Distinctive Systems

Distinctive Systems produces the Vehicle Maintenance System (VMS), a workshop management platform built for coach, bus and truck operators in the United States. The system handles servicing, inspections and routine workshop tasks, and the DVSA has approved it for use under the Earned Recognition Scheme.

What Distinctive Systems offers

• Job cards and workshop control — managing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance alongside vehicle histories and statutory inspection records.
• Driver app — lets drivers complete walk-around checks and log defects on a phone or tablet.
• Electronic job cards — removing paperwork from workshop processes.
• Six-month planner — scheduling maintenance work ahead of time.
• Tyre and stock control — tracking parts and consumables used in the workshop.
• Accident and incident recording — logging damage descriptions and third-party details, with employee records entered directly or replicated from the company's Coach Manager product.

Key facts

• Based in: United States