4 Ways Your Business Could be Using Fleet Geofencing

Geofencing, an ever-increasing well-known feature of workforce and location-based fleet management systems, is cropping up in its own right as an enabling technology. It is positioned to play an important role in new application development.

In their most basic sense, geofences are virtual perimeters on a map. It could be a circle, square, or another shape that is designed to suit a specific purpose. Much like a physical fence, geofences may be used for automatically monitoring and recording entry and exit of an area that is within the ‘fence’.

Events can be set in motion when a device approaches, enters or leaves a geofence by being able to leverage the location-aware capabilities of mobile computers, smartphones and other devices. New application possibilities using geofence alerts are opened up.

How Fleets Use Geofencing

1. Client Billing/Timesheet Verification – Since there is GPS fleet tracking of worker vehicles, automatic alerts will be set off with the arrival or departure of a vehicle from a job site. This enables fleet managers to log time spent on and off the job which can be useful for client billing or payroll purposes.

2. Asset Protection – Since an expensive asset of your fleet company is your vehicles, it’s essential to keep your investment secure. Vehicles used without permission or after-hours can turn into increased insurance premiums, liability issues, expensive downtime and damaged property. You can be notified by triggered alerts when a piece of equipment or vehicle is moved outside a designated boundary. This will not just provide added security, but peace of mind as well that your investments are secure.

3. Arrival and Departure Times – By designing a geofence around your site, you will know when workers are on the job site by being able to easily monitor when they arrive or leave. Not just this, but you can also monitor unauthorized vehicle use after-hours. Often, drivers engage in activity that is unauthorized or break from their routes. In most cases, it’s harmless and just leads to a small amount of time loss. However, it could get out of hand either deliberately or unintentionally and becoming pervasive throughout the entire fleet. This is where geofencing can help.

4. Stolen Equipment Recovery – In the event a piece of equipment gets moved outside the geofence perimeter, a theft alert can be triggered letting you know. This is very common for construction companies where heavy equipment is left on the site. Stolen equipment can be recovered quickly through triggered theft alerts.

Essentially, geofencing capability will provide fleets with alarms as well as other fleet management features when perimeters are crossed. These features will allow you to reduce liabilities, improve fuel management, and identify expected route deviations.

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