Abstract
Nowadays, construction companies are facing multiple difficulties on how properly and effectively manage their fleet of construction equipment. Fleet management (FM) is a feature that allows companies to avoid or minimize the risks associated with investing in equipment, efficiency, productivity, overall transportation costs, impartial compliance in legislation. FM can include a variety of functions such as equipment acquisition, maintenance, licensing, accident management, replacement, equipment tracking, health and safety management, and many others. Internationally, there have been developed many Fleet Management Software (FMS) that offer a company with several functionalities. In this research the functions of the most globally used FMS are analysed and evaluated according to their qualitative characteristics. A questionnaire was distributed among significant large construction companies and public construction institutions in Greece, in order to evaluate those characteristics. This allowed to identify their extent of use and to highlight the most important abilities that the users desire. Finally, these characteristics were ranked using the Relative Importance Weight (RIW). By this hierarchy process users' needs are revealed, and further areas of software development are enlightened.
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