BorgSolutions' Astral Industry Solutions provides industry specific functionalities, designed in collaboration with industry experts and customers. Each product is deployed as SaaS (Software as a Service), assuring a scalable tailored solution to meet each industry's unique inherent requirements.
Enterprise corporations are no longer the only ones benefiting from an automated fleet; Companies across various industries are increasing productivity and streamlining their operations to achieve greater ROI on their fleets with the help of BorgSolutions' Fleet Intelligence Platform. BorgSolutions' Astral enables these companies to leverage the use of innovative telematic hardware and integration into their existing systems.
BorgSolutions’ Astral was originally developed for the unique needs of the Construction Industry. Construction companies regardless of their size or geographic location suffer from the same pains when it comes to their fleet management needs but no two companies administer their fleet alike. In addition, companies have mixed asset environments comprised of many types, makes and models. Many are affected by their company’s lack of priority in preventive maintenance, making breakdowns a common occurrence and repairs a laborious task to administer. Current tools available to construction fleets have tried to assist with these problems, but most have either been too complicated to be adopted by the maintenance staff or too costly to implement. Leaving many companies to rely on paper or simple computer spreadsheets for fleet administration.
To truly assist the Construction Industry, Astral had to be constructed with flexibility and ease of use as part of its core architecture. Its architecture was built to accommodate all types of different movable assets, such as: heavy equipment, vehicles and machines irrelevant of there type, make, or model. Astral’s design also incorporates a user-friendly interface delivered in SaaS (web-based solution; from any computer connected to the internet), providing for a simple, inexpensive deployment and implementation. But the most important feature Astral provides is its intuition. Astral takes key individual asset data points, such as: odometer readings, fuel levels, and engine hours, and transforms them into action items in the form of: work orders, purchase orders and alerts. Eliminating guesswork and providing truly beneficial action items based on timely data needed to keep the entire fleet in optimum performance.
To be of true benefit to a construction fleet, whose daily challenges in operation include the scheduling of repairs, maintenance of equipments and vehicles, inventory management, and personnel administration, automation is key. By taking raw data from equipment and vehicles, such as: odometer readings, age of units, maintenance schedules and other key factors, Astral is able to “digest” these factors and pre-populates action items in the form of work orders, purchase orders, and alerts. Leaving in employee hands accurate and up to the minute “marching orders” that streamline and optimize the performance of the entire fleet.
Astral automates the tracking of inventory and alerts users on inventory levels. Notifying users if they are low on a part that would normally be kept in stock. Astral also automates the restocking process by pre-populating quote requests and purchase orders for these parts. New inventory can also be administered thru the system by utilizing the quote request and purchase order system.
BorgSolutions is proud to offer a variety of different telematic hardware options, including: GPS & WiFi, from various manufacturers. Providing customers the flexibility to pick and choose the best telematic solution for their needs. By adding telematic hardware customers can access time sensitive telematic data feeds remotely and in real-time for administration within Astral. As a hardware partner, not a manufacturer, BorgSolutions has been able to integrate with multiple manufacturers of best-of-breed hardware to meet every customer’s specific needs and budgets.
Astral is a truly web-based fleet management software (ASP) enabling customers to manage an unlimited number of assets thru any computer connected to the internet, from home or work. No additional hardware or software products are required. Regular product updates and data storage are part of the monthly licensing fee.
As a SaaS provider, BorgSolutions understands the importance and sensitivity associated with housing customers data on its servers. To that end, BorgSolutions has put in place a robust security and integrity policy that guarantees customers data will never be shared or transmitted with any 3rd party. For more detail information, please read our security document
To BorgSolutions’ customer service is the most important provision of its service suite. Understanding the importance of personal care, customers can contact the Support Service Help Desk for assistance via phone, email or fax 24/7. A live person will handle each request to ensure the maximum customer service. In addition, each new customer is trained by our staff via the web or in person, depending on the customer’s needs or requirements.
Astral’s platform architecture was also designed to enable customers to integrate with 3rd party hardware and software providers to enable a seamless integration with current or future solutions. Providing each customer the opportunity to push and pull data from selected best-of-bread solutions in each business area without forcing them to purchase everything from one vendor alone.
To learn more about Astral and why it is the only Fleet Intelligence Platform™ on the market today, visit the Astral Page or Contact Us .
