Roadmap monthly newsletter - June 2011

June
2011

Roadmap monthly newsletter In this issue
New features
Frotcom TV
Editorial Improved Tracking
Online user guidelines

T
he First Annual Frotcom Meeting took place last
May 26-28, near Lisbon, Portugal (see page 4).
Case study
We had the pleasure to gather for the first time
Deni Internacional
Frotcom Certified Partners from countries as
Reducing costs
diverse as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone or Spain, to name in international transport
but a few.

The meeting was a great opportunity for everybody to share ideas and News and events
experiences. Undoubtedly, some actions which prove successful in one country Frotcom Annual Meeting
One team moving forward!
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
This and much more…
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 roadmap@frotcom.com.
Roadmap Monthly Newsletter | roadmap@frotcom.com | Tel + 351 214 135 670 | Fax +351 214 135 678
Frotcom vehicle tracking system | www.frotcom.com

Angola |Belgium | Brazil | Bulgaria | Cameroon | Cyprus | D. R. Congo | Greece | Kenya | Luxemburg | Macedonia | Madagascar | Mauritius |
Morocco | Portugal | Reunion Islands | Romania | Rwanda | Senegal | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Slovenia | Spain | Tanzania | Uganda

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Did you know?

10 facts about
New Features Road Safety
Frotcom TV

Frotcom TV is a whole
new experience. It creates a “TV-
like” environment in which main
news about the fleet (alarms, 1. More than 1.2 million people die
arrivals and departures, etc.), but in road traffic crashes every year.
also news of the “outside world”
2. As many as 50 million people are
are continuously displayed.
injured or disabled by road traffic
Because it requires no human intervention, Frotcom TV is ideal to be displayed
crashes every year.
on an LCD or plasma monitor in a wall mount in the dispatch center or meeting
room. 3. Half of all crash victims are
vulnerable road users such as
Improved tracking pedestrians, cyclists, and
motorcyclists.
The new features related to tracking on Maps were developed to facilitate the
visualization and analysis of the vehicles’ tracking data. These features include: 4. Road traffic crashes cost countries
multiple tracking, clustering, street view (this feature is not available in Bing up to 4% of their Gross National
maps, only Google maps), improved movie, new vehicle icons, visually Product.
identifiable trips and additional changes to user interface (“facelift”).
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%.
Online user guidelines 9. For every 1km/h reduction in
These guidelines are mostly targeted at average speed, there is a 2%
inexperienced users of Frotcom – including reduction in the number of
users of the free trials. crashes.

The tools that facilitate the adaptation of 10. Simple low-cost engineering
new users to the interface are the mouse measures are saving thousands of
indicators and the online help. lives.

Roadmap Monthly Newsletter | roadmap@frotcom.com | Tel + 351 214 135 670 | Fax +351 214 135 678 Source:
World Health Organization-http://www.who.int/en/

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Tip of the month
Frotcom TV
Case Study
RSS news sources
Deni Internacional
Frotcom TV can show news from one or
Reducing costs in international transport 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
Deni Internacional is a Macedonian company, founded in 1991, as an enterprise
instance by googling “RSS news
specialized in organizing the international transport of goods. Since then, it has
sources”. You can choose RSS sources
evolved significantly, with a current number of 38 vehicles meant both for
from your own country or city, when
international transport and local distribution of different types of goods
available.
(palletized, non-palletized, dangerous ADR materials). The company’s growth
can also be seen in the current number of employees, 120, who are highly To add a new RSS news source to
trained to conduct their tasks in a professional manner and to meet the clients’
Frotcom TV, go to Administration > My
expectations constantly.
profile > Frotcom TV tab and press the
The main focus of Deni Internacional Add RSS button located to the right of
is the collective transport from and the News sources table:
to all destinations in Europe, but
they also offer services for individual
transport. Moreover, the company The following window will pop up:
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. Enter a name for your news source and
enter a valid RSS URL. Press Save. If the
According to Mr. Straso Jakimovski and Mr. Toni Krkacev, respectively CEO and
URL is valid, the news site will be added
Transport and Logistics Manager at Deni International, “We implemented
Frotcom to reduce costs and make our business more efficient and the system to the list.
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 Note: Please have in mind that if your
navigation module”. computer’s screensaver is active, it will
superimpose to Frotcom TV. If you wish
ROADMAP congratulates Dragan Kostovski and the Frotcom Macedonia team
for this successful project. to avoid that, remove your computer’s
screensaver.


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News and events
Next, on Roadmap
Frotcom Annual Meeting 2011
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!
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!


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