Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Reflection

Singapore Institute of Technology provides Technical Communication as a module for all engineering students so that they are well trained in their communication skills before entering the society. As numerous amount of feedbacks reflect that local engineers are not able to have a fluent conversations with foreigners. I realized that there is actually a huge difference in standard between a polytechnic and a university in terms of technical communication modules. University teaches you the correct way of presenting and writing a report as compared to polytechnic where you are only focusing on presentation skills.

Through this short 20 hour module, I was able to gain quite a lot from it. There are two very important things that I gained from this and they are the communications with my fellow classmates and improved presentation skills. Being new course, telematics do not have a huge number of people studying it and therefore is possible to know almost everyone or have at least have a bit of interaction with them. However, I find it hard to make new friends as I tend to stick with only people I am already close and comfortable with. Despite that, this module has helped me solve that problem. With the help of this module I was able to work and interact with people that I found hard to approach.


To add on, this module also improved my presentation skills by overcoming my stage fright. Throughout my polytechnic days, I was scared of presentations and I hated it as I get nervous easily. When I get nervous, I will stutter every word that I say and mess up the whole presentation.  With the help of in-class interactions with our professor and classmates, I was able to project my voice and reach out the class. Therefore, I really appreciate what this module has provided me with. 

Monday, October 17, 2016

Product Description Summary / Analysis (Draft 3)

The section “Fleet One Helps Narrow Down Important Data” from the article “The Evolution of Telematics” introduces the Fleet One Vehicle Tracking system developed by WEX Fleet One. It offers a wide range of GPS fleet tracking solutions to both the private and government sectors, catering to vehicle fleets of varying sizes. According to Goetz, a product specialist from Fleet One. Fleet One’s digital platform consists of a two-way touch screen interface for better fleet information management. Value added features such an online account and “fuel purchasing management” reduces fraud at fuel pumps, making the system cost effective. Trainings are provided by the GPS salesperson to new users through both online and offline platforms. Also, Fleet One has two types of fuel cards for the companies to monitor their activities and transactions online. Both ‘All roads’ and ‘Over the road’ fuel cards, are differentiated by the distance the fleet vehicle travels. In contrast, GPS Insight only has one integration card for system monitoring which less accurately tracks the fuel purchase for each vehicle. Therefore Fleet One is a more reliable product due to its management system.

As drivers can drive over 1.5 million miles each month, companies should look towards financial management. Due to rising operating costs, adopting fuel cards which purchases fuel more efficiently and effectively will reduce losses. Besides convenience, a product's ease of use are what customers look out for and therefore a more holistic system should be used.

In this section, we will be focusing on Fleet One’s system fuel card functions. Fleet One’s GPS system is able to locate the nearest and cheapest fuel Kiosk, monitor and notify drivers on road conditions. GPS insight also provide a fuel card function. However, it does not provide fuel price indication for price comparison between different fuel kiosks, which could result in unnecessary fuel expenses by the company. For these reasons, Fleet One’s system is more holistically sound which is evident from the comparison with GPS Insight, a fleet management company.

Besides convenience, ease of usage of a product are what customers look out for. According to Fleet One’s website, its cards are accepted nationwide in USA at over 60,000 convenience stores and 7,100 truck stops as compared to GPS Insight’s fuel card which is accepted at 45,000 stores. With more available kiosk stations in collaboration with Fleet One, drivers would be able to seek maintenance faster which in turn increases the company’s efficiency, productivity and income by reducing time on searching for appropriate services. Therefore, in the case of convenience, Fleet One has been proven its stand.

For the above reasons, I feel that Fleet One is worth the try, as it stands out among their competitor by providing additional features.


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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Product Description Summary / Analysis (Draft 2)


The article “Fleet One Helps Narrow Down Important Data” introduces the Fleet One Vehicle Tracking system which is developed by WEX Fleet One. It offers a wide range of GPS fleet tracking solutions to both the private and government sectors, catering to vehicle fleets of varying sizes.

According to Goetz (2011), Fleet One’s digital platform consists of a two-way touch screen interface for better fleet information management.

Furthermore, value-added features such as online account and “fuel purchasing management” reduces fraud at fuel pumps, making the system cost effective.

Moreover, trainings are provided by the GPS salesperson to new users through both online and offline platforms.

Furthermore, Fleet One also has two types of fuel cards for the companies to monitor their activities and transactions online. The cards All roads fuel card and Over the road fuel card, are differentiable by the extent of the distance the fleet vehicle travels.

Similarly, GPS Insight also has a fleet monitoring system with additional Fuel integration card.

We will be evaluating Fleet One’s system base on 3 factors, its functions, ease of usage and how beneficial it is to the companies.

