How Retaining Wall Contractors Can Benefit from GPS Fleet Tracking
22 Mar 2017
Retaining wall contractors have a heavy load to carry many days. Whether you are moving earth, moving rocks, or simply carrying equipment from one jobsite to the next, you might find that GPS fleet tracking can help you take a financial load off your business’s expenses. These are just a few ways retaining wall contractors, such as yourself, can benefit from GPS fleet tracking.
Identify Most Efficient Driving Routes
Believe it or not, the shortest route is not always the most efficient. It could involve an excessive number of traffic lights, frequent traffic jams and accidents, dangerous intersections, or even hills that will force your vehicles to work harder.
In cases such as these, the longer route may actually be more fuel efficient and cost-effective for your business. GPS fleet tracking systems can help you determine which is the best according to your business needs.
Improve Retaining Wall Equipment Tracking
Some retaining wall equipment, such as skid loaders and earth movers are costly, but frequently necessary, to replace. It may be that retaining wall equipment gets left behind on job sites, ends up on the wrong vehicles – headed to job sites in opposite direction, goes home on belt loops, or in employee vehicles inadvertently, or is stolen.
Regardless, the costs of constantly replacing certain pieces of equipment can add up quickly. GPS tracking on your tools and equipment, like concrete saws with diamond blades, transit/site levels, plate compactors, and powered assets can save your business a great deal over the course of a year.
Increase Employee Accountability
The other benefit of GPS tracking is that it holds your employees accountable for their actions on the clock. This includes things like their driving behavior in company vehicles. Things like speeding, swerving, hard braking, and other aggressive driving acts are recorded and can be printed out in monthly reports. Even better, you can set up alerts that notify you of behaviors just like that – along with deviations from assigned routes, excessive idling, and spending more than the projected time on a job site.
This encourages drivers to stay on task and on target throughout the day, keeps your employees and drivers safer behind the wheels, and discourages them from taking care of personal business on your time and dime. It also happens to save your business money and helps to increase profits.
At first glance, these might not seem like big changes for your business. But when you sit down and add up the costs and savings you will see that it can be a game changer – especially when you consider things like lower insurance rates, fewer accidents, fewer traffic citations, and lower labor costs.
If you own or operate a retaining wall company, give us a call here at LiveView GPS to learn how GPS tracking can help with your fleet and equipment. 1-888-544-0494 / General Inquiries: info@liveviewgps.com or Contact Our Sales Team – Sales Contact Form
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