- Vehicle master data
- Vehicle assignments
- Availability and operational readiness
- Maintenance and damage management
- Contract and document management
- Utilization transparency
- Multi-depot fleet management
Transport and logistics companies depend on vehicle availability, predictable operations, and efficient depot processes.
Fleet & Charge Cloud connects fleet management, pool vehicles, telematics, maintenance, depot charging, energy management, and financial processes on an integrated platform.
If charging becomes a bottleneck, logistics slows down
Logistics fleets operate under continuous pressure to meet delivery windows, route schedules, customer commitments, and utilization targets.
Electrification creates new dependencies between vehicle availability, charging duration, route requirements, depot infrastructure, energy capacity, and operational planning.
Without an integrated data and process platform, fleet and facility managers cannot reliably determine which vehicle should charge, when charging should take place, or whether sufficient energy capacity is available.
Typical Challenges
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Vehicle Availability
Downtime, maintenance delays, charging constraints, and inefficient vehicle allocation can directly affect operational performance.
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Depot Charging Bottlenecks
Several vehicles may require charging at the same time, while the number of chargers and available grid capacity remain limited.
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Disconnected Fleet and Energy Data
Vehicle schedules, telematics, charging sessions, charger status, energy consumption, and costs are often managed in separate systems.
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Duplicate Data Entry
Vehicle, driver, route, maintenance, charging, and financial information must frequently be entered or reconciled manually.
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Route-Dependent Charging Requirements
Charging priorities depend on route length, departure time, state of charge, vehicle type, and operational importance.
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Depot and Grid Capacity
Electrification may create high investment requirements, peak loads, and local infrastructure constraints.
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Maintenance and Downtime
Mileage, vehicle status, maintenance demand, workshop capacity, and operational planning are not always connected.
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Vehicle Allocation
Vehicles must be assigned across routes, drivers, shifts, sites, and operational units based on availability and suitability.
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Charging Cost Transparency
Energy, infrastructure, public charging, and charging service costs are difficult to allocate to individual vehicles, routes, sites, or customers.
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Electrification Business Case
Management requires reliable TCO, utilization, energy, and infrastructure data to prioritize investments.
One Platform for Fleet, Charging and Energy Operations
Imagine vehicles, drivers, routes, assignments, charging points, telematics data, maintenance needs, energy consumption, and costs being managed through one integrated platform.
Fleet & Charge Cloud connects operational fleet control with depot charging, energy management, maintenance, and financial transparency.
Built on SAP. Open to your ecosystem.
Fleet & Charge Cloud is built on SAP and deeply integrated with SAP business processes. At the same time, FCC connects vehicles, telematics providers, charging infrastructure, energy systems and third-party applications through open APIs.
- One Central Data Foundation
Vehicle, driver, assignment, telematics, charging, energy, maintenance, and cost data is managed consistently.
- Vehicle Availability Management
Fleet managers receive transparency about vehicle status, assignment, maintenance demand, charging status, and operational readiness.
- Charging Orchestration
Charging activities can be prioritized based on operational requirements, departure times, vehicle status, and available energy capacity.
- Telematics-Based Operations
Real-time mileage, utilization, vehicle status, and operational data support planning and maintenance decisions.
- Depot Energy Management
Energy consumption, charging loads, available capacity, and load peaks can be monitored and optimized.
- Financial Transparency
Fleet, charging, energy, maintenance, and infrastructure costs can be assigned to vehicles, depots, routes, or organizational units.
From Depot to Driver
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Fleet Management
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Pool Vehicle and Vehicle Allocation Management
- Vehicle reservation and allocation
- Assignment by route, shift, or operational unit
- Vehicle suitability and availability checks
- Driver permissions and qualifications
- Digital handover and return
- Utilization and capacity analysis
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Telematics Integration
- Vehicle location and status
- Automatic mileage data
- Utilization information
- State-of-charge information where available
- Maintenance-relevant data
- Operational reporting
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Smart Depot Charging
- Charging priority management
- Departure-time-based charging
- Vehicle readiness monitoring
- Charger status and availability
- Charging schedule optimization
- Support for load balancing
- Exception and bottleneck management
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Energy Management
- Depot-level energy consumption
- Peak load monitoring
- Charging cost transparency
- Site comparison
- Renewable energy integration
- Energy-related KPI reporting
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Maintenance Management
- Preventive maintenance planning
- Mileage-based maintenance triggers
- Service and repair processes
- Vehicle downtime transparency
- Inspection and deadline management
- Maintenance cost reporting
End-to-End Processes Instead of Manual Coordination
Vehicle and Driver Allocation
Vehicles are assigned to drivers, routes, shifts, or operational units based on availability, suitability, and permissions.
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Operational Readiness Check
Vehicle condition, maintenance status, charging status, and required driver qualifications are checked before deployment.
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Smart Charging Prioritization
Charging requirements are determined based on departure time, operational priority, state of charge, route requirements, and energy availability.
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Telematics-Based Maintenance
Mileage and vehicle status data can trigger maintenance requirements and support preventive maintenance processes.
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Charging and Energy Cost Allocation
Charging sessions and energy costs are allocated to vehicles, depots, routes, cost centers, or organizational units.
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Financial Integration
Fleet, maintenance, charging, and energy data is transferred into financial and controlling processes.
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Better Decisions for Every Stakeholder
Charging as an Integrated Part of Logistics Operations
Charging cannot be managed independently from vehicles, routes, departure times, maintenance, energy capacity, and financial processes.
Fleet & Charge Cloud creates the integrated control layer required to manage electrified logistics fleets reliably and economically.
- Operational Excellence for Transport & Logistics
- Eliminate duplicate data entry
- Maximize vehicle availability
- Prevent charging bottlenecks
- Align charging with operational requirements
- Improve fleet utilization
- Reduce energy and peak load costs
- Integrate telematics and maintenance
- Create charging and TCO transparency
- Accelerate fleet electrification