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With school budgets continuing to get tighter, this is a great time to invest in better school bus routing software. Current
AI-powered software produces better, safer bus routes while allowing you to gather significant actionable data. You can monitor driver performance, do predictive maintenance, and prevent expensive problems before they occur.
However, don't make the decision to upgrade in a vacuum. Your school's IT department should be closely involved in any major software purchase. This will help ensure you can make best use of your new school bus routing software, and integrate it smoothly into your existing systems.
Why IT Needs To Be Involved In Routing Software Purchases
1 - System Compatibility
Your routing software should be integrated into your student database and other critical databases, to ensure full usability. For example, it's crucial to be able to instantly cross-reference all students and their home addresses. BusBoss can assist with data conversion as part of your core license, but you'll still need IT onboard to work things on their end.
2 - IoT Integration
Routing software works best when it's integrated with other "Internet of Things" systems, such as GPS trackers and monitoring systems built into the bus. This allows you to, for example, monitor the efficiency of your buses' engines as they go along their routes. Such integration will need support on the back end from your IT department.
In rare cases, network upgrades might even be necessary to see the best returns on your investment.
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3 - Rollout Planning
For larger districts with numerous schools, it's usually necessary to roll out a major software upgrade in phases. This is something your IT department can handle, planning out the order in which individual schools receive the new software, as well as implementing the training needed.
4 - Troubleshooting and Tech Support
No large-scale software rollout ever goes 100% according to plan. There will undoubtedly be glitches or unexpected incompatibility issues between hardware and software. Your IT department will need time to learn everything they need to know, and to work out all the bugs which will emerge early in the rollout process.
BusBoss strives to make implementation as easy as possible, with more friendly tech support than competing brands of school bus routing software. Please contact us to learn more about the technical side of implementation.
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Sonia has been involved with BusBoss since the late 1990’s, and has personally overseen many projects for various customers ranging from large urban and suburban districts to smaller rural school districts from all over the country.
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