Digital fleet management includes the monitoring, analysis and management of commercial vehicles using telematics systems in order to optimise costs, efficiency, safety and compliance. Vehicle data is collected and analysed in near real time and used to support decision-making and to enable automated processes.
At a glance
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Transparency
Keep track of all relevant vehicle data, driving times and location information in near real time, for data-driven decisions in day-to-day operations.
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Cost control
Transparency regarding consumption, refuelling and charging activities, as well as administrative processes, helps support the informed optimisation of your total operating costs.
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Vehicle uptime
Proactive maintenance and digital service processes can help increase the availability of your fleet.
Digital logistics for your business success
Fleet and vehicle management are becoming increasingly complex, while cost pressure continues to rise. MAN offers a digital ecosystem designed to deliver comprehensive connectivity and greater efficiency across your MAN fleet. Relevant vehicle data is transmitted via telematics, centrally consolidated and clearly displayed on an intuitive platform. This gives you access to your vehicle data in near real time, allowing you to manage your fleet efficiently and based on data-driven insights.
Digital fleet management with MAN
With MAN DigitalServices [fleet-management-availability] and the appropriate telematics box as a connectivity hub, you can establish a sound foundation for modern digital fleet management for your MAN fleet. You gain access to a digital ecosystem that supports compliance requirements, such as driving times and tachograph data downloads, as well as the transition to e-mobility, including charging planning and the integration of workshop and service processes.
This enables fleet managers and operators to maintain an overview of TCO and efficiency while optimising their fleet using data-driven, user-friendly tools. Fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers all benefit from targeted support in their day-to-day operations.
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- Overview
- Data & analysis
- Cost management
- Route & charging planning
- Service & maintenance management
Data & analysis
By analysing vehicle data as well as driving and rest times in near real time, you can identify inefficient driving behaviour, promote eco-driving in a targeted manner and optimise your operational planning. Automatically downloaded tachograph data also helps ensure compliance. This transforms complex volumes of data into a solid basis for informed decision-making and greater fleet efficiency.
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Cost management
Keep track of refuelling and charging costs at all times. Transparent overviews and simplified processing make it easier to control operating costs while reducing administrative effort.
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Route & charging planning
Monitor vehicle locations and geofences in near real time. With our solutions for your electric vehicles, you can plan routes with integrated charging stops and range forecasts. In addition, you can conveniently control depot charging management remotely.
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Service & maintenance management
Minimise unplanned downtime by connecting your vehicles with the workshop and through proactive maintenance management. By analysing maintenance and wear data as well as fault messages, maintenance requirements can be efficiently combined and service appointments planned at an early stage. Combined with our service contracts, this not only helps secure the availability of your fleet, but also retain its value in the long term.
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Fleet management challenges, and how MAN helps solve them
Transparency as the key to success
Modern fleets generate huge amounts of data every day: location data, consumption values, driving behaviour, tachograph data and driving times. Without structured fleet digitalisation, this quickly becomes a daunting mountain of data rather than a valuable basis for decision-making.
Digital services can be booked and used flexibly. Here’s how it works: A telematics box in the vehicle transmits relevant operating and driving data to the cloud-based RIO platform. There, the information is processed and clearly displayed for users.
This provides actionable insights, for example for vehicle monitoring, reducing consumption and promoting eco-driving. As a result, you can make data-driven decisions, improve fleet efficiency and increase profitability.
Theoretical scenario: "Invisible waste"
A fleet manager notices rising fuel costs but cannot identify a clear cause. Standardised data collection and analysis reveal inefficient driving behaviour, excessive idling and unfavourable shifting points. After targeted driver coaching and route optimisation, consumption decreases measurably and the success of these measures can be demonstrated transparently.
Actively manage operating costs
Fleet management also means cost management. Fuel, charging, service, administration – without digital support, managing TCO becomes guesswork.
With MAN SimplePay, you can centrally monitor costs related to refuelling, charging and vehicle-related services. Transactions from digitally stored fuel and charging cards are consolidated clearly within one platform, enabling structured and transparent cost control. MAN SimplePay helps you systematically evaluate operating costs incurred on the road while simplifying administrative processes.
Data-based analysis services such as Perform help actively reduce fuel and energy costs. Digital maintenance management with MAN ServiceCare can also help reduce unplanned downtime and the associated costs.
Theoretical scenario: "Efficient processes and greater transparency"
With MAN SimplePay, transaction data from digitally stored fuel and charging cards is centrally processed on one platform. This establishes the transparency required to simplify cost control. At selected acceptance points, drivers no longer need to go to the checkout, as refuelling and parking transactions can be handled directly through the MAN Driver App.
Optimised logistics
Whether dealing with traffic jams or charging and delivery windows: route optimisation for trucks is no longer just a matter of finding the "shortest route". eTruck charging planning must also take into account range, charging capacity and charging station availability.
Theoretical scenario: "The stress-free e-route"
A logistics manager is hesitant to switch to eTrucks due to concerns that charging stops could result in missed delivery deadlines.
Route planning is enhanced with parameters such as battery level, topography, weather conditions and charging station locations. The result: reliable delivery performance, reduced range anxiety and a clear path in the transition to electric mobility.
Minimise downtime
A vehicle that is standing still generates costs rather than revenue. When maintenance is only carried out long after it is due, this quickly leads to unplanned downtime, scheduling conflicts and additional pressure in day-to-day operations. At the same time, the risk of breakdowns and costly repairs increases if the fleet is not maintained optimally.
Digital maintenance management, analysis of vehicle fault messages and proactive workshop planning through MAN ServiceCare help reduce the risk of unplanned downtime and breakdowns. At the same time, vehicle availability can be improved.
Theoretical scenario: "Optimised maintenance strategy"
A transport company reduced downtime by scheduling maintenance based on transmitted vehicle and maintenance data and by combining service appointments. Additional upcoming work and the necessary measures identified from analysed fault messages were scheduled and carried out at the same time, eliminating the need for additional workshop visits.
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FAQs concerning fleet management with MAN
The digital fleet management solutions are designed for MAN fleets. Through APIs, data can often be integrated into your own systems, allowing you to keep track of your entire fleet.
Digital fleet management supports e-mobility through range forecasting, charging planning and the integration of charging infrastructure. This makes it possible to analyse operating profiles, identify suitable routes for electric vehicles and optimally integrate charging windows into routes and rest periods.