If you own or manage a heating and cooling company, you’re always looking for ways to cut costs, improve service, and stay ahead of the competition. One of the most effective and simple ways heating and cooling companies are accomplishing this is by investing in GPS tracking technology.
Decrease Unapplied Labor Expenses
One of the biggest expenses for heating and cooling companies is unapplied labor expenses. These are expenses that account for times when technicians are moving from one job to the next and not actually making your company any money.
While we can’t make decisions for our new teen drivers when they’re out on the road, we can help them to be better drivers to keep them safer while they’re in the car. Below, we’ll go over 10 ways parents can help their teen to be a better driver.
Give your teen extra practice.
Driver’s education schools have minimum driving hour requirements before students can receive their driver’s license. This includes hours spent with a driving instructor plus hours spent driving with a parent or other experienced driver.
Depending on the state you live in, the minimum number of hours they need can vary. Many experts believe that student drivers need at least 50 hours in total or 2 hours each week for 6 months before a new driver will be safe and proficient enough to drive by themself.
Outfitting your work vehicles is one of the best and easiest steps you can take to transform your business for the better. Keeping track of maintenance schedules, monitoring driver behavior, increasing accountability, optimizing routes, improving safety, and cutting costs is all much easier when your fleet is equipped with GPS tracking systems.
While the benefits of GPS tracking are undeniable, breaking the news to your employees can be a difficult conversation if you don’t know where to start. Some employees may feel uncomfortable with the idea that they’re suddenly going to be tracked wherever they are on the job, when they were used to being out on the road with little to no oversight.
