Trucking Software Advice Needed

Hello everyone,

I have been reading posts here for a while to understand how this industry is working " and it was an inspiring experience". Since I have my own trucker relatives and I have been learning about this industry and how it operates.

I established a software company that is trying to improve a small part of the operations of trucking maintenance, more specifically O/O.

To be clear, I'm not looking to sell you anything. (I'm not even mentioning my product or company name).
But since most of you have the real experience in the industry, I'd like to get your advice on the software idea I'm trying to build so I do not build the wrong thing.

The idea of this software is:
1- it's a phone app,
2- it takes truck details (make, model, year, tire type...), trip details "frequently"
3- based on input from other trucker (point#2) , it predicts mechanical or electrical issues that you might have before you have them.
(E.g : check your truck for , possible brake failure)
4- the main reasons behind this idea is that you can check out before any trip you take. So truck maintenance in home vs on the road is,
A- safer
B- less urgent
C- less problematic
D- maybe cheaper
E- no commitment/load to be missed


ALL feedback would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you and have a great day.

 

RustyBolt,
Thanks for your feedback.
What if it was a free app? Would you use it? Or even Install it?

 

Really appreciate your feedback.

 

Thanks gentleroger,

Let me try to address few points here, maybe this would help.
1- do I need ton of data? Probably! I don't know yet.
2- would I ask you to plugin anything in your truck? No. It's a Hassel for everyone.
3- would I ask you to keep the app running all day ? Probably not.
Here is how I envisioned this working: before every trip you make , you ask the app what's the expected issues, and it asks you what was your last trip and if you had any issues or maintenance done.
The industry is regulated enough that you have to drive certain hours in certain speed ... So I don't need to worry about hourly details for now.
4- no data entry is needed, it's speech recognition. Like banking bot.

I didn't want to mention the points above to convince you guys, I wanted to clarify things I missed.
No matter what, if an experienced trucker thinks an app would be no use, it's no use.

Again, really appreciate your feedback. It saves a lot of time and effort.