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A Fleet Management System helps companies to keep track of their vehicles (and often also their drivers) in different areas. There are several reasons why most transporting companies use Fleet Management Systems. The most important goals are to reduce the transport administration, to simplify the management of the drivers and the vehicles, to lower the overall fuel consumption and to make it easier to comply with laws and regulations.
Most Fleet Management systems make it possible for the office staff to see where all the vehicles and resources are located in real-time and in the history (Positioning, Tracking, Geofencing). In advanced systems, there is normally also a screen in the vehicle where also the driver can use the various services offered by the system.
A Fleet Management System usually consists of some type of onboard computer installed in the vehicle. The computer is normally connected to the vehicle's control/electrical system (e.g. via CAN bus, the FMS gateway or OBD2 interface) to collect data (from the engine, gearbox, brakes etc) and to send it to a centralized server. Many systems are also connected to the tachograph to collect drive- and resting times events (D8-connection) and to copy and send the legal files to a centralized server for storage and analysis of tacho data. The vehicle computer communicates via the mobile network with an office application that noramlly is web-based.
Below are examples of services that normally can be offered through a Fleet Management system.

Vehicle Management: Positioning, Tracking, Geofence, Start- and stop reporting, Eco-Driving, Fuel Monitoring, Emission Reporting, Tank Reporting, Checklists, Diagnosis, Service Intervals, Vehicle Activities, Vehicle Reports

Driver Management: Driver Activities (non-driving activities), Navigation (GPS), Quick Messaging, Speed ​​Control, Traffic Safety (ISA), Driver Reports

Working time management (Social Management): Reporting and monitoring of working hours and costs, downloading files from tachographs and driver cards, storage and analysis of tachograph files, drive- and resting timmes, resource management, working time reports

Transport Management: Digital Handling of Transport Missions, Route Calculation, Temperature Monitoring of Goods, Transport Reporting

Trailer Management: Trailer Position, Trailer Tracking, Door Monitoring, Trailer Coupling, Start- and stop reports for trailers