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Where is your software developed?
And does it matter to you? It should. Some of our competitor’s software is developed by non-fleet personnel in Asia. AssetWorks software is developed and supported in the USA–in our Spokane, WA; San Diego, CA; and Wayne, PA offices. Our Directors of Development have each been with the product line for over 20 year. Our web application has been on the market since 2001. Local development, local support and experience you can trust.
Learn more at assetworks.com/onshore
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NEW CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT |
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City of Riverside, California
2,360 Vehicles
20 Mechanics
AssetWorks Customers since 2000, Upgraded in 2010
The City of Riverside has used FleetFocus, integrated with FuelFocus, for nearly ten years. Prompted by the desire to increase the service to their internal customers, the city decided to deploy the latest browser-based version of FleetFocus, which has significant technological and functional enhancements.
The upgrade can help them achieve their following goals:
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Allow all Riverside City department users access to their department vehicle information via a user friendly, browser-based system
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Increase data accessibility for customers in formats they can use without spending time configuring and converting data
“FleetFocus has been a valuable tool for our fleet for nearly a decade. It is easy-to-use for our technicians and provides the detailed information that our management team uses to help guide our decisions. By upgrading to the latest version of the software, we are looking forward to increasing the access for all our city departments.”
Martin L. Bowman,
Fleet Operations Manager
City of Riverside, California
Learn more about this new customer.
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 Are you tired of your dated client-server package? AssetWorks’ comprehensive browser-based fleet management software solution can be instrumental in improving a fleet’s operations and performance through increased equipment/asset availability, decreased maintenance and repair (M&R) costs, and increased vehicle utilization. This issue of the AssetWorks Technology Update focuses on the benefits of a browser-based system and showcases how the City of Oxnard uses the technology to be one of the nation’s leading fleets.
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A Browser-Based Maintenance Management System is the Answer
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Benefits at a Glance |
• Lower cost of ownership
• Technology is easier to update
• Improved accessibility |
• Platform independent
• Improved integration
• Tighter security |
Unlike traditional Windows client/server systems, browser-based applications require no special software on each workstation. The user accesses the system using the same browser program used for Internet access, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. This approach provides all the advantages of scalable mainframe applications with the benefits of easy-to-use Windows functionality.
Because the application is maintained on a single server within your organization, upgrades need only be applied in one location. This can make it easier to keep all machines on the most current system and reduce the time and cost required upgrade each end-user machine. Client-Server customers are usually many releases behind and, in many cases, using unsupported releases. Without the deployment of new releases and/or patches customers can run into database errors and possible inoperative functions With browser-based systems, hot fixes can be applied immediately reducing downtime and data errors.
A browser-based solution can also improve accessibility, allowing you to grant users access to functionality and reports. This increases the usage and benefit of the system, flattens the organization and allows more users to use the fleet data to make decisions.
Browser-based systems are platform independent opening up functionality for desktop PCs, laptops, terminal workstations, kiosks, and most recently smart phones and tablets. Also with an internet connection or broadband wireless, users can access the application outside the office, on road-calls and or remotely from the shop or yard.
Many fleet systems rely on several software applications for complete management, including human resources, financial or GPS systems. Integrating fleet management information among these systems is a top priority. With minimal customization to enable interfaces, the browser based solution allows the sharing of data with other applications interactively for a more seamless integration. In most cases, interfaces can now be performed on-line real-time and still conform to all the business rules of the respective applications.
Because browser-based applications can be deployed using corporate Intranet services within the confines of the corporate firewall, the system is secure from unauthorized users. The browser-based application will provide the same high levels of login security access as other corporate applications. Many applications also provide field level security and group security administration.
With so many features and benefits, a browser-based maintenance management system makes sense for forward thinking fleets.
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