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At the beginning of this year, a local business owner approached Mapon for a consultation on digital tachograph rule compliance matters and how telematics solutions could help his business in the future. The situation was this – he at that moment was dealing with a court case threatening to revoke his license due to tachograph rule violations. While this is a common occurrence, it’s also easily avoidable. From reminders and basic tachograph data downloads to smart analysis tools that will do the thinking for you, introducing telematics solutions in your fleet might be the answer you’re looking for.  There are several regulations issued at the EU level and even additional ones on the national level that concern tachograph follow-up matters, the most widely-known being Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and now – the Mobility package. And while these laws, amendments and explanations are widely available, it’s almost impossible to follow-up with every detail, if you choose to do it yourself. In this article we’ll introduce you to Mapon solutions that can help manage your fleet’s tachograph data and make sure you always stay in line with EU rules and regulations.

The growth of the global online retail business has increased the workload for transportation and delivery services, pushing them to look for technology that would help to manage business more efficiently. Route planning and optimisation is one of the solutions that companies seek for and there’s a good reason for that – according to Logistics Bureau, organisations that focus on the supply chain and delivery process optimisation can deliver more while saving up to 15% of the operational costs.

Integrations allow you to view all the data about your fleet in one platform which makes managing your drivers and vehicles easier. That’s why we continuously work on creating new integrations between Mapon and the most popular digital logistics solutions and telematics devices.

According to ABI, global fleet telematics subscriptions are expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 19% from 2019 to 2024. As demand and competition intensifies, it’s increasingly important for any GPS tracking business out there to grow in what they have to offer. One of the ways is to form lasting partnerships with other fleet management solution providers that will bring you the expertise, support and help boost your business. How to find the right fit for your GPS tracking business? Stay with us to find out.

At the beginning of this year, we reached an important milestone of having 100 000 tracking devices connected to the Mapon platform. Our partner Tracksys from Norway was the one who connected the 100 000th device, so we decided to invite the company CTO Frank Strand to a conversation about his experience in the telematics business, the importance of building partnerships and the changes the pandemic has brought to the market.

Vaccination for COVID-19 is a large project that requires a solid strategy and use of technology to be successful. Currently, a lot of countries are struggling with executing their vaccination plans, especially bottlenecks in the process of vaccine delivery. When the first vaccines were registered, many people were surprised by the fact that they must be delivered at certain temperatures – they didn’t know that logistics companies have been delivering temperature-sensitive cargos for decades and already had all the necessary tools and technology in place to do the job right away. So what is the problem with deliveries then? We’ll look at some of the challenges and delivery process aspects in this blog post.

Providing accurate and clear fleet data to our clients is our main objective. However, making sure that it’s done securely is just as important. That’s why we’ve always taken information protection very seriously and have continuously implemented different security measures.

Mapon platform includes a wide range of fleet management solutions – from software to telematics devices. Now, we broaden our tracking solution offer by starting a cooperation with the world’s leading service provider for the Internet of Things (IoT) Sigfox that grants secure and sustainable asset tracking.

In 2017 we set a very ambitious goal for us at the time – to connect 100 000 telematics devices on the Mapon platform by the end of 2020. Back then, Mapon was still mostly a local company with around 40 thousand connected devices since 2006.