Fleet Checks Keyfacts
Fleet Checks Wrapped!
Detect critical fatigue issues before they become safety incidents.
- Guaranteed Regulatory Compliance & Safety
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- Automated Critical Safety Interventions: The system automatically enforces safety rules. For example, if a crack exceeds critical thresholds (e.g., >15mm), the system mandates immediate "Out of Service" status, preventing human error in safety-critical decisions.
- Audit-Ready Legal Standards: Digital signatures and inspection records satisfy rigorous industry standards, including ORR (Office of Rail and Road), RSSB, and ISO 9001 requirements. These digital records act as legal proof equivalent to pen-and-paper signatures for accident investigations.
- Risk-Based Inspection Intervals: The system eliminates guesswork by automatically calculating the next safe inspection date based on specific findings (e.g., a 2mm crack sets a 60-day interval; a clean NDT scan sets a 180-day interval).
- Significant Cost & Resource Optimisation
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- Smart Cost Management: Clients can balance safety and budget by choosing between inspection methods—such as low-cost Visual inspections (£0 + staff time) versus high-precision NDT (£XXX per location)—based on risk levels.
- Efficiency Through Automation: The "Comment Bank" feature speeds up the process by allowing inspectors to select pre-defined findings, which auto-fill costs, repair times, and safety intervals, reducing data entry errors and administrative time.
- Variance Tracking: The system tracks "Estimated vs. Actual" costs and time for every repair, allowing management to see exactly where budget variances occur during the remediation phase.
- Absolute Workflow Control & Accountability
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- Tamper-Proof Data Integrity: Once an inspector signs off, findings are "Frozen" and locked. Records cannot be altered without a documented supervisor intervention ("Unlock for Edit"), creating an immutable audit trail.
- Role-Based Access Control: The workflow enforces strict hierarchy. Only staff with specific competencies (e.g., "C-Mech") can raise findings, while only authorized leaders (e.g., "H-Supervisor") can sign off on final repairs, ensuring the right people make the right decisions.
- Three-Stage Lifecycle Tracking: Every defect is managed through three distinct phases—Raise, Check, and Approve — ensuring no issue is ever lost or marked complete without verification.
- Advanced Fleet Visibility & Analytics
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- Visual Heat Maps: Clients can visualise data using an interactive image grid that highlights "hotspots" on the asset (e.g., Bolster 4), instantly showing where the most cracks, highest costs, or longest repair times are concentrated.
- Real-Time KPI Monitoring: Management can view aggregated metrics immediately, such as total fleet repair costs, maximum crack sizes detected, and upcoming inspection bottlenecks.
- Fleet-Wide Trend Analysis: The system aggregates data across all audits to identify systemic issues—such as a specific component failing consistently across the entire fleet—enabling proactive rather than reactive engineering changes.
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Class 799 Fatigue Cracks Inspection Auditor User Guide
Fatigue Fleet Checks is just one of over 30 SmartFleet solutions designed to digitally transform railway operations. From maintenance to compliance, we've got the rail industry wrapped.