Tire Tracking Overview
Tire Tracking helps Fleet Managers to better understand the usage and history of fleet tires while ensuring the safety of technicians, drivers and equipment out on the road by monitoring tire usage, age, and repair history through the following:
- Mileage tracking - records the distance traveled by each tire to plan repairs and replacement.
- Tire inventory - creates a digital parts record so Fleet Managers can track the volume of parts and, using bar codes, easily assign new data to tire record when it is mounted to a wheel, repaired, or disposed.
- Cost tracking -monitors expenses associated with tires, including the cost of new tires, repairs and disposals, to understand which tires perform best for your fleet.
- Axle schema configurator - enables Fleet Managers to integrate detailed axle information by vehicle with tire data to associate the location of the tire with wear and tear.
- Preventive maintenance schedules - create work orders like tire rotations or replacements based on tire pressure, time, or distance-based conditions to reduce the risk of accidents and costly repairs.
Prerequisites
Step 1. Set up Axle Schema
Before you are able to track and manage tires in the application, an axle schema must be defined for the vehicle sub categories and tires must be added as parts to your inventory as a new tire record.
There are default axle schemas pre-populated in the application, additionally you can create a new schema. For example, the truck sub-category has the Service Truck Axle Schema assigned. This means that all vehicles associated to the truck sub-category will also have the service truck axle schema set as the default.
Step 2. Add Tires to Inventory
In order to track tires, there must be tires in the inventory. The Tire Record form populates when adding a new tire record in inventory. Before you can add a tire record, the Tire Part Types must be defined in inventory settings.
Use the tire record form to enter any brand and tire size information to identify the tires in your inventory.
Step 3. Install Tires on Vehicle
Add tires on a Work Order
The Tire Manager is accessed from a work order and this allowsows for easy drag and drop installation and removal of tires from the tire bay to the vehicle.
The tire manager efficiently tracks which tires have been installed and how many kilometers since the install based on the meter readings entered. Use the tire manager to dispose any unused tires, or return them to inventory with the updated value.
Assets with tires installed display the tire tracking icon. Use the tire manager from the asset to view tire details.
Business Intelligence Reports
There are two standard reports available on tire aging:
- Tire Aging by Year
- Tire Aging by Asset
Use these reports to monitor tire aging and gather data for tire tracking purposes these reports are accessible from the BI module.