The software is the essence of a product. In this section, we will be focusing on GPS system fuel card functions. Fleet One’s GPS system is able to locate the nearest and cheapest fuel Kiosk, monitor and notify drivers on road conditions. GPS insight also provide a fuel card function. But it does not provide fuel price indication for price comparison between kiosk, which could result in unnecessary fuel expenses. For this reason, Fleet One’s system is more holistically sound which is evident from the comparison with GPS Insight, a fleet management company.

Beside, convenience and the ease of usage of a product are what customers look out for. According to Fleet One’s website, its cards are accepted nationwide at over 60,000 convenience stores and 7,100 truck stops as compared to GPS Insight’s fuel card which is accepted at 45,000 stores. With more available kiosk stations in collaboration with Fleet One, drivers would be able to seek maintenance faster which in turn increases the company’s efficiency, productivity and income by reducing time on searching for appropriate services. Therefore, in the case of convenience, Fleet One has been proven its stand.

 

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Product Description Summary / Analysis (Draft 1)


The article “Fleet One Helps Narrow Down Important Data” introduces the Fleet One Vehicle Tracking system which is developed by WEX Fleet One. It offers a wide range of GPS fleet tracking solutions to both the private and government sectors, catering to vehicle fleets of varying sizes.

According to Goetz (2011), Fleet One’s digital platform consists of a two-way touch screen interface for better fleet information management.

Furthermore, value-added features such as online account and “fuel purchasing management” reduces fraud at fuel pumps, making the system cost effective.

In addition, trainings are provided by the GPS salesperson to new users through both online and offline platforms.

Additionally, Fleet One also has two types of fuel cards for the companies to monitor their activities and transactions online. The cards: ‘All roads fuel card’ and ‘Over the road fuel card’, are differentiable by the extent of the distance the fleet vehicle travels.

Similarly, GPS Insight also has a fleet monitoring system with additional Fuel integration card. Therefore, I felt that it is a unique product that differ from the others in the market.

We will be evaluating Fleet One’s system base on 3 factors, its functions, ease of usage and how beneficial it is to the companies.

The software is the essence of a product. In this section, we will be focusing on GPS system fuel card functions. Fleet One’s GPS system is able to locate the nearest and cheapest fuel Kiosk, monitor and notify drivers on road conditions. Similarly, GPS insight is also able to provide this features. But it does not provide fuel price indication for price comparison between kiosk, which could result in unnecessary fuel expenses. Therefore, Fleet One’s system is more holistically sound which is evident from the comparison with GPS Insight, a fleet management company.

In addition, convenience and the ease of usage of a product are what customers look out for. According to Fleet One’s website, its cards are accepted nationwide at over 60,000 convenience stores and 7,100 truck stops as compared to GPS Insight’s fuel card which is accepted at 45,000 stores. With more available kiosk stations in collaboration with Fleet One, drivers would be able to seek maintenance faster which in turn increases the company’s efficiency, productivity and income by reducing time on searching for appropriate services. Therefore, in the case of convenience, Fleet One has been proven its stand.

From this. I felt that Fleet One is worthy the try, as it stands up among their competitor by providing additional features.

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Product Description Summary

Fleet One automobile Tracking system is developed by WEX Fleet One which provides a range of GPS tracking solutions to both the private and government sectors. According to Goetz (2011), Fleet One’s digital platform consists of a two-way touch screen interface for better fleet information management. Furthermore, value-added features such as online account and fuel purchasing management reduces fraud at fuel pumps, making the system value for money. In addition, trainings are provided by the GPS salesperson to new users through both online and offline platforms.

Sources: Fleet One Helps Narrow Down Important Data. (2011, February). Lauren Fletcher and Grace Suizo. Retrieved from http://www.automotive-fleet.com/article/story/2011/02/the-evolution-of-telematics.aspx -evolution-of-telematics.aspx

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Formal Email Writing


To: Brad Blackstone

From: Wee Li Fang

 Date: September 20, 2016

 Subject: Self Introduction

Dear Brad,

My name is Wee Li Fang, from Telematics in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). I am writing this email to you to share with you more information about myself.

To start off, I will begin with my course in polytechnic. Prior to entering university, I was actually from the same course from Nanyang Polytechnic in Telematics & Media Technology (TMT). Most people would assume that I enrolled in telematics due to it being related to my course in polytechnic. However, modules like engineering mathematics that were taught there, was not as in depth as compared to the similar modules taught here in SIT .

Before joining TMT in Nanyang Polytechnic, I must admit that I did not have the faintest idea about what telematics was at all. However after attending this course, I realized that telematics is applicable to our everyday life. For example: the recording of a speeding car using the high speed camera and the findings are recorded in the system for us to analyze.

In addition to this, I had designed an application for both android watch and phone for my final year project. The application notified the user that his/her family member has fainted at home. Thus, ithas captured my interests in this course because I could also build something that would help contribute to the society.

With that, I hope you would have a better understanding of my background.

Yours sincerely,

Wee Li Fang



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Edited on 29 September 2016