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3 ways to manage the surge in fuel prices

While fuel prices have always been a sore subject, due to recent events surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s become a pain point for many. Fuel prices have since spiked, leaving everybody with a question if, when and by how much will the prices come back down. And although frustration and denial may be part of the road to acceptance, we believe in focusing on the solution. In this article we discuss how smart and fact-based fuel management can help your team use fuel more effectively and give you more control over your expenses now and in the future.

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How to start using digital tachograph download and analysis tools?

A connection between a Mapon Expert device, a digital tachograph and a long haul truck.

Tachograph download and analysis tools became relevant after 2006, when digital tachographs gained wide recognition in the world, marking a whole new era in the road transportation sector. Since then, fleet managers have realized the importance of having precise and easily accessible data that can lead to smarter business decisions.

Predictive analytics and accurate reporting based on digital tachograph data are the main factors that can improve your fleet efficiency and safety on the road. However, there are various kinds of digital tachograph software that can be used for downloading and analyzing the incoming data, depending on the size of your fleet and business necessities. In this article, we’ll go over the main factors that can help you with digital tachograph data download and analysis. gained wide recognitionPredictive analytics and accurate reporting based on digital tachograph data are the main factors that can improve your fleet efficiency and safety on the road. However, there are various tools that can be used for downloading and analysing the incoming data, depending on the size of your fleet and business necessities. In this article, we’ll go over the main factors that can help you with digital tachograph data download and analysis. gained wide recognition

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Mapon Expert – an advanced telemetry device for effective fleet management

When Mapon started out, it was common for fleet management service providers to develop their own hardware, as very few mass market tracking devices were available at the time. While years have passed and telemetry hardware is now widely available, Mapon is still developing its own hardware units in parallel to using mass market products. 

In-house made hardware allows us to build on our original design by simply upgrading the firmware (and software) as we go. To give you an idea of the latest changes in our firmware development, take a look at what the latest upgrade has brought to our Mapon Expert GPS tracking device.

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Empty cargos and climate goals – Europe in contradictions

Mobility Package provisions contradicting Europe's climate goals

Just a while ago the Vice-President of European Parliament Roberts Zīle started a conversation on Twitter stating that after a year of debate the Mobility Package provisions contradicting Europe’s climate goals still haven’t been resolved. Meanwhile, the results of a study conducted by independent experts from the European Commission (EC) estimate that an additional 2.9 million tonnes of CO2 emissions will be generated in 2023 as a result of complying with these rules. What’s even more interesting – there is still no answer as to why this situation arose and how to resolve it.

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Rentaltech: Mapon is a very intuitive and user-friendly platform with a very robust alerts module

Mapon has a large network of clients and partners – that’s why we invited our partner Jorge A. Pardo, CEO of Rentaltech, to talk about his experience with Mapon.

Jorge is an expert in security and specialises in offering different field-related services, as well as providing rental companies with technological products, such as license plate duplication, RFID solutions and others.

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Driving forces for telematics in 2022

For a couple of years now we’ve shared our insights into where we believe the next year will take us. And it’s not really guessing as much as taking a step back to look at the big picture of what’s happening. We’re happy to see our train of thought has come close to where we are today and on that positive note – share how we see the telematics sector unravelling in 2022!

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How to automate toll paying in Hungary via e-track?

With integrations you can join functionalities of different systems you use, therefore increasing the capabilities of each system and making working with them more convenient. It allows you to save your time because instead of inputting data in two places, you can simply do it once. Instead of switching between systems, you can just open one. And so on. That’s why we’re offering our clients the opportunity to use the Mapon platform’s integrations with the leading transportation and logistics industry IT systems and digital tools. 

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3 ways of using telematics solutions to ease wage calculation

You may have heard about a multitude of reasons as to why telematics solutions can benefit your business. Anything from tracking your assets and vehicles, fuel usage and expenses to making your fleet more efficient over time. However, we find that there are still very practical yet often overlooked benefits to be gained. In this article, we’ll discuss how data collected using telematics can be useful to calculate your employee’s wage in a matter of minutes.

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