AGGREGATED PERFORMANCE INDICATOR STATISTICS FOR MANAGING FLEET PERFORMANCE

• US 20140025440A1
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Navman Wireless North America Limited (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navman Wireless North America Limited (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagda, Paresh L., Umashankkar, Beena
• Application Number:
  US13/552,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025440A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for managing fleet performance with aggregated performance indicator statistics are provided herein. Mobile assets may provide sensor data to a data center. The data center may determine performance indicators based at least in part on the sensor data. The data center may calculate statistics based at least in part on the performance indicators. The data center may aggregate the calculated statistics.

Claims

1. A method for managing a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving from a plurality of vehicles associated with the fleet, via executable instructions stored in a memory and executed by a processor, respective location information and sensor data;

determining, via the executable instructions, at least one performance indicator for the plurality of vehicles;

calculating, via the executable instructions, a set of statistics for the at least one performance indicator;

storing, via the executable instructions, the set of statistics;

aggregating, via the executable instructions, the set of statistics; and

generating, via the executable instructions, a report, the report including the aggregated statistics and at least one of a goal and an industry average, so as to illustrate at least one of progress toward the goal, efficacy of training, and an optimal asset allocation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the sensor data is received from a mobile asset.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sensor data is received via a wireless network.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the sensor data is received via a message.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the sensor data includes at least one of location information, timestamp, unique identifier, speed, acceleration, deceleration, hard cornering, ignition state, odometer data, and fuel level.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one performance indicator includes at least one of idle time, engine hours, drive time, stop time, miles driven, number of jobs completed in a predefined time period, time in yard, and fuel economy.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of statistics includes at least one of a total number of data points, summation, mean, average, rolling average, standard deviation, variance, range, maximum, and minimum.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing, via first executable instructions executed by a first processor, the sensor data in a first memory;

storing, via second executable instructions executed by a second processor, the at least one performance indicator in a second memory; and

storing, via third executable instructions executed by a third processor, the first set of statistics in a third memory.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the report includes at least one of numeric data in tabular form, a column chart, a bar chart, a line chart, a pie chart, an area chart, a scatter chart, a surface chart, a bubble chart, and a doughnut chart.

28. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving from an external server or a non-transitory computer-readable medium, via the executable instructions, a second set of statistics, the second set of statistics being associated with a second fleet of vehicles, the second fleet of vehicles being from at least one of a different company and a different industry than the first fleet of vehicles;

storing, via the executable instructions, the second statistics; and

aggregating, via the executable instructions, the statistics and the additional statistics.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein the second set of statistics include one or more of fuel cost, revenue per job, and a performance indicator.

8. (canceled)

10. -12. (canceled)

14. A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions which when executed by the processor perform a method comprising;

receiving, from a plurality of vehicles associated with the fleet of vehicles, respective location information and sensor data;

determining at least one performance indicator for the plurality of vehicles;

calculating a set of statistics for the at least one performance indicator;

storing the set of statistics;

aggregating the set of statistics; and

generating a report, the report including the aggregated statistics and at least one of a goal and an industry average, so as to illustrate at least one of progress toward the goal, efficacy of training, and an optimal asset allocation.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the sensor data is received from a mobile asset.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the sensor data is received via a wireless network.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the sensor data is received via a message.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the sensor data includes at least one of location information, timestamp, unique identifier, speed, acceleration, deceleration, hard cornering, ignition state, odometer data, and fuel level.

19. The system of claim 14 wherein the at least one performance indicator includes at least one of idle time, engine hours, drive time, stop time, miles driven, number of jobs completed in a predefined time period, time in yard, and fuel economy.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein the set of statistics includes at least one of a total number of data points, summation, mean, average, rolling average, standard deviation, variance, range, maximum, and minimum.

22. The system of claim 14 wherein the method further comprises:

storing the sensor data in a first memory;

storing the at least one performance indicator in a second memory; and

storing the first set of statistics in a third memory.

30. The system of claim 14 wherein the executable instructions when executed by the processor perform a method further comprising:

receiving from an external server or a non-transitory computer-readable medium, via the executable instructions, a second set of statistics, the second set of statistics being associated with a second fleet of vehicles, the second fleet of vehicles being from at least one of a different company and a different industry than the first fleet of vehicles;

storing, via the executable instructions, the second statistics; and

aggregating, via the executable instructions, the statistics and the additional statistics.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein the second set of statistics include one or more of fuel cost, revenue per job, and a performance indicator.

21. (canceled)

23. -26. (canceled)

27. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for managing a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of vehicles associated with the fleet, respective location information and sensor data;

determining at least one performance indicator for the plurality of vehicles;

calculating a first set of statistics for the at least one performance indicator;

storing the set of statistics;

aggregating the set of statistics; and

generating a report, the report including the aggregated statistics and at least one of a goal and an industry average, so as to illustrate at least one of progress toward the goal, efficacy of training, and an optimal asset allocation.

32. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 27 further comprising:

receiving from an external server or a non-transitory computer-readable medium, via the executable instructions, a second set of statistics, the second set of statistics being associated with a second fleet of vehicles, the second fleet of vehicles being from at least one of a different company and a different industry than the first fleet of vehicles;

storing, via the executable instructions, the second statistics; and

aggregating, via the executable instructions, the statistics and the additional statistics.

33. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 wherein the second set of statistics include one or more of fuel cost, revenue per job, and a performance indicator.