DAF Connect

Basis Functions

Connect will help you with warranty claims and improving employee productivity. In addition to this, your vehicle availability will be substantially improved by preventive maintenance. 

Vehicle efficiency can be easily monitored to ensure that the right vehicle can be employed. 

Do you know which truck is the most efficient per kilometre? Per litre of fuel? Per cubic metre? Now you can find out! 

Connect features the following standard functionalities.

Connect is compact and easy to use; it is a Windows-based vehicle maintenance package that has been developed from the ground up for vehicle fleets of all sizes. Connect provides you with direct visibility of the maintenance and costs of your complete vehicle fleet and your parts stock. 

Vehicles:

• Connect can be used for all types of vehicle, regardless of make (and even for trailers, superstructures, machinery, lift trucks etc.)
• Tracking of preventive maintenance, warranty and maintenance history
• Unlimited expansion of vehicle types
• Job orders:
• Simple job order creation/copying (from historical job orders too)
• Expansion of schedules for the purposes of preventive and periodic maintenance
• Supervision and alerts for overdue and planned maintenance
• Supervision of productivity of engineers
• Purchase orders created simply from the job order
• Barcode scanning of parts onto a job order

Stock management:

Stock orders are processed rapidly, easily and paper-free via an electronic link between you and the DAF dealer, but you can create orders from Connect for all your suppliers. Purchase orders are sent out directly to enable rapid and efficient settlement. Your DAF dealer can also help you to manage your stock by means of price updates, stock parameters and parts suggestions.

• Quick and easy ordering (manual/automatic)
• Fully integrated with the purchase order module
• Movement of stock from one warehouse to another
• Parts references and cross-references
• Multiple supplier management
• Various stock scheduling/management capabilities
• Parts stock barcode scanning

Purchase orders:

• Simple creation of purchase orders based on stock levels
• Processing of goods received by line or complete order
• Rapid overview of the purchasing history of a part
• Available directly to your DAF dealer
• Preventive maintenance:
• Preventive maintenance schedules specified in line with customer wishes, by vehicle or by group
• Tracking of preventive maintenance schedules
• Alerts for overdue maintenance
• Simple creation of job orders from preventive maintenance history

Reporting:

• Over 30 standard reports available
• A large number of report parameters enable reports to be customised
• Data is always up-to-date and in real time, which makes for improved decision-making by management.

Optional modules:

• Job order invoicing
• Barcode scanner
• Barcode label printer
• Technical support

Training & support:

• Range of training options, including on-site and Internet-based training
• Direct support from DAF

Add-ons

Connect is an extremely comprehensive workshop administration package. The following add-ons are available to expand functionality in order to match Connect even more closely to your own situation:

Barcode scanning:

With this module, manual entry of part numbers, job orders and engineer details becomes a thing of the past. A barcode scanner provides you with information about the productivity of your engineers at the touch of a button. If you have the time recording module, you will also be able to record how your engineers spend their time.

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Barcode printer:

This printer enables you to print barcode labels yourself. You can use it not only for parts that are not yet bar-coded or incorrectly bar-coded, but also for your warehouse racks.

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Job order invoicing

This option enables you to invoice others from Connect for all maintenance and repair activities.

Warehouse stock-taking

This option enables you to carry out a stock-take of your parts stock quickly and easily using a hand-held computer.

Parts by job order

This option enables you and your engineer(s) to book parts to a job order quickly and easily, and update the stock details automatically, using a hand-held computer.

Financial interface

This option enables you to establish a link between Connect and your existing accounts package.

Better for all parts

Today's transport operators are facing increasing pressure to cut costs and improve vehicle and employee productivity. With Xpress, you can save a considerable amount of time on tasks such as repeated calls to suppliers, quotation requests and parts ordering. Xpress flags up warranty cases and assists you in making claims. Xpress allocates the cost of the parts to the vehicle on which the part has been used, providing you with a summary of costs per vehicle. Xpress is extremely user-friendly and is a universal ordering program that has been developed from the ground up for vehicle fleets of all sizes.

XPRESS has been specially developed for DAF Trucks working in co-operation with our customers. DAF's target market for XPRESS is customers who maintain their vehicle fleet themselves. It is these fleet owners with their own repair facilities who can make the best use of this universal ordering program. XPRESS can also offer substantial added value for independent workshops. XPRESS can be used for all makes and models of vehicle, and even for trailers, superstructures, machinery, lift trucks, garage doors and fire extinguishers.

You can contact us if you would like to find out more about Xpress, DAF's universal ordering program. Our staff can fill you in on the various capabilities with reference to with your business situation.

The functionalities of Connect can also be demonstrated at your premises. This will enable you to experience for yourself how user-friendly and powerful the program is. You can use the form below, but please feel free simply to call us instead.

Please send an email to daf-connect@daftrucks.com