Tracking is essential for every business where a commercial fleet is involved; however, how it is carried out can vary from business to business. While there are many different methods and tools to GPS fleet-tracking, real-time fleet tracking is incredibly useful, and makes driver monitoring much easier and effective.

Monitoring drivers in a fleet effectively gives managers the information they need to improve fleet driver behavior, and of course, in any business that relies on a commercial fleet, the success of your business can often lie with the individual behaviors of your fleet drivers. Implementing a driver monitor policy can both streamline your operations and protect your drivers from accidents and injuries.

Here are seven tips to create a fleet tracking driver monitor policy. Read the rest of this entry »

GPS tracking has a host of benefits for any business owner who uses vehicles for their daily operations. At a minimum:

• GPS tracking can help you optimize routes for faster delivery.
• GPS tracking can help you to lower fuel costs.
• GPS tracking can help you to track miles and hours driven so you can know when to schedule a checkup and maintenance on your vehicles.

But it offers much more than that.  More specifically, GPS tracking can help you on the busiest delivery days of the year: the holidays.

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Fuel is a huge cost factor for any delivery or transport business. When your business has a fleet of vehicles, that means several cars or trucks are burning fuel and eating up profits every day. Of course, expensive fuel costs for a delivery business are unavoidable, but besides rising oil prices, fuel theft could seriously be putting a dent in your profit margins.

Whether it’s professional criminals or dishonest or oblivious employees, fuel theft can do serious damage to any delivery business. Below, we will discuss some ways to help prevent and reduce fleet fuel theft. Read the rest of this entry »

Business owners are often busy and don’t always have time to check up on each individual component or asset in their businesses. If you own a business with a fleet of vehicles, the last thing you want to worry about is one of your vehicles breaking down or needing maintenance on the road.

One easy effective way to prevent issues like this from happening to any members of your fleet is by practicing fleet preventative maintenance. Using this method, you can maintain vehicles in your fleet before they need to be taken off for repairs, meaning you can prevent future repairs while keeping your vehicles on the road. Read the rest of this entry »

There are several reasons you may want to purchase and install a GPS tracking device on a vehicle, whether it is for insurance reasons, security, peace of mind, simply being able to keep track of your fleet vehicles, or even for other personal reasons.

Before purchasing a GPS tracking device, it’s worth doing some research to see which one(s) best suit your needs. Where to install a GPS tracking device on a car depends on if you’re wanting overt or covert tracking and if your GPS tracking unit is battery-powered, hardwired, or plug-and-play. Also, deciding the location of the tracker is important because if you install the device in a spot where there are obstacles or interferences that block satellite signals, the accuracy of the vehicle tracking device will be reduced. Read the rest of this entry »