Custom Cartracker integration development
Appfront builds integrations with Cartracker, the system for trip logging, track & trace and fleet management that many businesses use with vans and cars. Cartracker describes itself as an open platform and has integrations with, among others, fuel cards. We connect the trips and positions from Cartracker to your own systems: kilometres and travel time per client or project into scheduling, time recording and invoicing, arrival times to clients, and fleet data into a dashboard of your own. So the trip is not only recorded for the Dutch tax authorities, but also used in how you run your business.
What is a Cartracker integration?
Cartracker is a system for trip logging, track & trace and fleet management, with in-house hardware and software. Many businesses use it to keep their mileage records in order for the Dutch tax authorities and to see where their vehicles are. Cartracker describes itself as an open platform and integrates with, among others, fuel cards. The data it collects is also valuable to the rest of the business.
Without an integration, trip data stays in Cartracker. The planner checks a different screen to see where an engineer is. The travel time for a job is filled in on a work order rather than taken from the trip. Kilometres for a client billed per kilometre are added up by hand. And fleet management has no current mileage readings for maintenance.
We build custom solutions because the integration has to fit how you work: which systems you use for scheduling, hours, work orders and invoicing, how trips are linked to clients and projects, and which data you want to see in a dashboard. We'll review which integration options Cartracker offers for your situation in the first step, working with Cartracker where needed.
Trip linked to the job
Trips and travel times linked to client, project or work order, so hours and kilometres come from the trip rather than from memory.
Position in scheduling
The current position and arrival time of vehicles in your schedule and, if you wish, in your client's portal.
Up-to-date fleet
Mileage readings and trip data to fleet management and servicing, and to a dashboard of your own.
How we build your Cartracker integration
We start with your vehicles and systems: how many there are, which systems you use, and where trip data is currently transferred by hand.
Your vehicles, your systems for scheduling, hours, work orders and invoicing, and the data you need.
Cartracker's integration options connected to your systems, with rules for matching trips to jobs.
Testing with real trips, monitoring of discrepancies, and a log for each synchronisation.
Go-live part by part, and maintenance when Cartracker or your systems change.
What a Cartracker integration actually does
The components below come up in almost every Cartracker integration. Which ones you need depends on your business.
Routes
Trips with start, end, mileage and travel time from Cartracker.
Linking to jobs
Trips linked to a client, project or work order based on address and schedule.
Hours and invoicing
Travel time and mileage to time registration and invoicing.
Planning
Current position and arrival time in scheduling.
Fleet
Mileage readings to fleet management and servicing.
Dashboard
Trips, mileage and deployment per vehicle and employee in your dashboard.
Who we build Cartracker integrations for
The integration is intended for businesses that use Cartracker and want to do more with the data.
Installers and service companies
Engineers travelling to customers in vans. Travel time on the work order is the core need.
Construction firms
Journeys to project sites. Kilometres per project matter most.
Cleaning and facilities companies
Many addresses per day. Planning with live positions is what you need.
Businesses with a large vehicle fleet
Many vehicles. Odometer readings and maintenance are the core.
Technology and integrations
This page is about integrations with Cartracker. For a dashboard for your fleet, see our page on a fleet tracking dashboard; for managing vehicles, our page on fleet management software; and for shipments, our page on a track and trace system. Read about our approach at building software.
Why choose Appfront for your Cartracker integration?
A journey that has already been recorded doesn't need to be written down by anyone. That is what we build on: trip data that flows through the rest of the business without retyping.
No travel time from memory
Travel time and kilometres come from the journey itself, not from a scrap of paper.
Planners see where everyone is
Position data sits within the schedule, not in a separate screen.
Kilometres invoiced
Businesses that invoice by the kilometre take the figures from trips per customer.
Security and privacy in a Cartracker integration
The integration processes vehicle positions and trips, and therefore those of employees. Only what is needed for scheduling, hours and invoicing is passed on. A system that can be used to track employees falls under the works council's right of consent (article 27 WOR, the Dutch Works Councils Act); discuss this in advance.
The integration runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage, daily backups and a log of every synchronisation. Access credentials are stored encrypted.
Frequently asked questions about a Cartracker integration
Questions businesses ask about Cartracker before getting started.
Cartracker is a system for trip logging, track and trace and fleet management, with in-house hardware and software. It is widely used for accurate mileage records and for tracking vehicles.
Cartracker describes itself as an open platform and integrates with, among others, fuel cards. We'll review the integration options for your situation in the first step.
Based on the address of the customer or project and the schedule. A trip to an address with a work order is linked to that work order. Exceptions can be corrected.
Yes. Travel time and kilometres per trip go to time registration, linked to the job or project.
If you wish, the integration can show the expected arrival time in the portal or send a message to the customer.
Positions and journeys are personal data. Use them only for the agreed purpose, and discuss tracking employees with the works council in advance.
For businesses that want to use trip data in their own scheduling, hours or invoicing. If you only use Cartracker for trip administration, you don't need an integration.
Want to use trip data in your scheduling, hours and invoicing?
Tell us how many vehicles you have, which systems you use and where trip data is currently transferred by hand. We'll show you what the integration would look like.