Distinctive Coach Manager Integrations
We work closely with motorcoach operations teams to identify areas for improvement in their day-to-day workflows. These solutions are features of our turnkey platform that connects your systems to automate data entry, monitor data in real-time and provide dozens of customizable features to support your operations.
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About Us: We are a software company with over 15 years of experience in the fleet industry. We work with over 60 motorcoach operators across North America and are members of UMA, ABA, IMG & CBA. We are preferred integrators for the leading operations platforms (Distinctive Coach Manager & TBN Ops Driver) and the leading telematics providers (Samsara, Saucon, Motive & Zonar).
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​Our Features: Actuals, Alerts, Reports, Maps, Vehicle Status Manager, Data Access​
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More Info: Demos, Partners, Pricing​
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Contact Us: info@initekconsulting.com or click here to schedule a demo
Our Platform
Requirements & Setup
Services
Requirements
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you must be using Coach Manager v4.92.01 (September 2019) or newer to use this integration
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you must have Samsara or Saucon devices installed in 1 or more vehicles
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Setup Steps
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email support@initekconsulting.com and ask us to onboard your account
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we'll send you a standard service agreement for your review/signature
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we'll invoice you for the 1st month of service
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pay the invoice to kick off the setup process
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add support in your telematics provider
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for Samsara, a user for us to setup API access and verify account data & settings
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add ben.oday@initekconsulting.com as a Standard Admin with access to the Entire Organization​
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for Saucon, email your account rep and asked them to provide access to ​the Initek team
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enable the bookings feed from Coach Manager
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Initek will provide the connection details
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email nasupport@distinctivesystems.com and ask them to enable the booking feed with these details
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booking data will then be sent using a secure FTP connection to our servers
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​view booking & actuals results on our portal​
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you will receive a welcome ​email with a credentials to our Fleet Integration Portal
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you can view bookings and actuals results and access all of our other features
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​pull actuals into Coach Manager​
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simply configure actuals to retrieve from our platform ​
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Our Platform Packages & Features
Bookings & Telematics Integration
This is the base package that connects your booking and telematics platforms. This package includes support for: creating telematics routes from bookings, custom map views and our Bus SOS (stranded vehicle assistance) features.
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This package automates calculating actual driver HOS times & vehicle times/mileage for each booking. It then pushes this data to your booking platform to streamline driver payroll & customer billing activities. This eliminates the need to manually enter this data and provides tools to view and troubleshoot issues efficiently in one place.
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We combine data from multiple systems to provide specific operational views & reports. These allow you to see your planned data alongside actual data for vehicles & drivers to support forecasting, analytics, on-time reporting and much more.
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These SMS & email alert features allow you to notify staff, customers and passengers about booking, vehicle & driver events. The goal of each is to notify the right people at the right time to improve overall fleet reliability and improve end-to-end customer service.
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This is a web & SMS based solution to manage vehicle readiness status in real-time. This allows your cleaning, maintenance, drivers & dispatch teams to share status changes and notes about each vehicle. We also show upcoming booking times & driver info and update the vehicle status in real-time based on vehicle events (leaving, arrivals & DVIRs).
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This package allows your team to access platform data directly for use within your organization. This is typically to support BI Solutions or other internal applications that require data from telematics, booking or other platforms. We can provide a solution to pull data from our APIs or push data to your APIs or database if needed.
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We charge a simple monthly fee for each package used based on your vehicle count. This gives you access to all current and future package features. There are no setup fees and you can cancel at any time.