Fleet Management GPS Glossary

FMS

Fleet Management System : Vehicle telematics (GPS tracking and diagnostics, driver management, fuel and emissions management) for a company’s vehicle fleet

AVL

Automatic Vehicle Location : The geographic location of a vehicle that is tracked by transmitting data from the vehicle to a monitoring system/remote user (generally web based). Also known as Telelocation in the European Union. Sometimes referred to as AVL GPS.

CVT

Commercial Vehicle Telematics : Telematics installed in a commercial fleet as part of an overall fleet management GPS system.

FM

Fleet Management : Fleet management is the management of a company's vehicle fleet

LCV

Light Commercial Vehicle : the formal term in the European Union for goods vehicles with a maximum allowed mass (MAM) of up to 3.5 tonnes. In general language, this kind of vehicle is usually called a van.

LTL

Less than Truck Load : the transportation of relatively small freight that is larger than the goods handled by parcel carriers and less than full truckload carriers.

FTL

Full Truck Load : Full truckload carriers move freight that is loaded into a semi trailer. Semi trailers are typically between 26 and 53 US feet and thereby require a substantial amount of freight to make such transportation economical

RTPI

Real Time Passenger Info :

ETC

Electronic Toll Collection : a technology that electronically debits the accounts of registered car owners for tolls that are due without requiring them to stop.

ITS

Intelligent Traffic System : information and communications technology used in transport infrastructure and in vehicles used to manage various factors including loads, safety transportation times and fuel consumption etc.

LBS

Location Based Service : Information services accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the ability to make use of the location of the mobile device

MDT

Mobile Data Terminal : is a computerized device used to communicate with a central dispatch office. Mobile data terminals feature a screen on which to view information and a keyboard or keypad for entering information, and may be connected to various peripheral devices.

PND

Personal Navigation Device : A portable electronic product which combines a positioning capability (such as GPS) and navigation functions. Also known as a PNA, a Personal Navigation Assistant

MRM

Mobile Resource Management systems are productivity enhancement software, hardware and services used to support the activities of mobile workers and include technologies such as AVL GPS, Internet, hosted software and wireless data networks.

SCM

Supply Chain Management is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the operations of the supply chain as efficiently as possible. Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. Also known as Service Chain Management.

CTS

Container Tracking & Security: GPS and other technologies that enable the intermodal tracking of individual containers and integrity monitoring of transported goods including it’s quality (temperature, moisture etc) and it’s security via tamper detection.

PAYD

Pay As You Drive: Telematic automobile insurance sometimes known as usage based insurance whereby the costs of motor insurance are dependent upon vehicle usage, particularly distance traveled. Pay As You Drive™ is a trademark of Norwich Union in England and Progressive in the US