Outstanding Performance Fleet Managers Use Mobile GPS

Fleet managers recognized for outstanding performance on the job tend to have something in common - they use mobile GPS. This seemingly simple and quickly installed device enables these fleet managers to see the exact position of every vehicle in the fleet at a glance. The information monitored, collected and stored by their mobile GPS system keeps all the information they need about the fleet, the vehicles and the driver at their fingertips at any given moment.

You will be able to monitor driving habits, routing, vehicle location, and even vehicle and driver safety. Mobile GPS monitoring allows you to do all this and more. You can help your drivers by alerting them when they are slipping into bad or dangerous driving habits. Mobile GPS monitoring can also give you the information you need to help drivers become more fuel-efficient in their driving habits. And you can monitor and take corrective action when drivers are abusing the vehicles, the schedule or the rules.

If you have been trying to figure out why 3 of your box trucks have 50% more miles on them each month than other vehicles traveling essentially the same route, your mobile GPS system will help you prove that these trucks are being used on weekends and after hours to operate a local moving company by a group of your employees, or that some of your employees are intentionally taking "the long way" in order to burn time and rack up overtime, or maybe the driver is just running personal errands during the day.

If you think a few of the trucks are using too much fuel for the mileage they are clocking, you can use your mobile GPS find out whether there is an engine problem, a driver problem, too much idling, or someone is resetting odometers.

Mobile GPS will certainly provide all the ammunition you need to prove that you have a few slackers on your team or that your vehicles are being used after hours by some enterprising drivers. But there are also many positive results you can achieve with this technology. For example, by monitoring routes taken by your drivers, you can help them identify more fuel-efficient or faster routes. Mobile GPS tracking will reduce fuel use and cost, reduce carbon emissions, and increase productivity of these drivers.

Instead of walking the garage at the end of each driver's run to note mileage and make other checks of the vehicle, you can automate the data gathering with a mobile GPS system. Then you can use that time to analyze the information and still get home in time for supper. As you analyze the information the mobile GPS system will gather about your vehicles and your drivers you will be able to reduce costs, improve driving safety and fuel-efficient driving habits, improve productivity, improve customer satisfaction, maintain vehicles more efficiently, extend the life of vehicles, and protect your drivers and your vehicles from theft and other dangers.

Think how much time you could save with a mobile GPS system if you had the following problem: You have 22 trucks in Florida, loading oranges for delivery to most of the East Coast. But most of the East Coast is suffering from a deep freeze. The problem is that your customers need oranges to meet the needs of their customers. You need to move those trucks to make room for the 30 that are due to load tomorrow to supply the rest of the south. Only 8 of the 22 trucks have heated trailers, however. You need to manage the 22 trucks in a way that runs the heated trailers directly to waiting customers, even if they deliver only partial orders at first. Then you need to find ways to keep the 22 trucks moving toward their destinations while also keeping them in areas where the temperatures are above freezing. Then when the cold moves out, you need to get the rest of the trucks in quickly to deliver the balance of each customer's orders. If you pull this off, you will be the company hero. With the right mobile GPS system, you'll have the job done in a matter of hours!

Mobile GPS in every vehicle in your fleet can save time, money, fuel, and management time. You can use it to reduce carbon emissions, risk to drivers and vehicles, solve problems, and improve productivity. When all of these benefits are considered, mobile GPS just makes good sense for every fleet of vehicles.

For more information about mobile GPS, get the white paper "7 Ways Your Company Can Save Thousands of Dollars With GPS Fleet Tracking." Many companies have substantially increased their revenue and decreased their costs by installing GPS vehicle tracking for their fleet. To calculate the ROI for your company in under 30 seconds, click through to the vehicle GPS ROI calculator.

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