Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week - Adopting Hybrid homeworking
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It’s been a tough year. Not commercially - we're growing, even recruiting. Not for projects – our team has never been so engaged and we’re really delivering for our customers. But as we enter Mental Health Awareness week mid-global pandemic, there’s plenty to be reflecting upon and a lot to be grateful for.

When lockdown #1 hit, a quarter of our team were already remote workers. Adding in the other three quarters was relatively pain free. What we hadn’t anticipated was the significant shift in staff well-being. For many of our team, their work and home life responsibilities became more balanced. Zero commute has meant more quality time with the family. Quiet home offices have helped staff feel less stressed and boosted productivity. Staff with caring responsibilities have been able to restructure their day for the better – being available for school pickups and medical appointments.

Whilst we’ve been homeworking, we’ve noticed that our team have embraced the opportunity to connect with nature. By accident or by design: more children are being walked to nursery, coffee breaks taken in the sunshine and dogs have never been so well exercised. Engaging with nature is a vital part of maintaining good mental health and CAM as a business has felt the benefits of our teams’ improved well-being. So much so, we’re sticking with it – permanently adopting a hybrid homeworking model – that lets our team maintain their improved work and homelife balance and also empowers them to keep focussing on their mental health.

Ryan Naughton

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Hazel Shaw
CAM Continues Support of One of UK’s Hottest Racing Prospects
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As part of CAM’s ongoing investment in both internal and external talent and skills development, the company is extending its sponsorship of Dan Zelos, the current MINI CHALLENGE UK Graduate Cup champion, to cover the 2021/22 season.

The new sponsorship agreement will enable 22-year-old Dan to continue his driving development that will aid him in the short term in the MINI CHALLENGE UK and in the long term on his journey to reach the British Touring Car Championship, the UK’s premier motorsport series, and beyond.

Dan had a string of strong performances in the 2020 MINI CHALLENGE UK, where he was crowned Graduate Cup champion with a total of seven podium finishes from thirteen races. In addition to the exceptional results he achieved, he was named as one of the British Racing Drivers' Club’s (BRDC) Rising Stars for 2020 and was also EXCELR8 Motorsport’s BTCC Development Driver, which he will continue in 2021, providing him with a platform that will assist him in his goal to make his BTCC debut in 2022.

Ryan Naughton, director of CAM, says,

“As a brand we understand the importance of investing in young talent, whether that be on the racetrack or in our business and it is so exciting when we see talent reach their potential. This is our third year with Dan and we have seen him go from an emerging talent to a championship challenger. We want to succeed together and will be continuing our support of him, so he can build on last year’s success in the MINI CHALLENGE UK and go one better this year.”

Dan Zelos adds,

“CAM has invested in my development as a racer from day one and we have had some amazing days on the track. In 2021, I look forward to rewarding its continued support both on and off the track by furthering my growth and development as a driver. In turn, this will assist me in making a sustained push to win the championship and achieve my other driving goals, which include making my BTCC debut in 2022.”

Hazel Shaw
e-jobsheet and Fitter-Force’s Versatility - a Great Fit for the Agri Sector
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Commercial Tyre Business recently spoke to CAM’s Steve Daly in their agricultural tyre feature exploring the impact of the pandemic and how Fitter-Force and e-jobsheet are optimising efficiency and transparency for tyre dealers diversifying into the agriculture sector.

Our first question to Steve was with regards to how CAM was facing up to the demands of agricultural dealers, specifically in relation to what these organisations are asking from IT suppliers such as themselves. In response to this, Steve underlined how the company’s technology that has been tried and tested over years delivers for the agricultural segment as much as it does for other segments like truck, bus and van.

“Throughout the pandemic the commercial sector has remained buoyant and has, in fact, grown during the various lockdowns,” he responded.

“Dealers are diversifying their operations and introducing new work streams, and agriculture is regarded as essential servicing. So, they may be performing ad hoc work, although it is not necessarily the mainstay of all of their tyre service businesses.”

It was here that Steve highlighted the versatility of CAM’s technologies and product offerings,

“The good news from CAM from our customers’ perspective is that the technologies we have developed cater for the agricultural sector as much as they do for truck, bus and van, so dealers are already equipped to chase and respond to business diversification.”

So, what products and systems have CAM put in place for the agricultural sector? Our recent interview with Steve Daly at the start of 2021 focused in keenly on the key advantages that the Fitter-Force programme holds for the commercial vehicle sector. In the same vein, Fitter-Force was designed to meet the requirements of the agricultural sector.

Daly explains, “To meet the requirements of commercial customers including the agricultural sector, CAM developed its Fitter-Force platform and the simple e-jobsheet tablet app to enable agricultural dealers to manage their stock profiles effectively and allocate the stock to a job by pushing the data via TiDaeX using e-jobsheet.”

The Commercial Director of CAM continued, “e-jobsheet integration into Fitter-Force provides a link between the dealer’s back office and the mobile technicians employing the tablet app. It delivers job status updates and, importantly, as the stock is allocated to the jobs and vehicles, the dealer can benefit from continuous visibility of all the work being conducted and its stock position.”

Another advantage of e-jobsheet which will be of interest to the agricultural sector is how policy advice to the technician is supported on the platform. Policy advice is often essential in agricultural service work, and this emphasises how beneficial it is for the technician to have easy access to policy advice in a quick and efficient way.

Additionally, the technology facilitates excellent stock management and provides greater control and visibility in relation to what is happening with the tyres out on the road, as well as back in the stock room. These benefits are ones that don’t only apply to the agricultural sector, but bus, van and truck as well.

Daly adds, “Although a job may be originated by the technician on the e-jobsheet tablet app, it will come back to the Fitter-Force platform, and the back-office user can utilise the system’s functionality to reconcile the stock, delivering excellent stock management and providing greater control over what is happening with the tyres when they are out on the road.

"The technology can be implemented very easily and quickly, which makes it ideal for independent tyre businesses, particularly those needing to service a diverse variety of vehicles including, of course, agricultural.”

With the versatility and adaptability of the e-jobsheet and Fitter-Force platforms, CAM will be at the forefront of solving the issues and demands that the agricultural sector throws their way.


Hazel Shaw