Jaama Complete 2009 Award Hat-Trick
Jaama, the leading fleet management software supplier and occupational road safety specialist based in Tamworth,has completed a hat-trick of industry accolades this year after winning the ‘Technology Award’ in the 2009 Van Fleet World Honours to add to the two Institute of Transport Management trophies for ‘Best Fleet Services Company’ and ‘Best UK Fleet Software Company’ won earlier this year.
The Van Fleet Honours award’s annual ceremony took place on May 20 2009 with the judging panel chaired by industry professional, George Emmerson, who has managed fleets at IBM, NHBC and Black Horse Agencies. Members of the judging panel include Ken Rogers, John Kendall, and Ross Durkin from Van Fleet World and Fleet World’s editorial team, and fleet manager Jackie Pomfrett.
Jaama has a wide range of major fleet customers thanks to its web-based technology, which ensures optimum fleet efficiency, effectiveness and compliance with best practice legislation and with new functionality continually being added to its industry-leading Key2 Vehicle Management software and Fleet Assistant and Risk Assistant systems.
The latest additions to Key2 include Electronic Driver Services (EDS), which was developed in response to overwhelming feedback from customers who wanted an interactive and automated way to share fleet and vehicle information; enforce compliance; risk profile drivers; submit, authorise and manage expense claims and provide an auditable duty of care compliance trail at the touch of a button. EDS risk profiles drivers based upon risk assessment criteria – whether they drive a company vehicle or their own car on business – and ensures that data on them and their vehicle is collected to provide their employer with an audit trail, which is essential for at-work driving duty of care compliance.
Van Fleet World editor John Kendall said: “Managing a diverse fleet of company vehicles presents many problems for those with overall responsibility, not the least of which is the need for a comprehensive driver and vehicle database which can provide an audit trail to demonstrate that all necessary actions have been undertaken correctly, and within the required time frame.
“Jaama’s new EDS module is both innovative and time saving, providing fleets with an interactive and automated way to store and share fleet and vehicle information. The system can be set up to cover every conceivable piece of driver information that a fleet manager requires and new features can be added as legislation requires.”
Mr Emmerson added: “EDS can be easily integrated into wider company systems to ensure total control over drivers, without duplication of effort. From a fleet management perspective, it is essential that all drivers comply with necessary risk management procedures, and this is also very important for their own safety as well.
“A fully integrated system such as this which risk-profiles drivers and provides an audit trail, which is essential for at-work driving duty of care compliance, is of great value in the fleet industry. The joined-up thinking behind the system clearly demonstrates Jaama’s deep understanding of the fleet industry and how it works.”Jaama managing director Jason Francis said: “Receiving fleet industry recognition for our technology is proof that the targets we set ourselves when we launched are being achieved.
“Maintaining Jaama’s rapid growth is going to be tough but we have invested heavily to develop world-class management software that is helping organisations control costs, streamline operations and stay ahead of the competition. We will continue to ensure that new functionality is added to our software systems to ensure they remain cutting-edge.”
Jaama’s major fleet customers include: British Transport Police, BCA, Luton Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council, DHL, Sheffield Insulation Group, Steria, Fleet Hire, iFleet, Newton Vehicle Rentals and Advantage Incident Management.
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