Teletrac’s newest integrated telematics offering, Fleet Director 8, is said to allow users a quicker, more intuitive grasp of vehicle location, routing, traffic status and fleet operations than ever before. Working through any Web browser, Teletrac employs the latest Microsoft Silverlight and BING mapping technologies to serve up advanced satellite maps, 2D- and 3D-perspective road maps, users’ own familiar landmarks, and live traffic information in real time. As a result, the company says fleet managers, dispatchers and drivers in fleets of all sizes gain a complete understanding of operations at a glance.

Teletrac, a telematics provider for more than 20 years, says Fleet Director 8 technology also offers a user-friendly and customizable layout and easily recognizable icons. Users have flexibility for displaying multiple map views and data, and can customize window sizes and screen positions on the fly, allowing dispatchers to view whatever information is most productive at a given moment.

It delivers cost-saving efficiencies such as real-time vehicle monitoring and tracking from the desktop, automatic route optimization and detailed reporting for advanced decision support and efficient regulatory compliance.

Fleet Director combines SmartNav turn-by-turn navigation, satellite mapping, real-time traffic information, stolen-vehicle tracking and comprehensive reporting tools used to monitor mileage, vehicle use and alert managers to unauthorized use and unsafe driving behaviour.

Its hours-of-service capability allows users to fully automate the entry, recording, completion and storage of all required information needed for logbooks. A total of 16 standard reports are available along with eight HOS-specific reports.