How Wholesale Nurseries Can Benefit from GPS Fleet Tracking
1 Apr 2015Spring is in the air and for wholesale nurseries, this is a busy time of year. This is the time of year when you must bring your “A” game to the table and GPS fleet tracking can help you do that in more ways than you may realize.
You’ve probably heard by now that GPS fleet tracking provides excellent returns when it comes to fuel usage, but there are many other benefits it brings to the table for wholesale nurseries that are well worth considering.
Provides Accurate ETAs for Deliveries
More importantly, you can offer the smaller nurseries you serve the ability to track their shipments. Why does this matter to you? How often do you field time consuming phone calls from customers wondering when their orders will be delivered?
If you’re operating 100 or more semi tractors, you could be fielding up to 100 calls on any given day. Imagine how much time and productivity you could free up for your business simply by giving customers the ability to track their own shipments to know when their deliveries are arriving, often within a window of minutes.
As an added benefit, your customers will appreciate this option as it helps them make decisions about their business and staffing based on when the deliveries are expected. It helps you build better customer relations through accurate delivery times and estimates.
Eases Fleet Management Responsibilities
When you have many trucks, tractors, and bobtails on the road, managing these vehicles effectively can be quite the challenge when you’re doing all the routing, scheduling, and maintenance planning by hand.
GPS fleet tracking service helps you know where your vehicles are at any given moment, plan more efficient and cost effective routes, and can be used to schedule routine maintenance and identify a need for certain repairs. This, in turn, will help you manage your fleet more effectively to get more mileage out of your vehicles, your drivers, and your money.
Helps You Manage Costs More Effectively
Effective cost management is a big deal for wholesale nurseries. Whether you’re delivering your goods to a golf course, local nursery, or city government you need to make your deliveries with confidence that you’re not wasting money in the process.
GPS fleet tracking tools help you keep your vehicles running at maximum efficiency by scheduling routine maintenance and repairs. It helps you avoid time-consuming delays related to idle staff members, avoids unnecessary overtime by providing more efficient routes, and it eliminates wasteful time and money spent idling in traffic by routing you away from traffic snarls and tie-ups. Another way fleet tracking helps is by ensuring that your drivers are where they’re supposed to be at any given time and not taking care of personal business while on your clock.
In essence it saves your wholesale nursery money by improving employee accountability, keeping trucks and equipment running more efficiently and lasting longer, cutting fuel costs, creating more efficient routing, and eliminating unnecessary overtime.
With so many great benefits GPS fleet tracking brings to your business, the only question left, is why aren’t you using GPS fleet tracking for your wholesale nursery?
Are you a wholesale nursery? Are you looking to reduce costs? If so, contact us at LiveView GPS at 1.888.502.3636 to learn how GPS fleet tracking can work for you.
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