roadmap monthly newsletter - october 2011

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Roadmap monthly newsletter

Editorial

e are very proud of Frotcom’s new

website. Have you checked it?

We decided to change to a lighter, more

dynamic site, with options for visitors to watch videos about

the solution, try Frotcom for themselves and get in touch

with Frotcom Certified Partners.

Additionally, special sections were created for specific activities. For instance,

visitors active in international road transportation will now have information

about typical benefits related to that area of business.

This was complemented with new information about Frotcom’s accessories and

optional modules, too.

One of the most popular links on

the site allows visitors to download

a guide, “10 tips for better Fleet

Management.” It contains simple

recommendations which can be

useful to any fleet manager, be it a

large fleet with dedicated fleet

management or a small company

with only a couple of vehicles.

At the end of the day, our goal was to have information about Frotcom more

easily available to visitors. Judging from the nice comments received from

customers and visitors in general, the goal was clearly achieved.

Valério Marques

CEO - Frotcom International

A note from the editor – If you would like to have your own say in the next edition of this newsletter please do

not hesitate to get in touch at [email protected].

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October

2011

In this issue

New Certified Partner

Frotcom now in Croatia

Case Study

Serma Linde - Experiencing significant cost reduction

News and events

Frotcom’s new

website goes live

Frotcom in space!

This and much more…

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.frotcom.com/


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New Certified Partner

Frotcom now in Croatia

Frotcom International and Modus Altera d.o.o. have recently embarked on a

partnership for the foundation of Frotcom Croatia.

The company Modus Altera was founded in 2011 with the purpose to operate in

the Croatian market of vehicle tracking and fleet management. In pursuit of a

solution that would help them grow and expand, the company chose Frotcom

Vehicle Tracking System which, in their opinion, thoroughly matched their needs

and expectations.

According to Marijo Uroic, CEO of Modus Altera, “In

my previous work I experienced the use of GPS satellite

monitoring of vehicles and so we looked forward to

the idea of incorporating a vehicle tracking system in

our plan of development. When we met Frotcom

International we immediately decided that they were

the company that will help us achieve our objectives.

We are sure that partnering with Frotcom is a big opportunity for us to develop

and soon gain a respectable position on the Croatian market.”

Nuno Liñan, Marketing Director at Frotcom International said that “It is our

great pleasure to have Modus Altera as our new Frotcom Certified Partner. We

foresee a long lasting and rewarding collaboration that will help both our

companies achieve the expected results. We will offer Frotcom Croatia our full

support and we are confident that they will be successful on the Croatian

market.”

ROADMAP welcomes Marijo Uroic and the Frotcom Croatia team on board and

wishes them successful operations.

Some words about Croatia

Situated along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, Croatia

serves as a gateway between Western and Eastern Europe.

Croatia is a member of the United Nations, the Council of

Europe, NATO, the World Trade Organization and CEFTA. It is

classified as an emerging and developing economy by the

International Monetary Fund and a high income economy by the World Bank.

>Capital: Zagreb >Currency: Kuna >Language: Croatian

>Population: 4,290 >Territory: 56,542 sq. Km >GDP: USD 78.090 billion

Did you know?

In Frotcom you can see the

path followed by more than

one vehicle

The Multiple Tracking feature makes it

possible. In order to see this happening,

go to Fleet > Map, then choose Map

Options and select the vehicles for

which you want to see the paths.

The selected vehicles will be displayed

on the map showing their paths as blue

tails.

This feature can be useful to compare

the paths followed by several vehicles.

Overlapping paths can mean, for

instance, that two vehicles are

travelling along the same roads when

only one vehicle would be enough for

that transportation or service.

On the other side, when two vehicles

with the same start and end points are

travelling on different roads, it can

mean that at least one of them is not

using the shortest route.

By showing these vehicle trails

simultaneously, this sort of analysis is

simpler to achieve.


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Case study

Serma - Experiencing significant cost reduction

Present in the Aragon region, Spain, since 1984, SERMA, S.A. is a complete

solutions provider for storage and transportation of goods.

Apart from offering a complete range of lift trucks, the company has developed

complementary logistics services with the purpose of providing customers with a

personalized solution, complete and agile processes in storage and transport of

materials.

The company also disposes of excellent after sales service maintenance planning

to extend the maximum life of their trucks. Currently it is serving a fleet of 6.000

lift trucks in the areas of Aragon and Soria.

Ángel Herrero, Head of SERMA’s After Sales Service said that “The

incorporation of Frotcom’s Vehicle Tracking System allowed us to be more

efficient and provide a higher level of service to our customers. We have also

experienced a significant cost reduction for each kilometer travelled by our

technicians. Frotcom has proved to be a reliable and professional partner with

highly effective solutions.”

For more information about the company, you can visit their website at

http://www.serma.es.

ROADMAP congratulates the Frotcom Spain team for this successful project!

Tip of the month

Vehicle clustering

Vehicle clustering is mostly useful for

large fleets, where it is very hard to see

all the vehicle icons on the map,

especially when it is zoomed out.

All you need to do is first set Use

clustering in Fleet > Map to ON, in Map

Options.

Instead of showing neighbor vehicles

piled up on top of each other, Frotcom

will display a single cluster icon

indicating the number of vehicles in

that neighborhood:

The cluster symbols mark the positions

of groups of vehicles which are close to

each other. The number on the cluster

symbol indicates how many vehicles are

in that cluster or group.

To see the vehicles inside each cluster,

just zoom in.

http://www.serma.es/


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News and events

Frotcom’s new website goes live

Roadmap is pleased to announce

that Frotcom has just released its

brand new website.

Visitors can now experience a

newly designed Frotcom website,

offering easier navigation, with

more images and in-depth

information about Frotcom and

vehicle tracking.

Visit now Frotcom’s new website at www.frotcom.com.

Frotcom in space!

On September 20, 2011, a team of Slovenian

engineers and enthusiasts, under the auspices of Audi

Slovenia and as a part of the campaign for the new

Audi A6 Avant, launched a stratospheric balloon into

space to an altitude of over 25,000 meters. The probe

was equipped with two cameras, radar, so that

aircrafts were able to avoid the probe, and a Frotcom

GPS tracker. The tracking device was needed for the

landing location of the probe. As soon as the probe landed, Frotcom Slovenia

forwarded them coordinates and in no time the probe was found.

We already knew that Frotcom was a product out of this world, but finally we

have the proof! To watch a video of planet earth taken by this probe during the

journey in space, check out http://youtu.be/FD0Fn4X8EhQ.

Frotcom Cyprus mobile Service

Frotcom Cyprus has recently

personalized their service cars

to clearly transmit their

commitment that Frotcom will

provide full service to all

companies in Cyprus anywhere

at any time.

Next, on Roadmap

News and events,

more new Frotcom features

and tips will be presented.

This and more, so don’t miss

the next issue of Roadmap.

http://www.frotcom.com/

http://youtu.be/FD0Fn4X8EhQ

roadmap monthly newsletter - october 2011

Business

frotcom croatia team

foundation of frotcom

new certified partner

new frotcom certified

vehicle tracking system

company modus altera

new information

couple of vehicles