Improving rental fleet management software
Rental car companies buy millions of vehicles annually, making them a valuable customer segment for automakers. Providing connected vehicle services that allow rental businesses to manage their vehicle fleets more efficiently will make them more likely to purchase an OEM’s brand of vehicles.
Sonatus Collector and Automator provide OEMs the ability to provide connected services to car rental companies to improve their fleet management operations. Collector and Automator’s powerful in-vehicle and cloud-based software allows car rental businesses to automate and streamline many of the fleet management tasks that help to protect their investment in the vehicles and maximize their uptime.
Here are some of the ways Sonatus Automator and Collector can enhance fleet management and car rental software systems to help rental businesses get the most out of their vehicle fleet.
Reduce costs and optimize the rental process with remote diagnostics for quick vehicle turnaround
Through Collector’s cloud-based software and intuitive interface, OEMs can offer fleet operators easy customization of data collection policies to automatically and proactively collect vehicle diagnostic data whenever error codes are generated within their fleet. Getting timely visibility into vehicle health and potential faults can reduce costs by ensuring vehicles are always well maintained and ensure quick turnaround on repairs when needed.
- Deploy error code triggered diagnostic data collection policy fleet-wide
- Analyze error-triggered data uploads from one or more cars from a centralized platform
- Determine resolution and order parts if needed
- Alert technicians and manage the schedule for upcoming repairs
By proactively collecting the diagnostic data, fleet operators are able to ensure a quick service turnaround that gets their vehicles ready for rental again.
Monitoring vehicles for rental contract compliance
Collector also empowers fleet operators to effectively manage compliance with rental contracts using policies to monitor for a wide variety of driving behavior. Data gathered through Collector can be integrated into existing rental fleet management software in order to monitor customers’ usage , such as the following:
- Define geofences for GPS tracking to restrict where cars and equipment can be driven
- Set thresholds to get alerted on instances of excessive speeding
- Detect instances of harsh driving and road incidents
Monitoring where and how their vehicles are driven allows rental fleet operators to keep track of and prevent misuse, which in turn results in better insurance coverage and a more profitable rental business.
Automated vehicle testing streamlines vehicle maintenance
Automator allows fleet operators configure automation routines to automatically test essential vehicle functions such as door lock/unlock, electronic windows, HVAC, as well as automate the process of checking for various charge, fuel, oil and fluid levels and more:
- Deploy Automator policies to automate testing of key vehicle functions
- Configure policies to run when vehicles are idle in the fleet lot or depot
- Tend to vehicles that require fixes or routine maintenance such as refills
Automator’s test routines allow rental fleet operators to keep their vehicles in excellent driving condition very efficiently and at low costs.
Value-added services enhance OEMs’ value proposition to rental companies
Rental fleet operators are a valuable customer segment for automakers. Sonatus Collector and Automator give OEMs an edge when competing for those sales by enabling fleet companies to improve operational efficiency and lower costs.
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