Vehicle Tracking, Fleet Management & Security Systems

STOIC COMPANY

The benefits provided by Skyline from Enigma Vehicle Systems Plc are being fully demonstrated by the use of the company’s Skyline GPS advanced tracking and security system at over 30 fleet-based businesses in Kenya.

At one of these businesses, Dial-a-Cab in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, a fleet of more than 30 cabs is managed via GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) by the owner, Mumbi Muriuki, from her office in the central business district of Nairobi. Installed like all the other fleet systems in the country by Stoic Company, the authorised Enigma agent in Kenya, the Skyline GSM technology is used by Mumbi Muriuki to access a host of information on the cab fleet at the touch of a button at her office or mobile on a laptop computer.

Once installed, the Skyline system captures information such as when car doors are opened, how long the car has stopped, and vehicle speed and location. As mobile GSM coverage is virtually seamless within Kenya, this is the method by which data is sent from the cab via Skyline to the servers hosted by Enigma which relay the information to fleet managers around Kenya. All a fleet manager like Mumbi Muriuki needs is access to the internet to track their vehicles and drivers' movements.

"This technology has brought big benefits to our company," said Mumbi Muriuki. "We now run our cars more efficiently and save on fuel. Drivers no longer need to return to base in the city centre after each trip - we can see where they are at any time and allocate work close to them. We've managed to drastically reduce the running costs of our vehicles and improved on the safety of our drivers and customers because we can remotely demobilise any car that's been hijacked."

It also enables fleet managers like Mumbi to create a geo-fenced area, for example, of the Nairobi district - beyond which her vehicles should not travel. Any car that breaches this boundary or speed limit or deviates from an agreed route automatically triggers an alert which is monitored by Mumbi or Stoic.

"Fleet companies running on our tracking system have gained a reputation for reliability and predictability from their clients," said Waweru Kimani, Joint Director of Stoic. "The days when drivers in Kenya would say to their Ugandan clients, “I'll deliver your goods in Kampala in the course of the day or within the next two days are gone. Now one can clearly see where the vehicle is, how fast it's travelling and work out when exactly it should arrive at its destination."

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