The TOPS Extended Fleet Manager is a new area of TOPS designed to replace the ubiquitous transport office wall-planner. Integrating a powerful third-party component we believe that this new scheduler and calendar approach will not only allow the fleet manager to visually and effectively manage day-to-day servicing and MOT appointments but also allow HR or driver managers to easily view driver holidays, license expiries, absences, etc.
Accessed directly from within the fleet area of TOPS, the calendar scheduler provides an alternate and extended management tool to the standard fleet appointments and event views. It allows the user to select the type of resource (truck, trailer or driver) to display and then the periods to view. being fully multi-depot, it naturally allows the fleet manager to filter down by depot and also to choose whether to display all resources or restrict the view to only those with events within the period on view.
All options such as the date period, the appointments and events to be viewed and their appearance, together with columns widths can be changed via simple toolbar buttons. And whether a day view with hours, a week, or a month is on view, an intelligent printout provides a hardcopy if required.
Appointments and events can easily be added or edited simply by double-clicking on them. powerful 'drag and drop' functionality allows the fleet manager to move appointments or events from one date to another or change their duration without needing to open the relevant, whilst standard Microsoft Windows hover tips gave the user pertinent information of the appointment selected.
Appointments can be defined as recurring with regular intervals, and prompt the user to create subsequent ones when applicable. Reminders can also be set which auto-display when the user logs in. manage MOT's, incidents and breakdowns, services, kit checks, etc. all from the same visual tool. it looks like a wallplanner, but with so much more we think your fleet manager will find this tool a real treat.