ETMS: from vehicle tracking to intelligent transport orchestration
Why we built the Enterprise Telematics Management System, how it fits together, and the AI that takes it beyond tracking.
Sanjula Gathsara
3 min read
Most organisations that move people every day, from apparel factories running staff buses to schools and public transport operators, already have some kind of tracking. A GPS unit tells them where a vehicle is. It rarely tells them who is on board, how the vehicle is being driven, or whether today's route still makes sense. ETMS, our Enterprise Telematics Management System, is built to close that gap. It is AI-powered, human-centred and ready for Industry 5.0, and it turns raw tracking into one system that runs transport end to end.
The problem: tracking exists, but it is incomplete
When we spoke to transport and operations teams, the same three gaps kept coming up:
No employee-level tracking
Vehicles are visible, people are not. Nobody knows who boarded, where, and whether they reached work on time.
No driver monitoring
Speeding, harsh braking and risky habits go unseen until something goes wrong.
Static routes
Routes are planned once and left alone, even as headcount, traffic and shifts change.
One integrated ecosystem
ETMS brings employees, drivers, vehicles, routes and operations into a single system. Instead of a map with dots on it, teams get the full picture: every trip from pickup to drop-off, attendance recorded the moment an employee taps in with a contactless card, and the context to act on it. We describe the shift simply: from tracking to intelligent orchestration.
One intelligent system
- Employees
- Drivers
- Vehicles
- Operations
- Routes
Where ETMS is used
- Managing employee transport in the apparel sector and other manufacturing industries
- Managing public transport and enterprise fleets
- Managing school transport
What it enables
End-to-end employee tracking
Monitor every trip from pickup to drop-off.
Fleet overview dashboard
Complete fleet visibility in one view.
Instant bottleneck detection
Identify delays and issues in real time.
AI-powered insights
Get instant, actionable recommendations.
Dynamic route optimisation
Adjust routes based on real-time conditions.
Driver behaviour analytics
Detect risks and predict trends in driver performance.
How it works
ETMS has three layers. Edge devices in each vehicle collect data and send it to a software backend. The backend stores it, runs the business logic and works with a large language model for the AI features. Two applications sit on top: an admin application for operations teams, and an employee and driver application for the people on the move.
Edge devices
GPS, NFC, 4G, in each vehicle
Software backend
Business logic, live events
Database
LLM
Admin application
For operations teams
Employee and driver application
For people on the move
Edge devices
GPS, NFC, 4G, in each vehicle
Database
Software backend
Business logic, live events
LLM
Admin application
For operations teams
Employee and driver application
For people on the move
AI on the edge: driver behaviour analysis
Driver monitoring starts on the device itself. GPS data (speed and heading) and acceleration from an IMU feed a TinyML model that produces a driver performance score, so risky driving can be flagged without streaming raw sensor data to the cloud.
GPS
Speed and heading
IMU
Acceleration
TinyML model
On the device
Driver performance score
Navic AI: ask your fleet a question
Navic AI is the agentic assistant built into ETMS. Instead of digging through dashboards, a manager can ask a plain question and get an answer drawn from both live and historical data.
Navic AI
Where was bus 367X last Tuesday at 8:00 AM?
Near Borella Junction, Colombo, moving along Route A1 (High Level Road).
Recognised nationally in 2026
ETMS received two national awards this year:
- National 1st Runner-Up, SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2026. ETMS, Best Innovative Product in Transportation and Logistics.
- Open Category Champions, SLIOT Challenge 2026. ETMS, recognised for practical IoT, transport operations and deployable software.
Bring ETMS to your fleet
If you run staff, school or fleet transport and want to see ETMS on your routes, email us at hello@roboticgenlabs.com.