GPS Tracking for Medical Linen Services

31 Dec 2019

Medical linen services provide important roles in the local healthcare community. Not only do you professionally clean the linens from various community hospitals, dental offices, medical clinics, and massage therapy businesses, you also make sure they are gathered and promptly returned so that these businesses have the clean supplies they need to operate at their maximum efficiencies.

Oftentimes, there isn’t a lot of room or time for error. GPS fleet tracking for medical linen services helps to ensure you’re operating at maximum efficiency, too.

Below are just a few ways GPS fleet tracking can help your medical linens services business operate more efficiently.

Improve Vehicle Maintenance Scheduling

Medical linen delivery trucks and vans that aren’t properly maintained can cost your business, big. These costs occur in the form of unnecessary delivery interruptions, excessive breakdowns, loss of operating efficiency, and excessive fuel costs. Even worse, they result in shorter vehicle life and more frequent maintenance-related accidents, which can cause your insurance rates to increase as well.

GPS tracking can automate the scheduling of preventative maintenance for your vehicles so that no vehicle in your fleet is left unmaintained.

Keep Drivers On-Route

Route deviations derail efficiency, disappoint customers, and cost your business extra fuel, extra labor, and lost time. Far too often employees take the opportunity, while “out of the office” to take care of personal errands on company time. This practice is known as time theft, and it costs U.S. employers more than $400 billion each year in lost productivity. In businesses with smaller profit margins, this theft can take a big bite out of your bottom line.

GPS tracking helps to keep your drivers on route and on task.

Provide Proof of Delivery

This creates satisfied customers in a way most businesses do not realize. No one wants to feel as though they’ve been taken to the cleaners. Especially by the cleaners. With GPS asset tracking you can provide proof of delivery for items as they are delivered to the appropriate facility. It’s a win for everyone and can be a great aid to you if there are ever billing disputes.

GPS fleet tracking is a boon for medical linen services because it offers many ways for your business to improve your image with customers, improve your operating efficiency, and cut your overall expenses for the year.

These benefits do not even include other benefits such as reputation management by encouraging safer driving, fuel savings by planning more efficient routes, and the many other ways GPS tracking can help you grow your business.

If you operate a medical linen services fleet and are interesting in GPS fleet tracking, we can help. View our GPS tracking products or give us a call here at LiveViewGPS at 1-888-544-0494.

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About George Karonis

George Karonis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LiveViewGPS Inc., a company he established in 2008 with the vision of making real-time GPS tracking more reliable, affordable, and accessible for businesses of all sizes. Over the past two decades, he has built a reputation as an innovator in GPS tracking, fleet management, asset monitoring, and Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC) communications. Under George's leadership, LiveViewGPS has grown into a nationally recognized provider of GPS tracking solutions, serving businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, law enforcement organizations, and public works departments throughout the United States. The company's technology helps organizations improve operational efficiency, protect valuable assets, increase driver safety, and reduce operating costs through real-time location intelligence. Before founding LiveViewGPS, George developed a background in security, surveillance, and emerging location technologies. His passion for innovation and practical problem solving has driven the development of products that combine dependable hardware with easy-to-use cloud software, giving customers actionable information when it matters most. In 2018, George expanded into nationwide Push-to-Talk over Cellular communications by launching PeakPTT, providing businesses with rugged, instant communication solutions that operate over LTE and Wi-Fi networks. His focus has remained the same throughout his career: delivering dependable technology backed by exceptional customer service and long-term customer relationships. George regularly writes about GPS tracking, fleet management, asset protection, business technology, and communication systems. Through this blog, he shares industry insights, practical advice, and emerging trends to help organizations make informed decisions about tracking technology and connected operations.