Managing forklift trucks across customers and operating sites takes more than a list of assets. Fleet teams need to understand which trucks are working, how intensively they are used, when batteries need attention and where maintenance or driving events require investigation. Impact developed a bespoke fleet-management and reporting application for Bisedge, connecting Linde telematics data with the operational information used to manage its forklift fleets.
Tracking forklift use across customers and sites
The application brings truck inventory, customer and site information together with operating data imported through the Linde API. Managers can move from an overall fleet view to reports filtered by customer, city, individual truck, truck type and date range. That makes the same underlying information useful for both day-to-day fleet supervision and a more detailed review of a particular vehicle or location.
Fleet distribution reports show how trucks are allocated across truck types, sites and customers. Operational reports then add the detail: operating hours, utilisation, distance travelled, speed information, battery charging states, shocks and maintenance records.
Linde API integration built around scheduled data collection
Impact developed the integration between the Laravel application and Linde's reporting API. Requests identify the vehicle or driver records required, select the report type and define the reporting period. Returned JSON data is processed into database records and per-vehicle daily summaries, giving the reporting interface a consistent source of information to query.
Different reports need different collection schedules. The integration supports configurable start times and repeat intervals, with tracking of the last run and a saved processing position so an interrupted vehicle run can continue from its recorded position. Run logs, durations and counts of new, updated and unchanged records help administrators understand what an import has done.
This is the engineering around an API connection: matching external identifiers to business records, collecting the right reporting periods, updating stored data and giving the team visibility when an exchange needs attention.
From operating hours to practical fleet decisions
The operating-hours report combines a visual comparison of trucks with a detailed table of vehicle information. Fleet teams can review lifetime and selected-period operating hours alongside truck type, tonnage, site and commissioning information, then narrow the reporting period or selected fleet.
Comparing usage across trucks and sites gives managers a starting point for investigating uneven workloads, reviewing deployment and planning follow-up work. Battery, shock and maintenance reports provide additional evidence for those conversations, rather than leaving each data source in a separate system.
Reports that support the work beyond the dashboard
- Fleet visibility: review truck numbers and distribution alongside operational status.
- Usage analysis: compare operating hours, utilisation and distance within a selected reporting period.
- Battery and maintenance information: bring charging states and maintenance records into the same reporting environment.
- Driving-event investigation: inspect shock and speed reports when a truck or operating pattern needs a closer look.
- Shareable outputs: use spreadsheet-compatible CSV exports and PDF reports for further analysis and operational discussions.
- Data-quality visibility: show missing-data warnings so incomplete source information can be investigated.
Bespoke Laravel development and telematics integration
The project combines PHP/Laravel application development, a MySQL database, scheduled API processing and browser-based charts and reporting. Its value lies in connecting vehicle data to the way Bisedge manages fleets: customers, sites, trucks, date ranges and the operational questions behind each report.
That combination is relevant wherever a business has equipment data available through a manufacturer or telematics API but needs its own reporting, workflows or integration with existing systems. Impact can develop the connection and the application around it, drawing on our wider experience of databases, operational software and API development and integration.
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