Making the most of Satellite Navigation and Tracking Integration with your Business System.

Making the most of Satellite Navigation and Tracking

Integration with your Business System

Agenda Why integrate Navigation with your

Business System»Drive Assist recap

»Integrated features and benefits Introduction to ALK’s Corporate Mobility

Solutions»CoPilot Live Professional

»FleetCenter How to Integrate

»CoPilot Live Professional SDK and API Set

Agenda Why integrate Navigation with your

Business System»Drive Assist recap

»Integrated features and benefits

Reference Case Study The new combined functionality provides

»Call address details start CoPilot with route

»Calculated ETA sent back to enterprise system or to customer via canned text message

»Location data sent back with job status messages

»Support for multiple job route optimization

»Call mileage logging

»Asset location tagging

»Request assistance button

Solution Benefits 75% reduction in delivery paperwork 3.6M mile reduction in fleet mileage Improved stock utilization / reduction in fleet

purchases Nationwide delivery time reduced to two hours Improved lone worker health and safety Reduced fuel consumption / environmental benefits Enhanced productivity Increased data security

Pre Implementation

Customer Calls Call Centre

Central Reservations allocates the job to

regional depot

Regional depot allocates Job, paperwork and

directionsto driver

Regional depot allocates suitable vehicle

to the Job

Car is inspected by driver

Driver delivers car,completes paperwork

with customer

Driver and customer inspect vehicle.

Driver returns to depot

Vehicle inspection paper work

stored in filing system

Rental detail manually entered back into VHMS Customer Calls Call Centre

Job and vehicle allocated and ‘pushed’ to

drivers Handheld device

Driver collects and inspectsvehicle using Hand held device. Data sent back to VHMS

Handheld navigates driver to customer

Driver uses Handheld to inspect vehicle with

customer

Customer signs screen. Job details

sent back to VMS

Driver gets next job on Handheld

Post Implementation

Process Improvements

Agenda Introduction to ALK’s Corporate

Mobility Solutions»CoPilot Live Professional

»FleetCenter

Navigation, Communication, Management Traffic information, multi-

stop routes with optimisation

GPRS

Message and itinerary updates from dispatcher to mobile device

GPRS

Easy destination entry, detailed routing, multiple views

GPS

Vehicle and device tracking, communication, and fleet managementGPRS

Solution Components Hardware

»Windows Based Computing Device»Map Data Storage»GPS Receiver

Content»Map Data»Real-Time Traffic»Vehicle Metadata (tracking)»Speech Engine»UK Safety Camera Database

Communications»Real-Time Traffic»Vehicle Tracking & Messaging»Backend Business System Integration

Integration with Tracking & Fleet Management Fully integrated satellite navigation, vehicle

tracking, and fleet management»Real-time multiple vehicle/device tracking

»2-way fleet messaging

»Over-the-air job despatch and remote itinerary updates

Advanced features for increased control»Customer tracking invitations

»Find nearest vehicle

»Real-time exception reporting

»Historical reports for review and audit

CoPilot Live │FleetCenter System Architecture

GATEWAY

Gateway Service

Storage App

SQL SERVER

Storage

MAP SERVER WEB SERVER

Map Service FleetCommander.NET Application

CoPilot Pro PPC

CoPilot Pro SP

Manager

Dispatcher

Data Center

XML Web Service

CoPilot Live │FleetCenter– Gumball

Agenda How to Integrate

»CoPilot Live Professional SDK and API Set

SDK Overview Allows you to leverage CoPilot’s real time

navigation and messaging functionality from within your application

CoPilot and your application can be on the same or separate machines

Simple and straightforward integration options »Remote Control - controlling CoPilot via simple API

calls

»Server Configuration - integrating navigation functions into your product

SDK Integration – Remote Control Send a request to CoPilot, responses are

received asynchronously through the use of callbacks or through a queuing mechanism

CoPilot SDK allows you to control CoPilot Live in a request/response paradigm»Send text messages, trip itineraries»Modify window states (show/hide, etc.)»Modify the size, pan/zoom, position, and z-

order»Get/Set languages, routing profiles, etc

SDK Integration – Server Configuration CoPilot runs in a separate hidden

background Via a post/subscribe mechanism receive

real time data updates as they become available:»Guidance maps showing location, route,

surrounding streets, etc..

»Turn instructions: street name, cross street, turn types

»Turn distances: next turn, 2nd turn, ETA, etc.

SDK Details Provides platform, location and network

independence»Any SDK enabled version of CoPilot (laptop,

PPC)»Messaging based on TCP/IP»Local or Remote operation

Supported compilers»Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003»Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0»Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0

SDK APIs – Sample Set

Thank You!Contacting ALK (www.alk.eu.com)

Chris Quin – 0207 492 2958, [email protected]