Arsenault Associates, Atco, N.J., has released Version 4.0 of Dossier Fleet Maintenance Software and a new wireless Pocket Dossier and Custom Report Writer Wizard.

According to Arsenault, Version 4.0 automates cost and budget management by comparing a fleet's actual parts, labor and total costs to budget projections in real time. The software automatically builds a fleet's benchmark data of maintenance performance time and dollars with each repair order entry, then measures and displays against those benchmarks. The program collects and measures a unit's out-of-service time and compares it to the company's normal business operating hours, automatically analyzing downtime.
Dossier Version 4.0 users can pre-define templates for any repair or maintenance work so that one mouse click automatically records, costs and updates all areas of the program at the same time, including parts, labor, cost-per-mile, miles or hours run, repair histories, parts inventory, labor productivity, PM scheduling, meter readings and vendor control. According to Arsenault, this can cut data entry time by as much as 65% while increasing accuracy.
Other enhancements include automatic identification of obsolete parts, the ability to attach digital images and documents to files, a new backup system and more.
Arsenault also released Pocket Dossier, a new wireless, voice-activated, bar-code-enabled software option for an off-the-shelf handheld computer. Pocket Dossier allows real-time data lookup, data entry, work pending, PM status, fuel and meter info, license and permit status, parts inventory control including parts costing, use histories, receipts, adjustments, live file updating during parts room inventory counts and more from the shop, yard, fuel island, or anyplace else on the property.
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