The system includes a keypad and LCD backlit display and onboard vehicle radio for wireless data transfer to a base station radio or through a local or wide area network. The design, platformed on a dedicated base station personal computer, can include an impact monitor for shock sensing as well as added proximity reader.
For a decade, Parent's Hollard, Oh.-based firm tracked Total Fleet Solutions, tracked vehicle and driver information manually. “We had a clipboard on every forklift,” he said. The new system aims at the core of Parent’s business: reducing administration costs and workload time. It works with companies that outsource lift truck and materials handling needs.