Vista Management Package
Vista was designed specifically for the taxi industry, for one of the largest most successful taxi operations in the country. It combines all aspects of a modern taxi business from when an order is entered until it is dispatched, served by a driver, paid for by a credit card or billed to an account and finally payment made to the driver. All actions are integrated seamlessly with a set of modules operating with a single database and server that is web accessible. Vista is the most complete and modern taxi management system on the market today.
Reservations – fast, easy and accurate entry of customer requests
- The operator’s screen provides easy entry of customer name, telephone number, pickup address, destination address, number of passengers and special needs (e.g. dog, wheelchair)
- A street name database search aids the order taker with possible street names
- The geo-coded street directory gives the latitude and longitude for the pickup address.
- Internet orders are entered via sandbox
- Handles immediate, future and regular calls
- Validate Accounts
- Customer call-back brings up the original order
Dispatchers or Supervisors – Manage exception situations
- Manage stale fares, re-dispatch, change fares, cancel fares
- See status of fare and cab
- Map nearby vehicles to fare
- Map and track individual vehicles
- Ping for location of a cab
- Send message to cab, whole fleet or cars in selected area
- Customer call-back brings up the original order
Dispatch – the “heart” of the taxi operation
- Fares are dispatched based on GPS to the closest vehicle and to those within a determined radius
- Fares are matched to Driver preferences and Vehicle Type
- No-show, Resend, Callout via phone or SMS, and proactive call-back. Callout/Call-back features are dependent on phone system integration.
- GPS location is reported with Pickup/Meter On and Drop-off/Meter Off
Card Processing – online fast authorization
- Authorize credit cards online in seconds with secure card processing
- Use Multiple Merchant Accounts for different fleets
- Screens let you review, void and settle transactions
- Use car and driver screens to get transaction reports for payment
- Run manual or automatic batch settlement
- Filter transactions according to business rules for minimum and maximum value of fare and tip, repeated card use
Cashiering – efficient payment of drivers
- Automate Driver Cashiering with all payments, dues and charges
- Pay drivers for account charges, credit and debit cards, and private label, stored value, gift and corporate cards
- Consolidate dues, gate fees, other charges
- Go cashless with Driver Pay Card – direct to driver debit card
Accounting – efficient payment of drivers
- Vista offers a full accounting package for coop’s and companies
- Customer billing, invoicing and accounts receivable, general ledger, payables
- Integrated to dispatch and cashiering – no re-keying of data or downloads
Reports & Driver Records – see how your business is running
- Vista provides a full range of reports including job service, and searches by taxi, driver, customer
- See Driver shift/vehicle assignments – tied into cashiering
Maintenance – tools to look after your fleet
- Schedule maintenance for your fleet of vehicles
- Costs of maintenance are integrated into Driver Cashiering
Mapping – where are cars, fares and jobs?
- Track and map your vehicles with one-year online history
- Replay a car’s path over selected period of time
- View Driver and Job status and location
- Get Directions to Pickup
- Find Drivers in area
- Ping for current location of a car
Driver Pay Card – save money, Go Cashless!
- Take cash out of the equation when paying drivers – fast and easy and reduce security burden
- Place money due to a driver on their personalized, reloadable VISA debit card.
- Drivers receive payment for card and account fares without going to cashier
- Drivers can use Visa debit card at any Allpoint Network ATM (37,000 USA locations) and for gas and retail purchases at any location where Visa debit card is accepted