Blue & Me Fleet. Fleet management has never been so easy. Iveco S.p.A. Via Puglia, Turin - Italy

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1 Iveco S.p.A. Via Puglia, Turin - Italy Publication A Printed in Italy September 2008 The information in this publication is provided purely as a guide and is not binding. Blue & Me Fleet Fleet management has never been so easy

2 Iveco and Qualcomm Together for your business Whether you manage a fleet of heavy Stralis trucks for long-distance transport, or Daily vans for regional or municipal distribution or for your service fleet, as of today, your operation is about to get a major boost, thanks to the Blue&Me Fleet hardware. The Blue&Me Fleet on-board telematics solution enables you to reduce costs dramatically, while at the same time increasing profits. In that way, Blue&Me Fleet gives you a significant competitive advantage. Blue&Me Fleet is the result of the combined innovative efforts of Iveco, producers of state-of-the-art professional transport vehicles, and Qualcomm Enterprise Services, the world market leader in integrated wireless communication and information systems and related services. Together, these market definers deliver a concept that offers several unique advantages. Blue&Me Fleet enables you to better calculate and improve your planning, but also to coach drivers and to track shipments and vehicles from moment to moment; and all of this ensuring a quick return on investment. The Blue&Me Fleet hardware is just what you would expect from Iveco. That means: reliable, easy to use, supremely accurate and safe for the environment and people. Qualcomm adds its own unique FleetVisor Software, a dedicated Internet platform that allows you to obtain all the crucial transport data, directly from your desktop computer, in a format that is immediately understandable and even suitable for integration into your back office software. The Blue&Me Fleet hardware is completely integrated with the vehicle s electronic architecture and so is able to capture vehicle and driver related data. Remote tachograph data download is also available on vehicles equipped with the appropriate version of the tachograph. Two world-renowned brands are thus joining forces so that your business will get a major boost. It is time, therefore, to get to know Blue&Me Fleet!

3 Improved Fuel savings, a better grip on your vehicle fleet, more effective use of labour hours, and a more environmentally friendly operation through reduced emissions - these are but a few of the many benefits that the innovative Blue&Me Fleet telematics system in the Iveco Daily series has to offer you as an entrepreneur. Iveco Daily with Blue&Me Fleet: Keep control of your business success Highly affordable Iveco delivers Blue&Me Fleet as a highly affordable built-in option within the Daily series. For service fleet owners and owners of transport fleets for local and regional transport alike, Blue&Me Fleet has many convincing advantages. Total insight Iveco has teamed up with Qualcomm, the world s leading provider of fleet management solutions to provide you the state-of-the-art telematics services in their FleetVisor Communication Platform. That way Blue&Me Fleet guarantees that you have a complete overview of the performance of every van and every driver at any given moment. At a glance, you have everything you need to know about fuel consumption, kilometres travelled, speed and trip status. This enables you to coach drivers and support your employees so that they can work more efficiently. Thanks to the unique integration of Blue&Me Fleet with the internal CAN-BUS network of the Daily, all of the vehicle related data is exceptionally accurate.

4 Track performance! Together with FleetVisor, Blue&Me Fleet offers you all the critical statistics & key performances indicators that allow you to run your business much more efficiently. Would you like to know whether your drivers are respecting the speed limits? Blue&Me Fleet tells you. Would you like to know where the opportunities are for fuel savings? Blue&Me Fleet shows you. Would you like to be informed when a particular vehicle needs maintenance? Blue&Me alerts you. A green asset Blue&Me Fleet fits perfectly in the Iveco strategy to enable you to achieve optimum performance. Likewise, Blue&Me Fleet supports perfectly the Iveco initiatives to further reduce emissions. Reduce your carbon footprint now! Immediate clarity All the data from Blue&Me Fleet is stored for you in the very user-friendly FleetVisor software, a unique Internet platform that processes all your data into easy-to-understand information, like diagrams and graphics such as pie charts. The service connection between the vehicle and its homebase is offered at a flat-rate subscription that works both for national & international operations. All data from the fleet can be processed effortlessly into most back office systems, thanks to FleetVisor.