Managing a fleet of hundreds or thousands of units, comprised of a mix of vehicles and equipment is not an easy task. Adding to the complexity is a list of government mandated procedures and budgetary constraints that impede the ability to react to issues with agility and ease. Government fleet managers have a fine line to balance between administering a fleet and managing the governmental constraints imposed upon them, making the longevity of their fleet a critical part of their job.
BorgSolutions’ Astral™ is the first Fleet Intelligence Platform™ built to understand the complexities of fleet management and the importance of maintenance in the extension of each mission-critical unit’s lifespan. As a web-based software service priced per user, not asset unit, Astral is able to accommodate fleets of all sizes within a small administrative budget. Helping fleet managers automate the day-to-day administration of their fleet by: improving labor productivity, increasing efficiency, reducing inventory expenses, optimizing asset utilization and reducing maintenance expenditure within an administrative friendly budget.
To be of true benefit to a fleet manager, whose daily challenges in operation include the maintenance of equipments and/or vehicles, shop scheduling, replacement analysis, personnel administration, acquisitions and disposition, automation is the only answer. With Astral, raw data about each asset, such as: odometer readings, age of assets, maintenance schedules and other key factors, are “digested” to pre-populates action items in the form of work orders, purchase orders and reports.
Astral provides fleet managers with greater understanding into their day-to-day operations thru its reporting capabilities. Providing customers better analytical capabilities for: program performance and cost analysis, strategic planning, personnel evaluation, asset utilization, and risk management.
Understanding that compliance administration is also a large part of a fleet manager’s daily tasks, Astral is able to help them handle many types of compliance requirements including: certifications, registration renewals, mileage reporting, inspections and more.
By reducing administrative time and increasing productivity, Astral reduces the overall cost of fleet operations. Astral streamlines the management of work orders, labor allocation (for internal workshops), inventory levels, external suppliers (for quote requests) and purchase order processing. The software is even able to provide insight into operator/driver data for identification of vehicular or equipment abuse and rogue drivers.
BorgSolutions is proud to offer a variety of different telematic hardware options, including: GPS & WiFi. Enabling fleet managers to access time sensitive telematic data feeds remotely and in real-time for administration within Astral. As a hardware partner, not a manufacturer, BorgSolutions is able to integrate with multiple manufacturers of best-of-breed hardware to meet every customer’s specific needs and budgets.
As a truly web-based fleet management software (ASP) Astral can manage an unlimited number of assets thru any computer, from home or work, connected to the internet. No additional hardware or software products are required. Regular product updates and data storage are part of the monthly licensing fee.
BorgSolutions’ customer service is par to none. Customers can contact the Support Service Help Desk for assistance via phone, email or fax. A live person will handle each request to ensure the maximum customer service. In addition, each new customer is trained by our staff via the web or in person, allowing for flexibility in the training process.
Astral’s platform architecture was designed to enable customers to integrate with 3rd party hardware and software providers to enable a seamless integration with current or future solutions. Electronic data exchanges can be automated for finance packages, telematic devices, 3rd party software and more. For more details on data exchange capabilities, please contact a BorgSolutions representative.
To learn more about Astral and why it is the only Fleet Intelligence Platform™ on the market today, visit the Astral Page or Contact Us .
According to the National Truck Equipment Association, most vocational fleet operators know that a good preventive maintenance program can minimize vehicle repair costs and downtime. What most operators may not know is how to determine if their fleet's preventive maintenance program is optimized.
BorgSolutions’ ASTRAL was designed to enable both fleet operators and C-Level executives access to critical fleet maintenance and repair data delivered in a variety of reports, which in turn enable them to accurately determine if their operations are optimized. In addition, since Astral’s reports and actionable items (work orders, purchase orders, maintenance alerts and more) are based on real time data, decisions are no longer based on post event information. Enabling fleet operators to make critical calls on well-founded information that has been delivered in a decision friendly format.
To make this a truly effective solution for the Services’ Industry, Astral has incorporated features commonly found in accounting and dispatching solutions to its’ maintenance offering, such as: Fuel Management, Labor Management, and State and Federal regulatory compliance.
True efficiency is achieved when raw data about each vehicle, such as: odometer readings, age of units, maintenance schedules and other key factors, is “digested” within Astral and automatically pre-populates action items in the form of work orders, purchase orders and alerts. Leaving fleet operators with a fully automated action items that enable them to spend more time making tactical decisions instead of administering endless fleet data.
