GPS fleet tracking might not be the first thought you have for your mobile cleaning crews, but it can help your organization save money and make even more money. These are just a few great reasons why it’s in your best interest to consider GPS fleet tracking for your mobile cleaning crew.

Allows You to Have Your People’s Backs

It happens far more often than most people realize. Someone calls to dispute the bill citing that your cleaning crew wasn’t there during the times they said or didn’t show up at all. With GPS fleet tracking, you have an instant record of when they arrived and departed each location, meaning you can back them up with proof of their locations at any given time.

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As a plumbing business, much of your day is spent on the go. The same holds true for your employees. You travel from one job to the next meeting your customers’ needs. You may understand that GPS fleet tracking can help you plan more efficient routes, saving you money on fuel as you go about your days. But what you may not realize is that it can help you grow your plumbing business in all these ways and more.

Eliminate Inefficiencies

Chances are good that you have employees that are taking advantage of the time they are out of sight to take care of a little personal business on company time. They may be running errands on your clock, in your vehicles, while using your gas – and that is costing you, big time. By identifying the offenders, you can trim the fat from your organization, allowing you to invest more into your business with employees who respect your organization and act accordingly. Just set your GPS system to notify you if there are unscheduled route deviations so you can get to the bottom of things.

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As technology evolves to protect cars from thieves, the technology they are using to steal them evolves as well. Today, thieves are using Signal Amplification Relay Attacks (SARA) to steal late model cars with surprising ease. Here’s what you need to know.

What is a Signal Amplification Relay Attack?

With these types of attacks, thieves work in tandem with one getting close to the car owner with a signal booster that amplifies the distance of the key fob, as far as 1,000 feet away, to another thief who unlocks the car and drives off.

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GPS tracking for landfill operators is not an optional factor in today’s competitive  marketplace; it’s a necessity.  Competition is fierce, even among landfill operators, and every edge and advantage GPS vehicle tracking offers is one your business cannot afford to operate without. Not only can you use GPS fleet tracking for your vehicles to help save your fleet money, but you can also use them to help you make more money over the course of a year.

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Gamification is a concept that has been around for quite a while in the world of business. It can be an excellent motivational tool and can help spur friendly competition among employees, or even help you reach organizational goals. It’s also something many fleets have overlooked as a possibility because it was nearly impossible to measure the results. Here’s what you need to know about gamification and what a powerful tool it can be for motivating your fleet drivers.

What is Gamification?

Essentially gamification for fleets is a system of measurements and rewards used to motivate your drivers to achieve specific goals. In some instances, it is used to pit drivers against drivers in a quest to win the game. In other cases, all drivers can enjoy the same rewards for meeting specific goals. You can even offer some combination of the two for your organization to encourage camaraderie and a little healthy competition among your drivers.

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