Ground fleet operations quality management system

1. A vehicle behavior monitoring system, comprising:

a plurality of ground vehicles, each vehicle comprising an electronic gateway module and a vehicle display, wherein the gateway module is in communication with a subsystem of the vehicle and wherein the gateway module is in communication with the vehicle display;

a centralized server, wherein the centralized server is connected to the Internet;

a communications link, wherein the communications link allows the gateway module to exchange information with the centralized server;

a plurality of external applications, wherein the external applications are connected to and can exchange information with the centralized server;

whereby a condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles can be communicated to the centralized server;

whereby the centralized server can collect and process the conditions collectively for the plurality of ground vehicles and make the collected and processed conditions available to the vehicle display through the gateway module;

whereby the centralized server can make the collected and processed conditions available to the plurality of external applications; whereby the collected conditions can be analyzed by the fleet operations quality assurance application to identify when at least one of the plurality of ground vehicles has performed outside of a predefined range of expected behavior;

and the centralized server generates a report of said collected conditions; wherein said collected conditions comprising: grain quality conditions.

2. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the centralized server is an Internet-based cloud server.

3. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of external applications is a web application offering summary information on the plurality of ground vehicles.

4. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the communications link is a wireless communications link.

5. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ground vehicles is a plurality of agricultural vehicles.

6. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is an environmental condition affecting the vehicle.

7. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is a condition of at least one subsystem of the at least one vehicle.

8. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is a condition of an implement attached to the at least one vehicle.

9. A vehicle behavior monitoring system for a ground vehicle, which system comprises:

an electronic gateway module mounted on the vehicle and in communication with a subsystem of the vehicle;

a vehicle display mounted on the vehicle and connected to the gateway module;

a centralized server configured for connection to the Internet;

a communications link between the gateway module and the centralized server and configured for exchanging information therebetween;

said system configured for communicating vehicle subsystem information to the centralized server via the gateway module; and

said centralized server configured for processing and transforming the vehicle subsystem information; and the centralized server generates a report of said collected conditions; wherein said collected conditions comprising: grain quality conditions.

10. The vehicle behavior monitoring system of claim 9 , which includes:

multiple said electronic gateway modules each configured for mounting on a respective vehicle in a fleet;

multiple vehicle displays each configured for mounting on a respective vehicle and connected to a respective gateway module; and

said centralized server configured for controlling and synchronizing the operation of said multiple vehicles.

11. A vehicle behavior monitoring method, comprising the steps of:

equipping each vehicle of a plurality of ground vehicles with an electronic gateway module and a vehicle display, wherein the gateway module is in communication with a subsystem of the vehicle and wherein the gateway module is in communication with the vehicle display;

collecting information on a condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles in the gateway module of the at least one vehicle;

sending the information on the condition to a cloud-based centralized server on a wireless communication link;

collecting and processing the data using the centralized server; and

providing access to the collected and processed data to a plurality of external applications, wherein the external applications are connected to and can exchange information with the centralized server; and generating with said centralized server a report of said collected conditions; wherein said collected conditions comprising: grain quality conditions.

12. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein the centralized server is an Internet-based cloud server.

13. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the plurality of external applications is a web application offering summary information on the plurality of ground vehicles.

14. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of ground vehicles is a plurality of agricultural vehicles.

15. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is an environmental condition affecting the vehicle.

16. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is a condition of at least one subsystem of the at least one vehicle.

17. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 11 , wherein the condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of ground vehicles is a condition of an implement attached to the at least one vehicle.

18. A vehicle behavior monitoring method, comprising the steps of:

equipping each vehicle of a plurality of ground vehicles with an electronic gateway module and a vehicle display, wherein the gateway module is in communication with a subsystem of the vehicle and wherein the gateway module is in communication with the vehicle display;

collecting information on a condition of at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles in the gateway module of the at least one vehicle;

providing an Internet-based centralized server;

providing a wireless communications link via the cloud, wherein the communications link allows the gateway module to exchange information with the centralized server;

providing a communications link, wherein the communications link allows the gateway module to exchange information with the centralized server, wherein the centralized server is connected to the Internet;

sending the information on the vehicle condition to the centralized server;

collecting and processing the data using the centralized server;

providing access to the collected and processed data to an external application configured for exchanging information including an environmental condition affecting the vehicle with the centralized server;

said external application comprises a web application; and

providing summary information on the plurality of ground vehicles via the web application; and generating with said centralized server a report of said collected conditions; wherein said collected conditions comprising: grain quality conditions.

19. The vehicle behavior monitoring method of claim 18 , wherein the ground vehicles are agricultural vehicles each including an implement and the vehicle condition is a condition of the implement.