VEHICLE MAINTENANCE CARD

The Vehicle Maintenance Card will help maintain a systematic log of the maintenance history of the vehicle. Maintenance is a critical element today since it governs several aspects – warranty, insurance premium, re-sale value and diagnosis during repair. Hence it had become imperative for vehicle manufacturers to be able to track the maintenance history of a vehicle. Since this data capture can happen anywhere and the media for data storage needs to be portable, smart cards come in handy to help solve this problem.

Vehicle and owner’s details stored on the chip

Maintenance and repair history recorded on the occurrence of the event

Handheld terminals or PC-based readers used for retrieving and updating information on the chips.

A simple dial-up connection can be used to update transaction information onto the central server in a batch mode

The card can be personalized to the vehicle and can carry a branded flavour to create brand equity for the vehicle

Value-added applications like fuel e-purse, fleet management, loyalty programme, etc. can be added onto the same card

For Vehicle Owner

Entire vehicle history on one card so all paper records, slips and bills are avoided

Easy and convenient to handle and carry

Potential to have several applications on one card

For the Manufacturer

Accurate and comprehensive record of maintenance and repair

Since data storage medium is portable data capture can occur at any authorized service outlet

Investments in 24-hour connectivity is avoided as the data is carried on the chip and can be uploaded to the back-end in a batch mode

Potential to do data warehousing and mining based on this data to create offerings based on market realities