Fleet management system
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1. A method of implementing an inspection checklist for materials handling vehicles comprising:
- prompting an operator to answer a plurality of checklist items in a checklist; and
performing an operator response verification for a designated checklist item in the checklist, by;
submitting a query across a vehicle network by a processor, to at least one component of the materials handling vehicle to obtain information associated with whether the operator performed an inspection as required by the designated checklist item;
verifying by the processor, based upon the information obtained as a result of the query, whether the operator performed the inspection in order to obtain the received response to the designated checklist item; and
taking a predetermined action in response to the verification indicating that the operator did not perform the inspection corresponding to the designated checklist item.
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Systems of hardware and software are provided for enabling mobile assets to communicate across a wireless network environment. Systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also provided for leveraging wireless communication and/or processing capabilities of mobile assets against a robust software solution to implement enterprise wide asset management functions, to integrate mobile asset data into existing enterprise workflows and/or to enable trusted third party integration into the enterprise for enhanced asset and/or workflow management.
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1. A method of implementing an inspection checklist for materials handling vehicles comprising:
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prompting an operator to answer a plurality of checklist items in a checklist; and performing an operator response verification for a designated checklist item in the checklist, by; submitting a query across a vehicle network by a processor, to at least one component of the materials handling vehicle to obtain information associated with whether the operator performed an inspection as required by the designated checklist item; verifying by the processor, based upon the information obtained as a result of the query, whether the operator performed the inspection in order to obtain the received response to the designated checklist item; and taking a predetermined action in response to the verification indicating that the operator did not perform the inspection corresponding to the designated checklist item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of implementing an inspection checklist for materials handling vehicles comprising:
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prompting an operator to answer a plurality of checklist items in a checklist; and performing an operator response verification for a designated checklist item in the checklist, by; submitting a query across a vehicle network by a processor, to at least one component of the materials handling vehicle to obtain information that is associated with a received response to the designated checklist item; verifying by the processor, based upon the information obtained as a result of the query, whether the operator performed the inspection corresponding to the designated checklist item; and taking a predetermined action in response to the verification indicating that the operator did not perform the inspection in order to obtain the received response to the designated checklist item. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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