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FMS - Fleet Management System

FMS - Fleet Management System

The Fleet Management Systems Interface (FMS) is a standard interface to vehicle data of commercial vehicles. The six European manufacturers Daimler AG, MAN AG, Scania, Volvo (including Renault), DAF Trucks and IVECO developed the so-called FMS-Standard in 2002 to make manufacturer-independent applications for telematics possible.

The following data are broadcast at the FMS interface:

  • Vehicle improvement (all round)
  • Vehicle speed (wheel based)
  • Vehicle speed (from tachograph)
  • Clutch switch (on/off)
  • Brake switch (on/off)
  • Cruise control (on/off)
  • PTO (Status/Mode)
  • Accelerator pedal position (0–100%)
  • Total fuel used (litres since lifetime)
  • Fuel level (0–100%)
  • Engine speed
  • Gross axle weight rating (kg)
  • Total engine hours (h)
  • FMS-Standard software version (supported modes)
  • Vehicle identification number (ASCII)
  • Tachograph information
  • High-resolution vehicle distance
  • Service distance
  • Engine coolant temperature

The data are coded according to SAE J1939. The repetition rate of the data is between 20 ms (e.g. engine speed) and 10 seconds (e.g. vehicle identification number).

With the FMS standard it is now possible to have manufacturer independent applications and evaluations of the data.

According to a note from the truck manufacturers, the FMS standard is seen as a worldwide standard. A direct connection to the internal vehicle bus system is not permitted by the truck manufacturers and could lead to the loss of warranty. Meanwhile, some manufacturers are quite restrictive in their workshops and cut all unknown connections to the internal bus system.

According to ACEA ca. 160,000 vehicles were fitted with an FMS standard interface in 2007. The FMS-Standard was as well the base for the Bus-FMS-Standard for buses and coaches which was published in the year 2004.

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F.A.Q. about FMS - Fleet Management System

What Is the Purpose of Fleet Management in a Business?

The purpose of Fleet Management in business is to ensure the work vehicles of business are operating smoothly, are constantly seeking ways to improve performance, are able to keep operating costs at a minimum, and maintain compliance with government regulations.

What Is Fleet Management?

Fleet Management refers to the applications, tools, technologies and practices that help businesses maintain optimal use of their work vehicles from a central platform. In its current form, Fleet Management entails the use of:

  • database information software
  • telematics and GPS tracking software

What Are the Benefits of Using Fleet Management?

Companies who have been using Fleet Management agree that it generally allows businesses using it to:

  • Acquire more control over drivers and vehicles.
  • Less time spent on predicting the time of departure and arrival, getting hold of traffic updates and road conditions improves productivity.
  • Save on fuel consumption.
  • Prevent delays in deliveries.
  • Reduce road accidents.
  • Improve driving habits.
  • Prevent dubious reporting.
  • Prevent unauthorized use of vehicles.
  • Track and recover lost vehicles.
  • Customer gets better service having real-time access to the location of their assets.
  • Lessen driver frustration while on the road, increasing employee satisfaction all around.
  • Reduce cost of insurance.
  • Lessen maintenance costs.

Why Should You Use Fleet Management System?

The use of Fleet Management System ensures that the operation of company vehicles totally aligns with company goals rather than a source of headache, which typically happens in its absence. The improper use of business vehicles can easily add substantial losses to your business operation, not to mention the time wasted by managers to drivers looking over the issues in search of meaningful ways to address those losses. If your business is directly involved with providing transportation to the public, it may mean the difference between continuing operations or shutting down if you have accumulated enough grave offenses to compliance regulations.

How Does Software Tools Optimize Fleet Management?

Fleet Management Software that stores all the vehicles your organization has purchased or leased, their specifications, details of maintenance, service and part histories, drivers and related compliance documents including licenses and tax, fleet insurance, fuel transactions, operating expenses reduces all involved administrative process and makes sense of everything to do with your fleet in terms of operating costs, overall cost of ownership, and all things pertaining to compliance and whether you are still on the legal side of things. The software’s capability to generate reports, alerts and emails, things simply get better and faster for your organization, a thing that is not possible in the fast.

Telematics software gives your company unprecedented real-time tracking of all your vehicles, making it more efficient and easier to dispatch the involved workforce as well. It enables you to determine precisely when vehicle and driver will get to their destination, and how the vehicles are driven and handled by the driver.

Integrating the functions of both software hands any organization a degree of control unheard of in the past, a way to optimally run and manage their fleet of vehicles no matter what size.

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