Transportation & Logistics

With access to real-time vehicle GPS data, Bolt Data can remotely monitor any organization's adherence to schedules, enabling commercial transportation management companies to understand where major variances to schedule exist and when SLAs with customers have been breached. GPS data is used to identify instances where vehicles speeds exceeding state-posted speed limits, enabling managers to monitor operator behavior. Commercial sensors installed inside public transportation vehicles monitored the cabin temperature, water intrusion and air quality to ensure onboard conditions remained safe for passengers. Similarly, climate-controlled shipping containers can be monitored for environmental stability. Finally, public transportation companies can enable a panic button to alert local authorities when an urgent response to passenger safety was required.

Managing planned maintenance across a large group of commercial vehicles with varying utilization and operating conditions presents a major challenge to transportation managers. Bolt Data can track vehicle utilization over time and automatically schedules preventative maintenance when utilization thresholds are achieved. Similarly, when interior cabin conditions trigger safety concerns (e.g., carbon monoxide), work orders can be automatically created and assigned to the appropriate technician. Because vehicle schedules can be managed on the same platform as Spoke AIOT, vehicle availability can be automatically updated to reflect planned maintenance; enabling managers to better coordinate resources and forecast service costs.

As public and private transportation contracts are stringently managed for compliance, commercial transportation and logistics management companies needs to provide logs for all routes delivered under such agreements. Using GPS data, Bolt Data can generate a route report that indicates each vehicle's position compared to the specified route with timestamps that demonstrate adherence to the contract terms.

Because customers have choices when selecting transportation and shipping services, commercial transportation and logistics management companies need to consider customer experience as much as service delivery. On time routes, monitored conditions, and embedded safety are a few things that influence customers’ decisions. Bolt Data can help commercial transportation and management companies monitor transportation equipment to ensure services are delivered as expected.