WITC Information Systems

AMSTARC offers a comprehensive fleet management software that has effectively integrated the following functional areas of fleet management, namely, Administrative, Expense and Mileage, PM Scheduling, Repairs, Parts Inventory, Personnel and Vehicle Replacement modules. AMSTARC has gained a reputation for its ease of access and use.  

Who Should Use AMSTARC? 

Today's cost-conscious, effeciency-conscious fleet operations manager in any of these areas:

• Utilities fleet,
• Public or private transportation,
• Federal fleet,
• State fleet
• County fleet,
• State or county police fleet,
• Public and Private School Bus systems,
• Industrial and Institutional fleets.

And has a two-vehicle, one vehicle-type fleet or a hundred thousand-vehicle, multiple vehicle-type fleet operation. Including associated equipment or construction equipment, airport equipment, etc.

Distinctive Features

• Interactive entry validation and maintenance of master files
• Demand reports of master file and repair history information
• External file input
• Processing of fuel transactions from the internal fuel island and outside fuel purchases to update vehicle fuel consumption and actual cost information
• Entry of vehicle maintenance performed internally or commercially including description of repair, labor expended and parts used
• Tracking of vehicle maintenance performed by outside vendors including description and cost of repair
• Automatic tracking and scheduling of preventive maintenance of each vehicle
• Monthly, Year-to-Date and Cumulative actual cost report detailing fuel, maintenance and mileage for each vehicle, vehicle group and total fleet
• Entry of actual cost and mileage adjustments with audit trail
• User-defined codes for vehicle classifications, and body type with on screen inquiry and update of user defined codes
• Over two hundred (200) reports and graphs
• Tracks mechanics' training data
• Repeat repair feature automatically alerts management to same repair performed within the last ninety (90) days
• Quick look-up of available fleet within each vehicle group for the day
• Quick look-up of mechanics' work load for the day
• Tracks parts inventory and automatically generates purchase orders on user-defined reorder level
• Audit feature to keep track of all expense entries
• Effective work-flow alerts
• On screen inquiry of vehicle expense data for the month, year to date or cumulative
• Allows for inter departmental 'charge-back' or inter-agency billing
• Plus More ... 

Benefits

By now you are wondering what all the above-mentioned features will do for you. Let's discuss some of the benefits:

• Accurate vehicle expense information for effective cost control. For example, cost/mile, miles/gallon and running cost per vehicle needed by today's fleet manager to better manage and control cost of fleet operation
• State of the art management tool for tracking and analyzing vehicle administrative and expense data, including fuel and oil disbursements
• Vehicle replacement process that is efficient and saves time and reduces costs
• Vehicle acquisition and delivery tracking including up fitting process and invoices
• Prevents payment for warranty jobs through repeat repair alert feature
• Tracks mechanics' performance level and provides clues to areas where a mechanic might need further training
• Ensures timely preventive maintenance and inspections through PM Scheduling thereby reducing costly breakdowns and improving vehicle performance not to mention meeting environmental requirements
• Details cost and frequency of repairs for a single vehicle, group of vehicles or total fleet repairs by system e.g. Brakes or Engine repairs Helps in planning daily activities through the use of  the fleet availability report
• Eliminates possible parts inventory oversight with tracking and automatic purchase order generation features
• Prevents total loss of data in case of blackouts or system damage through the automatic file backup feature
• Plus More...