Patent ID: 8725345

Claim:
A method for monitoring usage metrics of industrial vehicles, the method comprising: receiving wirelessly communicated information from a plurality of industrial vehicles; storing the received information in a storage accessible by a server computer; utilizing an organizational structure to organize the received information, comprising: a summary level having a summary level category that defines a subject matter related to the management of industrial vehicles; an intermediate level having at least two intermediate level categories, each intermediate level category organized as a sub-category that further defines subject matter corresponding with the summary level category; and a detail level having at least one detail level metric corresponding with each intermediate level category, where each detail level metric defines subject matter associated with the corresponding sub-category; storing a benchmark value assigned for a particular detail level metric; associating a summary status indicator with the summary level category; associating an intermediate status indicator with each intermediate level category; analyzing, by the server computer, data comprising the received information from the plurality of industrial vehicles against each detail level metric to derive evaluation results, the analysis further comprising comparing the evaluation result of the particular detail level metric against the assigned benchmark; assigning an intermediate level value to each intermediate status indicator according to the analysis of each associated detail level metric; assigning a summary level value to the summary status indicator according to an evaluation of each corresponding intermediate level status; and communicating dashboard information from the server computer to a user interface executing on a client computer such that a user can navigate through the summary level category, the intermediate level categories and the detail level metrics and prioritize fleet management based upon the summary and intermediate status indicator values and the evaluation results.