The e-jobsheet integration into Bridgestone Europe’s FleetBridge system has been put ‘live’ this week.

This will enable the open-access, digital tablet-based service work exchange platform for truck, bus, van, and now also car, to deliver greater shared accuracy between e-jobsheet dealer subscribers and Bridgestone Europe.

Jobsheet data will be passed directly through to FleetBridge including a copy of the job card and any photos provided when work is conducted by a dealer on a Bridgestone fleet vehicle. Inspection data will also be transmitted automatically to Bridgestone.

The direct connection between e-jobsheet and FleetBridge will save keying in time and administrative costs. This framework enables all commercial transactions to be completed in both company systems from the data received within seconds of job completion from a fitter’s tablet.

Sion Rathkey, Solution Business Back Office manager, Bridgestone North Europe, says, “The integration of e-jobsheet into FleetBridge works very well and is the result of excellent development work and collaboration between CAM and Bridgestone. The integration to Bridgestone’s new fleet management software meets the standards set out by the Bridgestone Dealer Partner requirements to be ‘Easy to Do Business With’ and provides immediate operational information to the fleets as well as to Bridgestone. Integration with new technology is at the core of Bridgestone’s industry leading fleet approach.

Steve Daly of CAM International comments, “It’s testament to the long-standing partnership between our two organisations that the e-jobsheet integration into FleetBridge has been implemented ahead of plan.”

CAM has expanded its management team with the promotion of Frankie Sharp to head of product management. The company states that the new addition to the management team is part of its ongoing commitment to drive innovation in the business to ensure its software solutions continue to meet the industry’s needs.

An experienced project manager, Sharp has a wealth of knowledge implementing and managing the development of different CAM products released over the last couple of years. Her new role will see her take responsibility for her team’s delivery of user and technical documentation, while continuing with her current role in managing the ongoing development of the company’s products and release schedule. Sharp was previously employed by CAM as development project consultant.

Ryan Naughton, operations director of CAM, says: “Frankie exemplifies the traits of a manager and is highly regarded by our customer base, so we are delighted to welcome her into the management team. Her willingness and flexibility to throw herself into any activity has led her to becoming a real difference maker for the business over the last few years. We look forward to her bringing the insights she has gained from the users to the top table, so that our products and services continue to provide benefits to our customers in the short, medium and long term.”

To meet the demand for a more responsive mobile retail environment, the next generation MIDaS B2B e-commerce platform is being launched by CAM.  It will enable retailers to interact with dealers more effectively online by delivering stock to all their digital devices including mobile, tablet and PC.

MIDaS3 introduces advanced security management allowing subscribers to authenticate their login by username and password through the system’s admin pages.  In addition, publishers can impersonate and connect remotely as a subscriber allowing them to see what their subscribers see, providing improved support to identify price differentials, failed orders and page or product issues, saving down time and loss of business.

The new user interface ensures consistency across page layouts and content flow on different screens and the system is smoother, sleeker and faster when loading.  Active caching also retains user searches for faster retrieval of their most popular products.

Improvements to the graphical layout, utilising more effective icons and positioning of the user content, also provide an overall enhanced user experience.

A strong brand image to personalise a business’ website is available through MIDaS3’s smart customisation tool, with a choice of themes, fonts, buttons, page customisation and delivery of content through news feeds and notice boards.  In addition, with multi-depot configuration, each site can employ their own MIDaS3 with full customisation of pages and content provided by the publisher.                                                                                                            …/

In addition, when subscribers login they are taken to a dedicated landing page showing the latest promotions, special offers and more, enhancing companies’ marketing and advertising campaigns.  To maximise email marketing, businesses can send subscribers embedded MIDaS3 links directly to special product offers that open the requisite product page.                                                                                                                                                

Searchable links, brand search and keyword searching/filter by season are all available within MIDaS3.  Its dynamic searching function suggests brand and tyre characteristics as end users type, allowing them to search by any field to build a keyword query.  CAM’s Online Tyre Catalogue (OTC) integration provides IPC and EAN codes, EU tyre labelling, tread images and other tyre parameters.

The interface of CAMBI (Business Intelligence) with CAMEO also presents an interactive data visualisation tool for enabling real-time data consumption and analysis.

Mike Allen, managing director of CAM, says, “The enhancements to MIDaS are all about creating an easier and more enjoyable user customer experience, while maximising business for dealers.  Subscribers can now have multiple wish lists and can save their cart contents.  In addition, with improved CMS order queue management, at check out, a prompt warns the customer of any stocked quantity and price changes so the subscriber can either accept the reprice or update their cart accordingly.  As a result, dealers can expect a more effective e-commerce web presence increasing their business potential.”