News from Peregrine Systems: Fleet Maintenance
Software with Access Through the Web
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Doug Siefkes:425-392-2611 - siefkes@siefkesgroup.com
Valerie Motis:(858) 720-5278 - valerie.motis@peregrine.com
Peregrine Systems® Offers Fleet Maintenance Software with Access Through the
Web
SAN DIEGO, July 31, 2001 -- Peregrine Systems, Inc., whose FleetAnywhere®
software allows customers to manage and track maintenance for fleets ranging
in size from 200 to 85,000 vehicles, has announced a new offering --
FleetAnywhere Weblications.
FleetAnywhere Weblications allows customers to enter vehicle maintenance
data, from off-site service/maintenance locations, directly over the Web, or
through a company intranet.
"FleetAnywhere Weblication screens have been designed to require a minimum
amount of data entry while maintaining the robust functionality of
FleetAnywhere," said Meg Davis, Peregrine's Product Marketing Director for
the Transportation product line. "They're great cost- and time-saving
products for fleet managers. Since the screens are browser-based, the
program is very user-friendly. This not only increases efficiency for
fleets, but also decreases training time required before new users can start
using the system. Being browser-based also reduces the load on IT
departments because they no longer have to install a GUI (graphical user
interface) on every computer."
The FleetAnywhere Weblications address the most common work processes in a
fleet environment. The Weblications available include Base Work Order and
Complaints, Rental Pool Reservations, Vendor Invoice Payment and Direct and
Rental Billing.
Florida Power & Light Company was one of the first fleets to order
FleetAnywhere with the base work order Weblication offering. The utility,
which operates and maintains 3,800 pieces of equipment -- from executive
cars to cherry pickers and bucket trucks -- operates 19 garages, plus
employs 21 mobile mechanics who use hand-held devices to enter data.
"What's more, we work with a number of small-and mid-size businesses which
work with our fleet," said George Survant, director of fleet services. "One
of the attractive features of FleetAnywhere is the ability to have our
vendors use our system online. This is a very big piece of the puzzle for
us -- it will save us time spent re-entering information, accuracy will be
improved, and we'll have information in real-time."
According to Survant, cost control is a critical issue for Florida Power &
Light. "Utilities used to adjust rates based on costs," he said. "But
that¹s changed -- we're now a market-sensitive organization, more in line
with the private sector where maintenance costs must be highly managed and
expenses justified. After researching our options, we felt FleetAnywhere
represented the leading edge in data management. It can evolve as our tasks
evolve; it's very flexible. It will allow us to have in-depth analysis of
data, and it will provide us with a decision-making tool so we can have the
best managed fleet possible."
Peregrine deployed the Fleet Invoice Weblication about a year ago with
another large fleet with more than 50,000 vehicles. "The payback for this
customer was tremendous," Davis said. "The company had several service
locations. And data entry alone, prior to putting the Fleet Invoice
Weblication in place, meant mounds of paperwork plus less-than-real-time
information. After implementing the FleetAnywhere Invoice Weblication, this
company's savings in labor costs and efficiency meant a return-on-investment
of less than four months.
"In the past, off-site locations had to send in their information -- work
orders with parts and labor information, for example -- to a main office and
have that data entered into the system," Davis continued. "Now, that step
can be eliminated. Service and parts people can log onto a secure website
and enter information in real-time. This gives a manager complete control
of maintenance issues and costs. From an information standpoint, it's as if
all off-site maintenance locations became one."
FleetAnywhere supplies fleet management software solutions to hundreds of
customers, including Fortune 1000 companies in manufacturing and
distribution, transportation, utilities, transit and government
organizations. The FleetAnywhere solution removes the friction points from
processes that can be cumbersome or obstacle laden. For more than 20 years,
the FleetAnywhere product line has provided fleet-specific maintenance
management solutions to companies -- helping them increase operational
efficiencies and lower costs. FleetAnywhere is also available in an
Application Service Provider (ASP) mode for customers seeking a hosted,
subscription-based delivery via the Internet. This allows companies of any
size to take advantage of this fleet-management solution.
About Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc.
, one of the nation's largest providers of electricity-related
services with annual revenues of more than $7 billion. The company serves
approximately 3.9 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, LLC, an
FPL Group energy-generating subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity
from clean and renewable fuels. Additional information is available on the
Internet at www.fpl.com.
About Peregrine
Founded in 1981, Peregrine has matured into one of the largest software
companies worldwide. Peregrine supports companies with solutions that remove
friction points in managing infrastructure assets, empowering employees and
enabling collaborative electronic commerce. Peregrine's Infrastructure
Management Group (IMG) provides solutions to manage the entire life cycle of
an organization's assets, from IT equipment and fleets of vehicles to a
company's intangible knowledge assets. Peregrine's Employee Relationship
Management solutions give employees real-time tools to secure knowledge,
services and resources from a portal accessed at a desktop computer or an
array of mobile devices. Peregrine's E-Markets Group (EMG) takes to market a
digital business offering that provides a full range of software products
and managed Internet services using Peregrine's Get2ConnectSM global trading
network. Peregrine EMG processes nearly 1.2 million e-Commerce transactions
every business day and annually transacts $280 billion. Peregrine is
headquartered in San Diego, California and has offices throughout the world.
For more information on Peregrine, visit http://www.peregrine.com.
Peregrine Systems and FleetAnywhere are registered trademarks and
Get2Connect is a service mark of Peregrine Systems, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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