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Bold ideas produce winning results
Recognised for breaking the barriers of innovation with many patents to their name that solve numerous issues for commercial businesses, Protrack’s latest award win recognises their bespoke software solution for the fleet industry.
Innovation is crucial for business growth. The successful exploitation of new ideas is crucial to a business being able to improve its processes, bring new and improved products and services to market, increase its efficiency and, most importantly, improve its profitability. As a company we are not afraid to tackle high risk, highly technical projects, however we are careful to calculate and ensure the success of the end product. We were thrilled to win the Business Innovation award at the Gloucestershire Business Awards in October, having impressed the judges by our latest project, the ProDrive Security System, which solves the issue of thefts of delivery vehicles as a result of drivers leaving the keys in the vehicles and often leaving the vehicles running. ProDrive Security will detect when a driver exits the vehicle then automatically, and safely, shuts down the engine. When the driver returns, it can only be restarted if the driver is authorised as a biometric user.
The system records a fingerprint which can be sent to any vehicle which has our solution professionally installed. Drivers can be added, removed and suspended by an administrator using a security protected app. The ProDrive Security system can be overridden remotely if the vehicle requires a service, has an accident or simply needs to be driven by an unauthorised user. Driver identification is recorded for each journey. Numerous courier companies are trialling the product and we are in discussion with insurance underwriters and brokers about attracting insurance discounts. The ProDrive Security system appears to be the answer to a worldwide problem with a pending patent. We are excited to be working with Will because we recognise that Randall & Payne too have an innovative approach to solving problems and quickly demonstrated that they deliver on promises, whether that be helping with
strategy, dealing with R&D Tax claims or reporting on our monthly financial performance. Will said – “Innovation is not just about developing new products for customers but also embracing opportunities to improve internal processes like cloud accounting to drive productivity. Kevin and the teamhave innovation running through themand it is great to help them continue tomake improvements in all aspects of their business.” Look out for our upcoming event called ALL THINGS FLEET which will be held at Gloucester Rugby Kingsholm later this year. The Protrack Group, GPS tracking specialists, are a family run business based in the heart of Gloucester which
Kevin Pope founded in 2010. www.protrack-group.com
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