Fleet management for refrigerated transport
In temperature-controlled transport, the round only holds if the truck runs. Fleet management software steers the vehicle side: availability, preventive maintenance, technical alerts, idle time and document due dates, so that the constraint of the cold chain is never doubled by a breakdown.
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Three facts that matter in refrigerated transport
- Around 40 OBD/CAN signals reported from the truck, each with its threshold and its alert routing.
- Maintenance plans by category: fluids, brakes, battery, engine, tires, with due dates per vehicle.
- Up to -40 % of the time spent on servicing and -70 % on producing reports.
What goes wrong on a refrigerated fleet
- Downtime costs twice. The truck does not run and the goods have to be transferred urgently to another vehicle.
- Due dates are many and scattered. Roadworthiness test, insurance, equipment documents: each lives in a different binder.
- Idle time is not documented. Nobody knows how long the vehicle stayed at the dock, or why the round slipped.
What Dadycar tracks on your trucks
Dadycar steers the vehicle, not the refrigerated body. Here is what the application actually tracks.
Fleet availability
The dashboard tracks the availability rate, the vehicles off the road and the total cost of ownership per vehicle.
Preventive servicing of the truck
Maintenance plans by category and scheduled maintenance reminders, with the garage or provider attached.
Technical alerts with adjustable thresholds
Battery, engine warning light, fault codes, engine temperatures, tire pressure for each wheel: the signal comes up before the vehicle stops.
Trips and idle time
Trip history and the idle-time-in-zone signal, to put figures on waits at the dock and on round slippage.
Geofencing of platforms
Depot, platform and delivery point zones, with time slots set for each site.
Documents and due dates
Documents attached to the vehicle with an expiry date, roadworthiness test due dates and reminders assigned to an owner.
How it works
- 1Import the fleet. Rigid trucks, tractor units and vans receive their contract, their driver and the site they belong to.
- 2Connect and set it up. A GPS-OBD device or a connected OEM vehicle, maintenance plans and due date reminders.
- 3Steer by the gaps. Downtime, alerts and delays come up in the dashboard; the trips document the real activity.
Who it is for
- Transport and logistics: mixed fleets of vans and heavy goods vehicles, daily rounds (see the industry page).
- Courier services: dense deliveries and high vehicle turnover (see the industry page).
- Transport SME leaders: margin per kilometer and the trade-off between an own fleet and subcontracting (see the role page).
See your trucks in Dadycar
Bring the list of your vehicles and their due dates: we set up the fleet, the maintenance plans and the alerts during the demo.
Your questions before getting started
- “Does Dadycar record the temperature of my refrigerated bodies?” No. Dadycar tracks the vehicle: technical condition, availability, servicing, trips and due dates. Recording temperatures remains the job of your dedicated equipment.
- “Does every truck need a device fitted?” A GPS-OBD device or a factory-connected vehicle: both feed the application, the second with no installation.
- “What about my trailers and semi-trailers?” They can be recorded as fleet vehicles to carry their documents and their due dates; reporting engine data requires a connected vehicle.