By Kirsten Wade
Trimble Navigation has launched Fleetworks, its fleet management system, in Australia. The official launch took place at the Future Logistics Living Lab at NICTA’s Sydney offices.
“FleetWorks has demonstrated significant operational performance improvements across Europe while advancing driver safety standards,” said Tom Scahill, business area director, ANZ, transport and logistics division, Trimble Navigation. “Typically, a fleet will see a return on their investment in Fleetworks after six months through cost savings achieved from a reduction in fuel usage and an increase in driver productivity.”
Trimble has also signed up to become a partner of the Future Logistics Living Lab Network, an initiative of SAP, NICTA and Fraunhofer, which encourages innovation in the logistics industry.
Stephen Reid, supply chain solutions, SAP said many of their customers in Europe and North America have successfully implemented Fleetworks with SAP Transportation Management.
“SAP and Trimble hope to emulate this success in Australia and New Zealand,” he said. “The integration capabilities have enabled near-to real-time communications between FleetWorks Mobile Data Terminals and SAP Transportation Management, providing status updates, GPS locating and Proof of Delivery to all relevant users of SAP.”
