CONTINENTAL RETHINKS PRE-DEPARTURE SAFETY CHECKS – SMARTPHONE APP INCREASES TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY

With the app Verified Inspection, Continental is launching a system on the European market that facilitates the correct handling and archiving of departure control checks for commercial vehicles via a smartphone app. Continental Verified Inspection offers seamless and simple processes for managing compliance. Also, it offers a plannable and cost-effective management of defects to ensure higher productivity of a commercial vehicle fleet. Managers of commercial vehicle fleets benefit from greater transparency on the reliability of the checks performed. Fleet managers and workshop mechanics can improve defect management using data transmitted via the app to resolve any detected defects quickly and efficiently.

Digital solution enables any fleet to individualize testing processes
A thorough inspection of all safety-relevant functions of a commercial vehicle – for example, tires, lighting system, cargo area and load – is required in many European countries and takes around 15 minutes on average. However, the requirements differ from country to country and for each type of transport, so procedures for departure checks are varied. Continental Verified Inspection takes this heterogeneity into account. The digital solution consists of a set with an NFC tag for vehicle identification, up to ten individually placeable tags for the inspection process, and an easy-to-use smartphone app for the driver's acceptance and archiving of the vehicle’s condition on the day in question.

Transparency and efficiency for workshop processes
Continental Verified Inspection makes departure checks transparent and enables increased efficiency in fleet workshops. Defects detected during departure checks should be repaired in the workshop at the earliest possible opportunity – however, if a defect could affect safety, it should be repaired immediately. Otherwise, the vehicle may not depart and that may, in turn, impact operations. The data from the app gives fleet managers and workshop supervisors a detailed overview of the fleet’s current condition and enables coordination of workshop visits and field calls by mechanics to be prioritized and handled efficiently based on the severity of the defect.

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