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UP CLOSE Fleet Management Software CHEVIN FLEET SOLUTIONS www.chevinfeet.com Chevin Fleet Solutions is an award-winning provider of fexible enterprise feet management solutions for both the public and private sectors, helping organizations around the world to operate more efciently while reducing cost. In 2001, Chevin launched FleetWave��, a Web-based feet-management information system that utilizes cutting-edge technologies to provide comprehensive feet management capabilities for all sizes of feet operations. In early 2012, Chevin released its latest Management Reporting Suite (MRS), designed to further enhance the comprehensive capabilities already provided by the FleetWave�� system. Agencies that oversee large quantities of vehicles and equipment often struggle to glean meaningful analytics from disparate feet operational data, wasting precious time and resources in the process. In addition, this complex data must be continually updated to refect the constant changes in organizational policies and directives regarding feet spending, utilization, and compliance. Ron Katz, VP of North American Sales for Chevin, pointed out the lack of summarized data used for fnancial forecasting and recognizing historical trends often afects an organization���s ability to understand the variances across regions, divisions, or individual departments. ���Unable to combine essential operating data into a single cohesive view, decision makers have difculty interpreting the data and/or making meaningful decisions from it. As a direct result, organizations struggle to provide key decision makers with actionable information that can be used to drive improved performance,��� Katz said. Te MRS automatically aggregates data in real time and provides graphical summarized data directly to the desktop, allowing feet management personnel to easily drill down and interrogate the data to the most basic level. In addition, the MRS features a comprehensive suite of reporting options that can be confgured to meet client-specifc 46 Police Fleet Manager Jan-Feb 2013 requirements for displaying the information via an internal interface or a read-only Web interface that can be shared with authorized users only. Te MRS was developed to promote tangible improvements in a number of key business areas that include sustainability, mobility, fuel, CO2 reduction, and total cost of ownership. Te MRS provides feet managers with up-to-the-minute information that relates to any series of sustainability and key performance metrics. Te system can be confgured to report on a number of mobility-related key performance indicators, allowing feet managers to make informed decisions regarding mobility strategies. Fuel data is automatically collated and analyzed, presented in charts and graphs with drill-down functionality, and readily accessed by authorized personnel for informed decision-making. Te MRS can be confgured to track CO2 emissions relating to vehicle type and specifc vehicle/driver for easy identifcation of worst ofending factors to facilitate preventative action. Cost of feet operations is automatically calculated in an easy-to-read format, helping organizations to become more efcient by reducing cost. Katz said for organizations seeking to improve process, gain ongoing feet efciencies within their operations, and make sound business decisions based on the quality and relevance of the reams of data that is available, Chevin���s Management Reporting Suite provides real-time actionable intelligence over unlimited feet data points.�����With the ability to be accessed by feet managers from anywhere at any time, gaining visibility over disparate feet operating data has never been easier.��� �� FASTER ASSET SOLUTIONS www.fasterasset.com VIDEO ON DEMAND to manage their feets. It is an ongoing process of listening to our customers��� needs and refning our technology so it can play a key role in their success.����� Scan the code above for more information. A QR reader app will need to be downloaded to your device. p��� FASTER Asset Solutions is available in both Web and Windows platforms. Photo courtesy of FASTER Asset Solutions. FASTER ASSET SOLUTIONS www.fasterasset.com Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., FASTER Asset Solutions is an employeeowned computer and feet services company with over 28 years of experience providing feet management solutions. With over 350 customers nationwide, FASTER ofers solutions for both Web and Windows platforms. Teir newest FMIS product, FASTER Web was introduced in 2009 and provides fully featured comprehensive capabilities in the areas of asset management, parts inventory and tracking management, maintenance and labor tracking, fuel management, and accounting and billing tracking. FASTER Web can integrate with any system via traditional fat-fle integration, as well as achieve more robust integration through a suite of Web services, which are available as add-on modules to the core product. Te FASTER Web system design supports full life-cycle asset management that includes best-practice business process functions, and is highly confgurable to meet the complex needs of feet divisions. Featuring a system architecture designed for multiple business units, it allows for divergent processes, separate data, and individualized security for each entity. Geared toward organizations that require the benefts of a browser-based client that can be remotely accessed with any wirelessenabled device, FASTER Web features a robust, role-based security model that allows access to the system when a valid user name and password is provided. Te user name is associated to a role, which contains specifc