RAM Assist vs AutoM8

RAM Assist offers an easy to use drive management app as well as an online software solution for businesses to better manage company vehicles and the workforce. The mobile app allows employees to send instant app submissions such as: • Location Check Points • DVIR Checks • Fuel Purchases & Receipts • Accident Reports and Breakdown Notifications • Mileage Logs • Expense Claims The RAM Assist web portal allows fleet managers to manage key tasks such as: • View all app submissions made in the field on a detailed map view, using GPS location points from each app submission. Filter app submissions by driver, vehicle, date, and type for a visual display of all field-based app activity. Use the alerts features to receive notifications on any of the app submissions made by specific or all drivers. • Service, Lease, Breakdown Cover, Insurance, renewal and reminder notifications (plus custom reminders based on other key dates) • Manage expenses • Attach vehicle files and documents to each vehicle in a vehicle file storage folder to help manage and retrieve key documents on demand.

AutoM8 runs the work and the vehicles on one system. This is the mobile half of it, built for people who spend the day in a van rather than at a desk. You sign in with an account your employer creates. There is no public sign-up. For drivers and engineers Today shows the jobs assigned to you, in order. Open one for the address, the history, the parts and what the customer asked for. Add photos, fill in the worksheet, take a signature on the screen, close it out. Walkaround checks happen on the phone. Defects go straight to whoever fixes them. Timesheets and expenses too. Photograph the receipt when you are handed it, not three weeks later at the kitchen table. If your firm runs driver scoring, your scorecard is here: journeys, events, and coaching where it is switched on. For managers and office staff Every vehicle on one map, refreshed every few seconds. Journeys, drivers, and who is closest to the next job. Tachograph data and a compliance calendar for the dates that catch people out. Vehicle maintenance. Stock, suppliers, purchase orders and stock takes. Quotes and invoices. Reports you can put on a schedule. It keeps working without signal Underground car parks. Rural lanes. A customer's basement. Jobs, checks, photos and timesheets are written to the phone and sent up when the signal returns. Nothing is lost waiting for a bar of 4G. Using the phone as a tracker If your employer enables it, AutoM8 can record journeys from your phone's location while the app is closed or not in use. This uses more battery. Your employer controls whether it is on and can see the journeys it records. Signing in Sign in with your work email, then with Face ID or Touch ID after that if your device supports it. Who makes it AutoM8 is from Scorpion Automotive, 50 years building connected vehicle technology, part of the Scorpion Group. We write the software and we fit and support the hardware. Which features you see depends on what your employer has enabled and the permissions on your account.