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How automating vehicle inspections can enhance your fleet

Sept. 1, 2023
Jameel Ghata, Chief Strategy Officer at PAVE, discusses how PAVE can turn anyone, anytime, anywhere into a trusted vehicle inspector.

As it currently stands, there is no easy-to-use and efficient process in place for fleet owners and managers to assess their fleet vehicles’ conditions for onboarding, offboarding, after a driver changes, or other events where the chain of custody and potential for damage and associated liability occurs. As a result, one of the main difficulties fleet managers, owners, and operators face is ensuring the safety and reliability of their fleet vehicles and drivers, while simultaneously trying to balance the need for fleet efficiency and maintaining fleet uptime.

Until now, the industry relied on skilled inspectors for infrequent inspections or self-inspections to address these obstacles. But this often results in lapses in time where vehicles could have damage that could have been prevented with a regular cadence of inspections. Losing time waiting for a skilled inspector, overlooking minor damages that later transform into substantial and costly repairs, and accumulating liability for undisclosed damages are some of the most common challenges the fleet industry continues to struggle with. Without adequate tools and technology, managing the condition of a fleet can be extremely time-consuming and overwhelming—there is a clear need for an intelligent and automated inspection solution for these growing industry problems.

Is there a fleet inspection solution?

PAVE's vehicle inspection solution is the answer. PAVE offers a user-friendly vehicle inspection, expertly crafted to assist fleet managers in elevating their operational efficiency. Managing a fleet involves ensuring the continuous, trouble-free operation of vehicles, ensuring compliance by adhering to safety regulations, and reducing instances of vehicles being out of service. The integration of automated vehicle inspections presents a streamlined way for upkeeping a fleet's condition, empowering managers to promptly detect problems as they arise, and enable disposal decisions.

By focusing on tangible benefits like cost reduction and heightened safety standards, PAVE’s innovative approach to fleet vehicle inspections systematically optimizes all facets of a company's fleet inspection needs. Fleet managers can now proactively ensure the longevity of their vehicles, optimize vehicle uptime, stay compliant, and bolster overall operational effectiveness.

PAVE's automated inspections save fleet managers time and money by detecting issues early, preventing costly damages from getting worse, resulting in high repair costs. PAVE's vehicle inspection solution provides point-in-time condition assessments from photos alone, allowing anyone to capture the vehicle images needed for inspection. Fleet managers can monitor their fleet remotely and identify issues before they become major problems.

PAVE’s automated inspections identify damage and wear and tear early, and provide a comprehensive condition report, allowing fleet managers to address issues quickly and efficiently. This convenient solution creates more touchpoints or more instances where an accurate and easy inspection can take place to better assess fleet vehicles’ conditions on a regular basis. PAVE's AI-empowered software is highly accurate and identifies all types of damage and defects while operating in a wide variety of environmental conditions. This allows the platform to address the ever-evolving variability and complexities in fleet operations.

Not only does PAVE’s open API allow the solution to be seamlessly integrated into a business’s existing fleet management processes and systems, but it also allows anyone, anytime, anywhere to become a skilled inspector. Using an automated inspection platform makes the necessity for a physical inspector to personally assess the vehicle obsolete. Capturing standard photographs of the vehicle suffices to generate a precise inspection report.

PAVE allows fleet managers to oversee their complete inspection procedures through a unified platform, simplifying the intricacies involved in both adding vehicles to and removing them from the fleet. What this means for fleet managers, operators, and owners, is that the drivers, customers, and various operational staff are readily equipped to conduct accurate inspections, streamlining the entire process. This cost-effective alternative to traditional inspection methods makes it easier than ever to inspect fleets efficiently, and accurately. Additionally, there’s no need to migrate existing workflows and applications, since the inspection platform is designed to seamlessly integrate with your fleet management processes and systems.

In addition to the time and cost-saving advantages, PAVE empowers fleet managers to enhance safety and compliance by implementing comprehensive and consistent inspections. These assessments identify issues enabling informed decision-making for regulatory compliance. Fleet managers swiftly receive real-time condition assessments, identifying vehicles falling below standards and thus improving driver and public safety.

Furthermore, optimizing the overall customer experience revolves around ensuring fleet readiness, and minimizing unforeseen delays and costly last-minute repairs. Real-time condition reports facilitate proactive issue resolution, preventing unexpected setbacks and ensuring overall well-being. PAVE's ability to conduct inspections consistently eliminates quality variations common in manual assessments. The proprietary inspection and grading system aligns with industry standards, providing standardized results, fostering integrity, and offering an objective approach to evaluating vehicle conditions.

PAVE introduces a transformative capability for fleet managers—the ability to maintain a steady pulse on their entire fleet through a unified platform. The invaluable advantage of receiving real-time vehicle condition reports equips managers to react promptly and strategically plan for maintenance, minimize potential damage liabilities, and fine-tune overall operational strategies. By harnessing this dynamic insight, managers can maximize the allocation of resources, resulting in minimized downtime and elevated efficiency. PAVE’s easy-to-use solution allows for proactive management, optimal resource utilization, and enables cost-effective maintenance, ushering in a new way for fleet managers to easily manage the condition of their fleet.

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