Roadmap monthly newsletter - September 2012

September
2012

Roadmap monthly newsletter In this issue

News and events
Editorial Frotcom launches
a Video Contest

I
‘ll bet you can’t help smiling when you see some of the imitations below.
New features
In most cases, the reason for counterfeiting is simply to try and profit from
Traffic information layer
the popularity of a well-established brand, to benefit the imitator’s
helps you guide your fleet
business. The only exception in this group of images, of course, is the
attempt to recover the 19th century Christ, by a well-intended retired lady in
Spain. A great effort,
Case Study
Peletico Ltd. – From reluctance to
sure, but hardly a
complete confidence in Frotcom
masterpiece by any
standard.
This and much more…
There is always a
double feeling when
we see our product or
brand being imitated
by someone else.
There is some frustration, of course, because someone is trying to profit from
your work. But there is also some degree of satisfaction, I must admit, because
this is a competitor’s public declaration of Frotcom’s superior quality, which they
try to imitate.
Here is a basic and recent example concerning our car sticker:

Original Frotcom Not Frotcom
car sticker real photo (pixelated)

Frotcom is permanently improving due to our massive investment in R&D. By
choosing Frotcom, you know that you will have a professional, high quality
solution to help you manage your fleet.

Don’t go for solutions that just look like Frotcom. Don’t settle for an imitation.
Prefer the original product.
Valério Marques, CEO - Frotcom International

A note from the editor – If you would like to have your own say in the next edition of this newsletter please do
not hesitate to get in touch at roadmap@frotcom.com.

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Did you know?

News and events

Frotcom launches a Video Contest asking users to
A call to action:
share their experience with the system
30 000 lives to save!
On September 1st, Frotcom International invited users all over the world to share No more victims on the roads! This
their day-to-day experiences in a one minute video. It is Frotcom 2012’s Video is the key message of the new
Contest, Share the Experience. campaign, 30 000 lives to save, the
European Road Safety Charter has
launched recently.
In 2011, an estimate of 30 000
people lost their lives on European
roads which equals with 205 Boeing
737 airplanes crashing and killing
everyone on board. As a response,
the objective of the campaign is to
engage more than 30 000 individual
participants in road safety related
topics and moreover, make the road
safety a priority for all.
It is time for everyone to forward
this message and convince more
entities to act and contribute to
saving 30 000 lives! Do you also
want to be part of this world wide
cause? Just click on the “Take the
pledge” button below which will
direct you to the campaign’s
Facebook integrated application
(causes.com). Take the opportunity
The intention of this competition is to document interesting stories showing to invite your friends to participate!
how worldwide users have been experiencing Frotcom.

To reward everyone’s effort, Frotcom will offer an MP4 portable player to all the
participants whose videos are selected for contest. The top 5 winners with the
best videos will be rewarded with a fantastic GoPro HD camera, probably the The European Road Safety Charter
wants to prove that there are more
world’s most versatile camera.
than 30 000 people who believe that
The contest will be open to participation until September 30. For any updates there should be "NO MORE VICTIMS
ON THE ROADS!!" What do you
and future announcement of the winners pay a visit to the contest’s official blog:
believe?
http://frotcomvideocontest.wordpress.com.


2 Source: http://erscharter.eu/node/23252

Tip of the month

News features How to set access
permissions to reports
Traffic information layer helps you guide your fleet
In the previous edition of the
Frotcom now allows you to add a layer of road traffic information just by clicking Roadmap Newsletter, the tip of
on the Traffic label on the map (available in Europe). You will know in real time the month was about ways on
where traffic is slower and avoid the bottlenecks. how to better manage the
multiple types of reports. In
consonance with the same topic,
this month the focus is on how
you, as a system administrator,
can choose and specify which
reports can be generated and
viewed by each user in your
company.
To make this operation, you
The level of detail shown depends on the zoom level. For low zoom levels, there
have to go to Administration >
is no traffic information displayed. As you zoom in, the level of details increases,
Users > Details. Then, on the
from traffic on highways to traffic on local roads and city streets.
right end side, under the
Filtering section, choose Reports
Speed dependent coloured Filtering. Mark all the reports
waypoints you want this user to have
access to.
Having a quick, basic idea of how fast your
vehicles are moving on the map is now easier
with the new waypoint colours!
< 50 km/h – lowest speed
< 100 km/h – intermediate speed
>= 100 km/h – highest speed

Simple and helpful stop duration icons
Remember to mark the
You can now have a basic idea of how Including future reports option
long your trucks are stopped at each if you want Frotcom to
location by having specific icons automatically give access to the
representing the time stopped. They can
new reports which will be
help you realize, for instance, if and where launched in the future. In the
drivers stopped the mandatory break end, don’t forget to Save your
periods according to local legislation (if changes.
applicable).
P.S. The access to the reports will be
Roadmap Monthly Newsletter | roadmap@frotcom.com | Tel + 351 214 135 670 | www.frotcom.com based on the changes you made,
the next time the user logs in.

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Next, on Roadmap
Case Study

Peletico – From reluctance to complete Frotcom's video contest
confidence in Frotcom SHARE THE EXPERIENCE,

When people buy new products they are often confronted with scepticism and News and events,
hesitance. Psychologists call this feeling the fear of unknown. However, once
more new Frotcom features
they purchase and start using the product they also often find themselves
praising the product, proud of the choice that so much improved their lives. This and tips will be presented.
is the case of Peletico Ltd., the leading paint manufacturer in Cyprus. Their
choice to go for the Frotcom solution proved to exceed all expectations.
THE GROUP'S HISTORY This and more, so don’t miss
In 1960 – Chris Peleties, founder of the group,
began to import and manufacture innovative the next issue of Roadmap.
products providing practical solutions to the
construction industry.
In 1965 – The beginning of paint production,
initially technically supported and in co-operation
with foreign companies.
In 1990 - An agreement is reached between
Peletico Ltd and Sherwin-Williams Company. This
agreement granted Peletico Ltd the rights to
manufacture under license in Cyprus and to
market and distribute Sherwin-Williams®
architectural coatings and furniture finishes to the
Cypriot and Greek markets. The Group’s
immediate target is to secure the European CE
certification for its products. This will ensure that
all of the companies’ high quality products are in
total alignment with European standards.
In 2011 - Incorporating Frotcom’s vehicle tracking system into its fleet.
According to Mr. Lampros Papadopoulos, Sales Manager at Peletico, “At first I
was hesitant and reluctant to purchase the Frotcom product. I was unsure on
how this system could help Peletico Ltd. monitor its fleet and increase
productivity. Believe me, it has!
We can monitor our fleet as well as our productivity. Less time is spent on the
road due to better distribution organization. More than that, we can now plan
and have suitable distribution margins due to Frotcom’s reporting.”
Click here to read more about the company.
ROADMAP congratulates Frotcom Cyprus for this successful project!

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