Roadmap monthly newsletter - January 2011

January
2011

Roadmap monthly newsletter In this issue

New feature
Frotcom SL
Editorial officially launched

T
he other day I was reading one of our colleague’s Case study
Facebook page. Here’s what he wrote: “In the last Amalia Coffee Grinding Ltd
few days I’ve been thinking about how 2011 will Care for a Cyprus coffee?
turn out to be. And I’ve decided: it will be an
EXCELLENT year.“ News and events
Frotcom joins
Isn’t this a great way of looking at a brand new year? It reflects the belief that
road safety initiative
the future can be, if not dictated by you, at least strongly influenced by you.
This and much more…
In Frotcom, we believe in this, too. We know that despite all economical and
financial crises, in the end, each company’s vision and strategy will largely
influence its results.

In 2010 Frotcom International’s turnover grew 40%. Operations expanded to 3
continents and the Frotcom system is now commonly regarded as a very
competitive state-of-the-art vehicle tracking and fleet management system.

The recent launch of Frotcom SL was the latest cornerstone, contributing to
transform Frotcom from a local basic vehicle tracking solution into an emerging
global player in fleet management.

In 2011, we believe, Frotcom will continue to
grow. Our network will expand to new
countries and Frotcom users will be given
new functionalities, some of which follow the
requests formulated by Frotcom Certified
Partners and their Clients. Ultimately,
Frotcom will become the de facto vehicle
tracking and fleet management system.

We have decided. 2011 will be an EXCELLENT year. What about you?
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.
Roadmap Monthly Newsletter | roadmap@frotcom.com | Tel + 351 214 135 670 | Fax +351 214 135 678
Frotcom vehicle tracking system | www.frotcom.com

Angola |Belgium | Brazil | Bulgaria | Cameroon | Cyprus | D. R. Congo | Greece | Kenya | Luxemburg | Macedonia | Madagascar | Mauritius |
Morocco | Portugal | Reunion Islands | Romania | Rwanda | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Slovenia | Spain | Tanzania | Uganda

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Did you know?

New Features
Frotcom SL officially launched
After a period of beta tests, it is official: Frotcom SL is here
to stay!

Based on Silverlight technology, Frotcom SL really is Frotcom unleashed.
Waiting for a page to load is a thing of the past. Frotcom SL only downloads Eco-driving" is easy to apply and
the absolutely necessary data, whilst all user interface related data is kept in has significant, long-term effects
the user’s computer. As a result, idle times are kept to a minimum and the Fuel-efficient driving (Eco-driving) can
user experience is much more interesting. significantly reduce fuel consumption
and lower CO2 emissions. Slight
According to Renato Ferreira, Frotcom International’s CTO, “Frotcom SL is a changes in driving style enable drivers
turning point for Frotcom. Not only have we managed to clearly improve the to exploit fully the fuel-efficiency
user experience; we now have a tool that allows us to respond quicker to the potential of modern technologies.
user needs. In fact, Silverlight allows us to develop software quicker and with
Eco-driving is easy to apply. Here are
some extra flexibility.”
some guidelines:
Frotcom International’s CMO, Nuno Liñan,
1. Shift into a higher gear early;
added that “We were extremely pleased
when we saw that without a single 2. Maintain a steady speed at
exception, the feedback received from beta highest possible gear;
testers referred that the user experience
3. Look ahead and anticipate traffic
was better than with the previous version.” flow;

Some of the comments received from Beta testers: 4. Switch off the engine at short
 “Excellent!” stops;

 “Quite quick and pleasant!” 5. Check and adjust the tyre
 “Bravo!” pressure regularly;

 “Hi, I congratulate you on Frotcom SL (beta). Runs faster, 6. Make use of in-car fuel saving
graphics are much better and so far no problems.” devices such as on-board
 “Easier to work with.” computers and dynamic
 “Much more efficient and quicker, an improvement to our navigators to avoid congestion;
operation.”
7. Get rid of surplus weight and
 “Much quicker…how can I make this my preferred version?” unused roof racks;
 “The new Frotcom SL is quite swift. I have tried to move
Eco-driving can be highly cost-effective:
through a number of screens which used to be slow with the
older version and true, SL is faster. I do recommend this Eco-driving training leads to a reduction
shift.” in fuel consumption of up to 25 % after
training, with a significant long-term
Give it a try and send us also your feedback!
effects of 7% under every-day driving
conditions.