5 Imagine that your management, administration and service department could see, at any given moment, where your vehicles are and what the progress is of the trip. Can you imagine how much that would contribute to a more-profitable operation and an advantage over your competition? Iveco Stralis with Blue&Me Fleet: The best control for road transport operations Everything under control With Blue&Me Fleet, the optional built-in telematics solution for the Iveco Stralis series, you now have that ability for all your road transport business. Iveco has teamed up with Qualcomm, the world s leading provider of fleet management solutions to provide you with the state-of-theart telematics services in their FleetVisor Communication Platform. That way with Blue&Me Fleet, you always know precisely where your trucks are. At a glance you are able to see what your drivers are doing (i.e. loading, unloading, waiting, driving, etc.). You have real-time insight into key performance indicators such as fuel consumption and the amount of hours driven for the Working Time Directive. And you can inform customers with lightning speed about planned delivery or a change in planning. Save money and the environment Thanks to Blue&Me Fleet, you can coach drivers optimally on reducing fuel consumption (which is good for both the environment and the wallet) and to respect traffic rules. You have immediate information on engine performance so you can have your service department perform maintenance timely. You can also better tune your planning based on real-time data (such as for the return trip) and check calculations.

6 Highly accurate Because Blue&Me Fleet is integrated with the internal CAN-BUS network of the Stralis, the system provides supremely accurate data, including the precise driver hours from the tachograph. Would you like to be able to inform your driver about changes in the current trip? Then you will be delighted to learn that the text-to-speech functionality of Blue&Me Fleet allows you to do this in a user-friendly as well as very safe way. Immediate clarity You receive all information about Blue&Me Fleet directly via FleetVisor software: the easy to use Internet platform of Iveco s partner Qualcomm. The service connection between the vehicles and the homebase is offered at a flat-rate subscription that works both for national & international operations. Thanks to FleetVisor, all data is easy to understand by means of conveniently arranged diagrams. In addition, they can be integrated into most back office software solutions. Thus, you can see directly how you can decrease your operational cost and increase the overall efficiency of your business. Would you also like the same functionalities on other vehicles in your transport fleet? Here too Iveco and Qualcomm are glad to help. Because that is the starting point for the Blue&Me Fleet concept: ensuring that you have the best conceivable competitive edge.

7 The introduction of Iveco s Blue&Me Fleet enables you to tighten your grip on your servicing and transport fleet. The new telematics solution allows you to track the performance of your fleet and drivers from your desktop computer. This translates into significant cost reductions, greater efficiency and a better competitive position. New: Iveco Blue&Me Fleet. Take control of your fleet Good return ON investment Blue&Me Fleet is the business version of the highly successful Blue&Me in-car multimedia system which Iveco s parent company Fiat originally developed for its passenger vehicles. With hundreds of thousands of systems already active, you benefit from a reliable, yet affordable integrated on-board telematics solutions perfectly adapted to transport & service business operations. Keep in control Next to highly precise GPS-tracking, Blue&Me Fleet offers a number of key functionalities. For instance, it gives you real-time insight into fuel consumption, kilometres travelled, speed and driver identity. It also helps you to coach drivers, minimise fuel consumption and trace the trip. On top of that, you even get to do your bit for the environment. As the Blue&Me Fleet system is directly integrated into the vehicles CAN-BUS network, it provides you with extremely accurate data.

8 Increased safety A very practical facility is the unique text-to-speech function. It enables you to instruct your driver during the route, without the driver taking his hands of the wheel or having to stop to read the information. Also good to know is that Blue&Me Fleet has a built-in MP3 player, a USB interface and a practical Bluetooth functionality. Blue&Me Fleet can even be connected to an external navigation system that for example might already be integrated on your mobile phone and may use the integrated GPS module connected via Bluetooth. All the insight you need All Blue&Me Fleet data are forwarded to your homebase where you can easily access them via the FleetVisor software- an unique Internet platform provided by Iveco partner Qualcomm. Qualcomm is the world s market leader in telematics systems for the transport and logistics sector. The data you receive via FleetVisor can be integrated directly into most back office software systems. The service connection between the vehicle and its homebase is offered at a flat-rate subscription that works both for national & international operations. If you decide to also equip the other vehicles of your existing fleet you can count on solid support from both Iveco and Qualcomm. Together we have but one goal: helping you to make your service and freight fleet go that extra mile!