Company
CFDS provides fleet safety management software and services.
Commercial Fleet Data Systems, a Houston, TX based company was founded in 2008. Our original mission was to develop a software application that would provide safety operations and management teams the ability to accurately identify and track vital information regarding drivers and equipment.
Our management team is comprised of experienced safety directors, transportation managers and software developers. CFDS has gathered information from some of the most profitable trucking companies in America to put together a comprehensive plan for products and services that can significantly benefit safety conscious fleet managers.
Software
Our applications allow your company to keep track of date sensitive items as defined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association. The safety management application offers excellent accident reporting developed with guidance from FMCSA regulations.
Accurate and timely information is vital to effective safety management. Presenting that information in an efficient and easily understood framework is crucial.
CFDS applications give both your safety operations and management teams the ability to accurately identify and track vital information at the click of the mouse. From safety reports with date sensitive material to automated communications to keep the field and the dispatchers all on the same page, CFDS has comprehensive solutions to help your company grow.
Risk Management
Risk Management is absolutely critical for fleets of all sizes, regardless of whether its made up of company drivers or owner operators.
With changes to the trucking industry, now more than ever is the time for Motor Carriers to do an outstanding job of managing and understanding the patterns and risk existing as an essential constituent in operating your fleet.
It is very common for Motor Carriers to have a manual process to evaluate and maintain critical fleet information on drivers and owner operators; monitored by one or several people; and difficult to observe patterns. As we progress into the “Digital World”, we are able utilize technology and integrate systems and procedures to monitor “Real-Time” information to closely observe driver/owner operator behavior.
We see over and over again, that companies adopting this “Real Time” approach are changing the culture of their organization. Once fleet members see that they are being measured consistently and repeatedly, it really changes their approach to driving.
CSA
• CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) is the FMCSA’s new approach to evaluating and improving the safety of motor carriers and drivers with the goal of reducing crashes. The new model consists of three components: a new safety measurement system, a new approach to determining safety ratings (or “safety fitness determinations”), and a new intervention process.
Three Components
• New Safety Measurement Systems (SMS)
• New approach to Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)
• New intervention process
New Safety Measurement Systems (SMS)
• The new safety measurement system, which replaces Safestat, allows the FMCSA to identify safety problems earlier. Here are some highlights:
• Carrier and driver safety performance is based on crash records and safety violations identified at roadside inspections, instead of infrequent compliance reviews.
• Safety violations are weighted according to severity and time. More recent violations and violations with a strong tie to crash risk are weighted more heavily.
• The safety measurement system triggers the intervention process for carriers with a poor safety performance.
• Pending federal rulemaking, carriers’ safety fitness determination will be based on the new safety measurement system instead of on compliance reviews.
• The safety measurement system calculates safety performance in six Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) and the Crash Indicator (state crash reports).
New approach to Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)
• Under the current system, a carrier’s safety rating, or its safety fitness determination (SFD), has been based on the results of acute or critical violations uncovered during an onsite compliance review. Under the new system, SFDs will be determined by the new safety measurement system. This will allow the government to establish SFDs for many more carriers, since the process is no longer tied to labor-intensive compliance reviews.
New intervention process
• The FMCSA currently uses compliance reviews to penalize carriers with poor safety performance. The new process replaces compliance reviews with a series of increasingly severe interventions. Unlike compliance reviews, which have been mostly focused on punishing carriers for past safety violations, interventions are more focused on improving future performance. Specifically, interventions are intended 1) to determine the cause of safety problems, 2) to recommend solutions to the problems, 3) to encourage corrective actions, and 4) to impose penalties when necessary.
BASICs
• The new safety system aims to reduce crashes by improving safety behaviors, which are organized around seven Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs). Federal research has shown that poor performance in a BASIC is linked to a higher crash risk.
Driver BASICs
• Unsafe Driving
• Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service)
• Driver Fitness
• Controlled substances/alcohol
Vehicle BASICs
• Vehicle maintenance
• Cargo-related
• Crash Indicator
Contact
Commercial Fleet Data Systems
1415 N. Loop West
Suite 240
Houston, TX 77008
Phone: 832-409-ROAD (7623)
Fax: 832-442-3456
Email: Sales@cfdsystems.com
For Additional Information or to Set up a Demo contact Oscar Garay: 832-276-4892
