Current FMS Status
 
The new Fatigue laws are due to come into force in less than 10 weeks and all the systems Burgewood has committed to being complete are on Schedule.
 
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Each of these programs has been designed to provide transport operators an informed method of going from the old to the new regulations. When using such programs it will provide the necessary tools to comply with the validation process of COR. However, many operators are asking can this be a planning tool? The short answer is not quiet. It can be if the driver information is up to date so all the calculations that relate to the previous 14 days are considered.
 
Planning Tools - FMS Calculator's design lends itself to becoming a planning tool in a number of ways.
  1. Re design the input of FMS Calculator to allow 7 or 14 days of driver's hours to be 'validated'; and / or
  2. Re design FMS Calculator into FMS Planner - then allow trip plans (a trip plan maybe say, Brisbane to Adelaide with a drive profile of Drive 4hrs, rest 45min, Drive 5hrs rest 30min and so on)  to be entered into a Driver's calendar and allow FMS Planner program to determine if the hours are ok, and give the transport operator the opportunity to vary the start times of each trip so as to consider the impact of previous trips; and / or
  3. another method that you may think more appropriate and suits your business better than the above two examples.
WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK - please consider what you might want in a planning system and send us your thoughts. The more information we get the better the planning tool will be.
 
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WAFOS (Western Australia Fatigue Operating Standards)
 
Burgewood is pleased to announce the WAFOS program to validate driving hours under the Occupational Health and Safety regulations in WA has been released. For a Trial or Demo of WAFOS please go to http://fms08.burgewood.com.au/wafos.htm for further details.
 
 
Answers to Questions Received
 
Does Burgewood have a program for AFM transport operators?
Not yet, we can provide a customised AFM based FMS Calculator if we are given the AFM parameters as described in the NTC Information Bullitin 14 "Advanced Fatigue Management Explained". This means the FMS Calculator (AFM) would be specifically designed for the transport operators needs and would get Burgewood's full on-going support. We would also develop and support a version of FMS Planner to comply with the transport operators AFM plan.
 
We have an on-board tracking and reporting system that does not do the fatigue rules completely, can we transfer data from it into FMS Calculator?
If you can download the information from your on-board system in to a CSV file or similar, we may be able to create a transfer file. We say maybe because everyone has a different on-board system, so we can only confirm this by seeing the your systems outputs.
 
If you have a question, or want to see previous questions - please go to http://fms08.burgewood.com.au/FAQs.htm