Pocket Box has enhanced its fleet software system with a new asset module.

The new functionality will help customers maintain, monitor and protect a wide range of powered, unpowered and portable equipment within their operations

Introduced in response to growing demand from SMES, the new functionality will help customers maintain, monitor and protect a wide range of powered, unpowered and portable equipment within their operations.

Jim Finnegan, CEO of Pocket Box, explained: “Ever since the launch of Pocket Box Fleet, our customers have been asking for a simple way to manage other equipment alongside their fleet operation. Our latest software development will make it possible to bring everything together into a single system, so they have complete visibility and control over their physical resources.”

The asset module is highly flexible, so it can be tailored to manage any type of equipment, with comprehensive maintenance, compliance and inventory management features. This can include powered equipment such as plant, forklift trucks and materials handling products, as well as unpowered assets including trailers, containers, skips and tools.

Using the Pocket Box Fleet app, drivers will now be able to undertake a tool audit at the same time as daily vehicle and equipment safety checks to pinpoint the last known location and condition of smaller items that have been allocated to them. This will enable fleets to keep track of portable assets to ensure mobile teams have the tools needed to complete their jobs, while minimising the impact of lost and stolen equipment.

“Our aim to deliver a digitised solution to eliminate labour-intensive operational processes that are causing an unnecessary headache to SME businesses. By bringing together the management of vehicles, equipment and drivers, our customers can save both time and money, while achieving the highest levels of health and safety compliance. The asset module will also enable us to introduce new security features moving forward that will help companies combat the issue of equipment theft,” added Finnegan.