GPS Tracking for Mid-Sized Fleets
10 May 2017
We’ve talked about GPS tracking for small fleets here. Now, let’s talk about how it can benefit mid-sized fleets. Those operating 100 – 300 vehicles, or mid-sized fleets, have many concerns to deal with on any given day. If you’re one of those people, you’re constantly juggling many balls in the air and hoping that none of them get dropped at critical moments. It’s almost too much for many people to contemplate.
There is something you can do to make the entire process much simpler: invest in GPS tracking for medium-sized fleets. These are just a few of the benefits it will offer your fleet.
Track Time Accurately
This includes driving time for drivers on long-haul trips as well as tracking time for labor reports. While paperwork might not seem like that big of a deal for your business, if you have 300 drivers milking the clock for even 15 minutes each day, it can add up to a huge expense for your business. GPS tracking doesn’t fudge the numbers so you know exactly how much you owe your drivers for their time behind the wheels each day.
Improves Communication
Most GPS fleet tracking systems allow for easy two-way conversation between dispatch and drivers. This creates a less intrusive method of communication than mobile phone devices and allows you to make routing changes, relay messages, and provide instructions in an instant to your drivers who are on the road.
Creates Better Driver Accountability
Your drivers represent your business when they are on the road. It’s your name on the vehicles they’re driving. When they drive aggressively, speed, swerve, and engage in other bad behavior behind the wheel, you want to know about it so you can take corrective action right away. Your GPS tracking system will notify you via text message or email when drivers exhibit certain behaviors while on the road.
Other areas of accountability come with scheduling, delivery, and sticking to the prescribed path. You can print off detailed reports related to how long service calls take, whether drivers conducted personal errands on company time, and if your drivers are following their prescribed routes so you can get an explanation for deviations afterward.
Protects Your Assets
In addition to notifying you of bad driving behaviors by your drivers, you can create perimeters or boundaries for your vehicles – as well as schedules. Whenever vehicles leave the prescribed areas or are operational during scheduled “sleep” periods, you will receive an instant message or email alert notifying you of the potential problem. You can then track the location of the vehicle, in real time, to provide local law enforcement of the exact vehicle location to aid in its recovery.
With all the ways GPS tracking can aid your fleet, the big question is why you don’t have it yet?
Are you a mid-sized fleet operator? Call us here at LiveViewGPS to learn how GPS tracking can help improve your bottom line. Toll Free: 1-888-544-0494 Direct: 661-294-6805
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