State and Federal regulatory compliance is a cumbersome task that every fleet operator must deal with at some point in time. Endless reports are always requested and their administration is a job on its own. Astral has automated State and Federal regulatory compliance to assist fleet operators with a variety of requirements, including: certifications, registration renewals, mileage reporting, inspections, DOT, border crossing (IFTA),….
By reducing a fleet operators administrative time and increasing productivity, Astral reduces the overall cost of fleet operations. Automate and Streamline the management of work orders, labor allocation, inventory levels, quote requests, and purchase order processing allows for a more profitable fleet operation. Vehicle performance can be better assessed within Astral to better plan future disposition and replacement. Astral even provides insight into operator/driver data for identification of vehicular abuse and rogue driver trends.
BorgSolutions is proud to offer a variety of different telematic hardware options, including: GPS & WiFi. Enabling customers to access time sensitive telematic data feeds remotely and in real-time for administration within Astral. As a hardware partner, not a manufacturer, BorgSolutions is been able to integrate with multiple manufacturers of best-of-breed hardware to meet every customer’s specific needs and budgets.
Automating the fleet maintenance process enables Astral customers to reduce operational costs by controlling and tracking maintenance expenses. Savings become most apparent when a unit’s lifespan is extended and its replacement is offset, enabling customers to reduce financing expenses by extending the return-on-investment. In addition, significant saving can be obtained on insurance premiums by simply maintaining the unit in optimum condition and in turn decreasing each unit’s liability.
Astral’s platform architecture was designed to enable customers to integrate with 3rd party hardware and software providers to enable a seamless integration with current or future solutions. Providing each customer the opportunity to select best-of-bread solutions in each business area without forcing them to purchase everything from one vendor alone.
To learn more about Astral and why it is the only Fleet Intelligence Platform™ on the market today, visit the Astral Page or Contact us.
The Equipment and Vehicle Rental Industry have a unique business model that depends entirely on the availability of “working” inventory. If a rental unit is non operational or overdue for service, it’s simply non-rentable.
More critical than maintaining a rental unit functioning is the need for speed in the decision making process of whether to repair or perform maintenance on a given unit. The timeliness of these decisions can make the difference between meeting a customer’s request or loosing a sale. In the same fashion, ensuring that preventive maintenance is performed is critical to ensuring the longevity and productivity of a unit.
BorgSolutions understands the unique need of the Rental Industry and how critical timely information is to the day-to-day execution of their business. To meet and exceed these needs, they have created Astral™, the only Fleet Maintenance & Management Software that was designed as a platform to automate: inventory, repairs, maintenance, work orders, purchase orders and much more.
By taking raw data about your equipment, such as: odometer readings, age of units, maintenance schedules and other key factors, Astral is able to “digest” these factors and pre-populates action items in the form of work orders and purchase orders. Automating the repair and maintenance process. Leaving the guesswork out of employee hands and just the action items for them to work from.
Astral keeps track of inventory and alert users on inventory levels. Notifying users if they are low on a part that would normally be kept in stock. Astral automates the restocking process by pre-populating quote requests and purchase orders for these parts. New inventory can also be administered thru the system by utilizing the quote request and purchase order system.
BorgSolutions is proud to offer a variety of different telematic hardware options, including: GPS & WiFi. Enabling customers to access time sensitive telematic data feeds remotely and in real-time for administration within Astral. As a hardware partner, not a manufacturer, BorgSolutions has been able to integrate with multiple manufacturers of best-of-breed hardware to meet every customer’s specific needs and budgets.
Astral’s automation of the fleet maintenance process enables customers to reduce operational costs by controlling and tracking maintenance expenses. Savings become most apparent when a unit’s lifespan is extended and its replacement is offset, enabling customers to reduce financing expenses by extending the return-on-investment. In addition, by maintaining the unit in optimum condition, each unit’s liability decreases, allowing the customer to save significantly on insurance premiums.
Since Astral automates all work order processes, pricing and discounts are automatically set by the system based on administrative input, ending errors in billing. Additionally, customers that automate the input of vehicle data thru the use of telematic devices like GPS, see the largest reduction in data entry error by eliminating human data entry.
Astral’s platform architecture was designed to enable customers to integrate with 3rd party hardware and software providers to enable a seamless integration with current or future solutions. Providing each customer the opportunity to select best-of-bread solutions in each business area without forcing them to purchase everything from one vendor alone.
To learn more about Astral and why it is the only Fleet Intelligence Platform™ on the market today, visit the Astral Page or Contact us.