From MS-DOS to AI: Fleet management software pioneer introduces seven new products to the market

If you're not part of Generation Z or Generation Alpha, You may not know what an MS-DOS operating system is.. This system was the precursor to the technological evolution we're experiencing today.. It was on the basis of MS-DOS that Gestran, Today one of the leading fleet management platforms in Brazil, developed its first software, or Transdata, in 1999

25 years since the company was founded, or Transdata – Sistran MS-DOS system from Gestran – It remains in the affective memory and is part of the success story of logtech.. Today, With the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, features that the platform has incorporated into its solutions, Gestran continues to align itself with the technological revolution and the new demands of the transport and logistics market

The platform reaches 40% growth, in 2024. Gestran's products and solutions currently manage 70,000 vehicles nationwide, covering more than 750 organisations from various economic sectors, including large retail chains, of industry, of agribusiness and the transport sector itself

We reached the age of 25 by implementing a process we call IAlization – that is, develop and integrate AI [artificial intelligence] in the platform in a definitive and solid way, says the CEO of Gestran, This is Paulo Raymundi.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary, Gestran has completed a rebranding, updating the company's brand and culture. The visual identity was modified and concepts such as the ⁇ Open Fleet ⁇ were introduced, innovation practice integrating technologies and devices for fleet management. In this integration, including Pneu Fit (real-time monitoring of tyre conditions) and fuel application (for supply management) solutions

Parallel to the rebranding, Gestran is working on the development of seven new products that represent an advance on existing solutions (see box at the end of this story). With Open Fleet and the new products, the manager shall have technological resources that provide more efficient fleet management and operation;, resulting in reduced expenditure, saving resources and optimising the fleet, highlights the CEO

Raymundi points out that, In addition to technological innovation, Gestran followed the evolution of the transport and logistics market in Brazil and, especially, of the fleet management sector. At the end of the 1990s, Biofuels and fleet electrification were only objects of experimentation and research., And vehicle automation was in its early stages.

Investments in this market have grown exponentially. Only between 2022 and 2026, the amount planned for investment is R$ 124 billion, According to the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industry [Adib]. Transport and logistics are essential for economic growth, and optimising and making the operations of this sector efficient is equally essential , evaluates the CEO of Gestran

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Discover the main milestones in Gestran's 25-year trajectory:

• 1999: foundation, with a vehicle fuel supply and consumption control system
• 2003: first version of the Gestran Delphi system
• 2009: second version of Gestran Delphi
• 2015: the company takes the name of its solution, The Gestran
• 2019: start of the SaaS Systems project
• 2022: investments and innovations in new products
• 2024: data driven expansion, repositioning and digitisation of the brand, creation of Open Fleet and Gestran Data

The products being launched by the platform:

• TMS:ERP system for transport and logistics management
• Fleet:SaaS (Software as a Service) solution for fleet management, consisting of supply modules, tires, maintenance, checklist, expenses, financial, compras e almoxarifado/estoque
• Stratified Data:data and reporting hub with artificial intelligence application for real-time visualisation, providing more visibility for decision-making
• Open Fleet:Application Programming Interface (API) platform connected to devices and technologies related to fleet management, as a connection to backoffice players, supply technologies, telemetry and tyre data capture, among others, facilitating the integration of fleet data
• Gesture:hub for notifications and interactions, with exception pointing and triggered alerts for communication applications such as e-mail, SMS, WhatsApp and Telegram, seeking assertive communication and generating alerts for decision-making
• Docs:integration of expenditure and tax documents through artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling automation and recurrence recognition, reducing processing time and manual intervention
• PneuFit:data collection equipment allowing the reading of the condition of the tyre, grooves and calibration, identifying the useful life and possible failures, applying actions with the integrated collector information to the fleet