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Bay municipal fleet management enters the digital age

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Editor: Maybe it would be fair to say “Remaining vehicles in municipal fleet!”

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s management of its fleet is on the precipice of getting a digital makeover with the recent appointment of Macrocomm, a fleet solutions company established in 2005.

Some of the benefits of this digitisation process is to enable the seamless tracking of fuel consumption, evaluate driver behaviour, curtail fraud and theft as well as to establish a data-driven management system of the institution’s fleet.

Newly appointed Member of the Mayoral Committee for Roads and Transport, Cllr Mokgethi Kabelo Mogatosi, welcomed the new-age solution and said the technological enhancement of management processes is important to garner opportunities brought about by the fourth industrial revolution.

“I am especially enthused by the service provider’s commitment that all the vehicles, currently operational, will all be tracked using this fleet management solution by the end of November.

“This means that we will be able to be 100% sure where every vehicle is, in real time, and who is behind the wheel.

“We are also getting rid of the fuel card system and will be using this technology to approve the refuelling of vehicles with live data available for management to take immediate action if and when something untoward happens.

“We have suffered serious reputational damage as a result of the misuse of the municipal fleet due to fraud, theft and adverse driver behaviour.

“We therefore asked management to come up with a solution. They had to come up with an innovative solution that represents a value for money proposition. I am happy that we achieved that, and I am sure that we will be able to iron out teething problems that might emerge as part of the implementation process,” MMC Mogatosi said.

The presentation by Macrocomm coincided with an October Transport Month oversight visit by MMC Mogatosi to the Deal Party Depot in Metcalfe Street. He engaged with employees and promised a return visit in the near future to report back to the workers.

The Macrocomm contract was awarded in September and all the preparatory work has now been concluded. The technology has been installed in more than 20 municipal vehicles already. We plan to complete the installation process by the end of next month.

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