Inspect, analyse, refurbish, recycle – Tyre Management Service

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Why would a techie with over 13 years of experience take an interest in tyres, one might ask, but for Tikam Chand Jain, a problem had to be solved, bottom up, literally!

Having worked with Sriram Transport Finance for almost eight years and, later, on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) logistics software, Tikam saw the costs associated with poor tyre management and decided to take things in his own hands.

“Through my past experience of working in the transportation sector, many people from the logistics industry told me about the roadblocks they faced because of the poor quality of tyres, and related services. It added a major cost to these companies, and that’s when I decided to solve it.”

In 2016, Tikam started Fleeca, and his ex-colleague and friend Lokesh Sharma joined him as a co-founder in 2018 to handle the business development. Fleeca stands for ‘FleetCare’ and is a tyre management services company for heavy commercial vehicle fleet owners.

Tikam Chand Jain. techie and founder of Fleeca
“I was thinking about the safety of the vehicles on Indian roads. The entire load of the vehicle and its movement is dependent on the tyres. I want to improve the condition of the tyres which are plying our goods, and its impact on our environment,” he added.

The company currently works with over 15 B2B clients, and its services include inspection, refurbishing and other associated offerings. It has over 300 tyres under management at the moment.

It uses the RFID (radio frequency identification) tyre tags to track the mileage of a tyre in its entire lifecycle. A microchip stores the tyre’s unique ID, which is linked to the vehicle identification number. The chip can also store information on when and where the tyre was made, its maximum inflation pressure, size, and so on.

“One can track the air pressure, non-skid depth, wear and tear, mechanical defects, and other analysis using these tags. Later, we help our customers in preventive action, repairs, retreading, and maintenance of tyres, thereby extending the life of such tyres,” explains Tikam.

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