How to Successfully Implement a GPS Tracking System in Your Company
26 Dec 2014While you may be concerned that there will be initial resistance within the ranks over your desire to implement GPS fleet tracking for your company vehicles, explaining the plan the right way can make a world of difference about how the new change is received by your staff. Keep these tips in mind to help you have the successful implementation of GPS tracking in your business vehicles.
Offer Full Disclosure
If you don’t act like you need to hide anything, people will accept it for what it is. In other words, don’t act like you’re doing something underhanded or wrong or your staff will begin to wonder what it is you’re not telling them.
Instead, explain the many benefits GPS tracking offers your business. Then spring the next tip on them and watch how quickly you overcome objections.
Practice Trickle Down Benefits with Your Employees
Make it worth their while. Most people will find little to complain about it if you show them what’s in it for them.
There’s no denying that GPS tracking systems save businesses money. A significant amount of money when you consider the many benefits like:
- Cutting Labor Costs
- Fewer Traffic Tickets
- Fuel Savings
- Lower Insurance Rates
- And more!
Show them the money in a way that matters to them, and acceptance is all but guaranteed.
If you really want to turn your company on its ears, only offer bonuses to drivers who meet certain standards (no tickets, tardy shifts, or absences for the month, for instance) in order to receive a special cash bonus.
Keep it from being Personal
The last thing you want is a group of employees who take your decision to implement GPS tracking devices personal. You could go the humorous route with your best Godfather impression, or you could focus on the professional and budgetary reasons it’s a better plan for the business, like the following, instead.
- Big savings on fuel.
- Fewer dissatisfied customers.
- Greater opportunities for raises and/or advances.
- Happier customers.
- Huge insurance savings.
- Less time steaming in traffic for drivers.
- More cost effective routing.
- More repeat business.
- Timely arrivals and estimated arrivals.
The list could go on and on, but you get the picture. When you show them all the professional reasons this is a good business decision, everything else sort of melts away.
Create a Written Policy about GPS Usage and Expectations
Put the expectations and rewards in writing. Let your employees know you’re taking your part of the new agreement seriously and they’ll take their part seriously too. This also makes sure that everyone is on the same page and knows how to respond in certain situations.
GPS tracking devices, such as the ones LiveView GPS offers, can mean so much for cash-strapped businesses, and the people they employ. Successful implementation of a GPS tracking system for your business is the first step towards a brighter future for everyone.
Call us today at 1.888.502.3636 to discuss incorporating a GPS tracking system at your company.
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