyre. More than 50 report options including comparison charts are available at any moment for analysis, allowing easy, quick and accurate decision-making in various critical functional areas that the user is concerned about. ” According to Tai, Goodway is the first company to introduce this kind of fleet management solution, and make it commercially available in Malaysia. Fleet Soft comes with a number of key features such as Multi-Users which allow multiple users to access the database and view different functions, it also allows the management to select the
Apart from being very user friendly with an easy, straightforward interface and menus, it is also very flexible, as it is a modular solution. That means, one pays for what one really needs and can upgrade later. It can also be customised to suit individual customer needs.
“Our target customers are the high end fleet companies, or those that will appreciate the system, as we are looking at selling the Fleet Soft Fleet Management solution only, but we hope to make every deal a success story,” stressed Tai.
To make it a success, Tai said, the
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