Some news from Mark Hosking, CEO, Formbird
Toribio Noel Ilao (Noel)
Director of the Bureau of
Equipment in the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways
Environmental challenges
In addition, DPWH faces challenges from climate change, security and resource limitations. The Philippines is consistently one of the countries most impacted by natural disasters. In 2020 it was ranked seventh and has been ranked second only to Japan as the country at greatest risk from climate change.
Mother Nature aside, Noel’s job is about to get much easier. Philippines managed security systems company Annex Digital has secured a contract from DPWH to provide a comprehensive fleet management system using Formbird FLEET, an Australian-developed comprehensive fleet management solution based on Formbird’s low-code development platform. This means that it can be easily configured by people who understand the needs of any particular fleet operator without them needing a high degree of skill to write or modify computer code.
Unlike conventional “off the shelf” solutions, Formbird FLEET is able to adapt its workflow to match and continually improve the existing business processes of an organisation.
Latest of many initiatives
Implementation of Formbird is the latest in a string of initiatives Noel has put in place to improve the efficiency and safety of DPWH operations. In 2015, DPWH adopted ISO 55001:2014 (asset management) in its fleet management program and upgraded its ISO 9001:2008 quality management certification to ISO 9001:2015. It has since obtained certification to ISO 45001:2018, covering occupational health and safety, and has adopted reliability-centred maintenance’ (RCM), a process that ensures maintenance tasks of all kinds — preventive or predictive — are performed in an efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and safe manner.
Formbird FLEET, which Noel will deploy in his latest efficiency-boosting initiative, allows organisations to manage individual fleet assets, rather than managing a ‘class’ of fleet assets. It provides more than 100 forms, 130 business rules and 30 reports and is able to integrate with existing corporate applications.
More than three million assets managed
Formbird presently manages more than three million assets across 10 organisations. These assets range in value and complexity from a whipper-snipper worth a few hundred dollars to a channel dredger worth $6 million.
Formbird FLEET is able to take in information from assets in real-time and make this information available to those who need it. It builds and makes available a complete picture of every asset. Information is updated when a vehicle is serviced, when it is refuelled when the driver lodges a daily check sheet.
Improved management of vehicle warranty is saving operators that use Formbird FLEET thousands of dollars. Formbird FLEET provides different dashboards for everyone involved in FLEET management, giving them the information they need: information relevant to their role.
Formbird FLEET’s record-keeping and information logging enable better compliance with safety legislation and responsibilities around duty of care by enabling chains of responsibility to be clearly established and followed.
