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CycleStudy Pro vs fleet management systems

They answer different questions. A fleet management system (FMS) is installed on the machines and logs them continuously. CycleStudy Pro is a time-study tool: a person records what they observe, for a chosen period, on a phone.

	Fleet management system	CycleStudy Pro
Installed on	Machines, with network infrastructure	A phone; nothing is fitted to the machine
Data	Continuous, automatic	Observed during a study, entered by an observer
Set-up	A project, usually with a vendor	Install the app and start a study
Typical use	Daily production tracking	Checking a loader, a haul route or a fleet size; audits; sites with no system
Results	Depend on the system's configuration	Cycle times, match factor, delay Pareto, shift report

Using both

If you already have an FMS, a short observed study is a way to check what the system reports, or to look at a machine or area it does not cover. If you have no FMS, a study gives you the key numbers without a fleet-wide installation.

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Match factor explained and finding production losses with a delay Pareto.