Morocco | Portugal | Reunion Islands | Romania | Rwanda | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Slovenia | Spain | Tanzania | Uganda Source: www.acea.be

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Tip of the month

Tell Frotcom which
Case Study web interface you want
Amalia Coffee Grinding Ltd
Care for a Cyprus coffee?
Founded in 1948 in Larnaca, Cyprus, Amalia
Coffee Grinding Ltd (www.amalia.com.cy) started
to be a grinder and distributer of coffee.
Recently, Frotcom launched Frotcom
From 1963 until today, with new installations and improved equipment, Amalia Premium SL. Now, when you log in, you
has enriched its line of products: syrups made from the distillation of natural will be asked about which version to

almonds, bananas, pomegranates, blackcurrant, black cherries and exotic fruit. use: Silverlight or HTML (legacy):

Later, additional products such as dry nuts, rosewater, water with bitter range
Flavor and a massive variety of Cyprus Delights (loukoumia) of 10 different types
were introduced into the market.

All these products are currently distributed to
thousands of professionals all around Cyprus,
through the company’s excellent distribution
system.

In 2010, the company adopted Frotcom to its sales You can choose Silverlight for a faster
fleet. and more powerful experience, or opt
for HTML, in case your browser is not
According to Christos Hionas, Commercial compatible with Silverlight.
Manager, “Frotcom has proved very simple to use.
Note: please be aware that the html
It is a very effective tool which allows us to version may not have access to all the
monitor the sales activities throughout Cyprus.” features available in the Silverlight
version of Frotcom.
Equipped for today’s demanding market needs, Amalia Coffee Grinding Ltd is a
If you don’t want to be asked the same
food processing and packaging company which aspires and aims to continue its
question again the next time you login,
founders’ successful work. just tick option “Save my choice and do
not show this message again.” Once
you tick the box and choose your
preferred interface, you will be
automatically logged in, thereafter.

ROADMAP congratulates Michalis and Frotcom Cyprus for this successful You can however, at any moment,
change your web interface preferences
project.
in Administration > My Profile.


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News and events
Next, on Roadmap
Frotcom’s web site is getting
even more visitors
News and events,
In the last issue of Roadmap we told you about Alexa (www.alexa.com), a company more new Frotcom features
specialized in providing information about websites to the Internet community. We told
th
and tips will be presented.
you that according to Alexa, Frotcom’s web site was being ranked the 635,220 most
visited site on the Internet.

th This and more, so don’t miss
Well, things have changed. According to Alexa, today Frotcom is ranked the 525,239
most visited site on the Internet. the next issue of Roadmap.

An amazing leap which currently puts Frotcom ahead of most of its competitors in terms
of number of visits to the website.

Frotcom joins the European
Road Safety Charter
In January 2011 Frotcom International joined the
European Road Safety Charter. The objective of
the Charter is to help reduce road fatalities.

The European Road Safety Charter is a European participatory platform made up of
enterprises, associations, research institutions and public authorities. These actors
undertake to carry out concrete actions and share their good practices in order to
resolve the road safety problems that they encounter in their day-to-day environments.

Soon the European Road Safety Charter logo will be put in Frotcom’s website as a way of
drwaing attention to road fatalities. Although this is an European initiative, road
fatalities are unfortunately a much wider problem and similar initiatives are taking place
worldwide.

Frotcom’s impact on road safety was in fact recognized In October 2010, when Frotcom
East Africa received a Certificate of Achievement from the National Road Safety Agency
in Kenya, as Best Fleet Management Service Provider in 2010.

Further information about the European Road Safety Charter can be obtained in
www.escharter.eu.


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