roadmap monthly newsletter - june 2011

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Roadmap monthly newsletter

Editorial

he First Annual Frotcom Meeting took place last

May 26-28, near Lisbon, Portugal (see page 4).

We had the pleasure to gather for the first time

Frotcom Certified Partners from countries as

diverse as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone or Spain, to name

but a few.

The meeting was a great opportunity for everybody to share ideas and

experiences. Undoubtedly, some actions which prove successful in one country

can be repeated in other countries. But it is also sometimes the opposite.

Processes which are valid in one place are not necessarily valid elsewhere. That

is why having the opportunity to share experiences and their contexts and

discussing methodologies for marketing, sales, after sales and support was great

for giving everybody better tools to address their local markets.

Another highlight of the meeting was the presentation

of new features – some of which are being presented

already in this issue of Roadmap – and the planning of

the next features to be added to Frotcom in the near

future. It is clear that Frotcom is already benefiting

from input and feedback received from Clients and

Partners all over the world. Future releases will

continue to incorporate this feedback, therefore

bringing Frotcom closer and closer to the ideal vehicle

tracking and fleet management solution.

I know that the success of this first meeting is something we will want to repeat

in future editions. It will not be easy, because the standard was set very high.

In fact, we had hoped for a good meeting and for Partners to bond and work as

a team. In the end, I truly believe that we all went a little further: we were

looking for a team and we got a family.

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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June

2011

In this issue

New features

Frotcom TV

Improved Tracking

Online user guidelines

Case study

Deni Internacional Reducing costs

in international transport

News and events

Frotcom Annual Meeting One team moving forward!

This and much more…

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New Features

Frotcom TV

Frotcom TV is a whole

new experience. It creates a “TV-

like” environment in which main

news about the fleet (alarms,

arrivals and departures, etc.), but

also news of the “outside world”

are continuously displayed.

Because it requires no human intervention, Frotcom TV is ideal to be displayed

on an LCD or plasma monitor in a wall mount in the dispatch center or meeting

room.

Improved tracking

The new features related to tracking on Maps were developed to facilitate the

visualization and analysis of the vehicles’ tracking data. These features include:

multiple tracking, clustering, street view (this feature is not available in Bing

maps, only Google maps), improved movie, new vehicle icons, visually

identifiable trips and additional changes to user interface (“facelift”).

Online user guidelines

These guidelines are mostly targeted at

inexperienced users of Frotcom – including

users of the free trials.

The tools that facilitate the adaptation of

new users to the interface are the mouse

indicators and the online help.

Did you know?

10 facts about

Road Safety

1. More than 1.2 million people die

in road traffic crashes every year.

2. As many as 50 million people are

injured or disabled by road traffic

crashes every year.

3. Half of all crash victims are

vulnerable road users such as

pedestrians, cyclists, and

motorcyclists.

4. Road traffic crashes cost countries

up to 4% of their Gross National

Product.

5. Correctly used seat-belts reduce

the risk of death in a crash by 61%.

6. Mandatory use of child restraints

can reduce child deaths by 35%.

7. Helmets reduce fatal and serious

head injuries by up to 45%.

8. Enforcing a drinking and driving

law around the world could reduce

alcohol-related crashes by 20%.

9. For every 1km/h reduction in

average speed, there is a 2%

reduction in the number of

crashes.

10. Simple low-cost engineering

measures are saving thousands of

lives.

Source:

World Health Organization-http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.who.int/en/


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Case Study

Deni Internacional

Reducing costs in international transport

Deni Internacional is a Macedonian company, founded in 1991, as an enterprise

specialized in organizing the international transport of goods. Since then, it has

evolved significantly, with a current number of 38 vehicles meant both for

international transport and local distribution of different types of goods

(palletized, non-palletized, dangerous ADR materials). The company’s growth

can also be seen in the current number of employees, 120, who are highly

trained to conduct their tasks in a professional manner and to meet the clients’

expectations constantly.

The main focus of Deni Internacional

is the collective transport from and

to all destinations in Europe, but

they also offer services for individual

transport. Moreover, the company

has a long term successful

cooperation with leading transport and logistics companies in the world and a

24 hours communication with the vehicles no matter their location.

The organization also disposes of a public customs warehouse, customs

terminal, forwarding services, provision of complete warehouse storage

materials, forklifts and cleaning machines and a Gas station - Autohof 00.

According to Mr. Straso Jakimovski and Mr. Toni Krkacev, respectively CEO and

Transport and Logistics Manager at Deni International, “We implemented

Frotcom to reduce costs and make our business more efficient and the system

has undoubtedly helped us do that. We could see almost immediately a

substantial reduction in fuel consumption. In addition, we now also benefit from

a considerable decrease in communication costs by using Frotcom’s integrated

navigation module”.

ROADMAP congratulates Dragan Kostovski and the Frotcom Macedonia team for this successful project.

Tip of the month

Frotcom TV

RSS news sources

Frotcom TV can show news from one or

more external sources. Any URL

containing an RSS source will be usable

(RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication

and is a standard for channeling news-type

messages from a server to other

computers/applications). An example

could be the CNN Global news:

http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss

You can look for other news sources, for

instance by googling “RSS news

sources”. You can choose RSS sources

from your own country or city, when

available.

To add a new RSS news source to

Frotcom TV, go to Administration > My

profile > Frotcom TV tab and press the

Add RSS button located to the right of

the News sources table:

The following window will pop up:

Enter a name for your news source and

enter a valid RSS URL. Press Save. If the

URL is valid, the news site will be added

to the list.

Note: Please have in mind that if your

computer’s screensaver is active, it will

superimpose to Frotcom TV. If you wish

to avoid that, remove your computer’s

screensaver.

http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition.rss

http://www.deniint.com.mk/


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News and events

Frotcom Annual Meeting 2011

On May 26-28, Frotcom International held the 2011 Annual Meeting, at the

Hotel Melia Aldeia dos Capuchos Golf and Spa, on the Caparica Coast, about 20

km south of Lisbon, Portugal.

This event was organized for Frotcom

Certified Partners around the world, with the

aim of learning, sharing, collaborating and

acting on all the issues facing Frotcom´s

business.

The agenda of the meeting was designed to

facilitate debate, encourage ideas and share

information in order to create a common

understanding and drive towards actionable

goals. It covered the main topics of interest

related to the Frotcom business, such as

facts and figures, the announcement of new

features, topics related to marketing

experiences which offered a wide

perspective on what could be the best

Frotcom marketing practices.

Apart from this, on the last day of the event,

the Golf Putting Tournament turned out to

be a delightful experience bringing together

the Frotcom Team in a sportful and cheerful

atmosphere.

According to the feedback of all the participants, the 2011 Annual Meeting was a

success, standing as a source of motivation and inspiration for upcoming

projects and challenges. One team moving forward!

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.

One team moving forward!

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