During the height of the Cold War, both the USSR and the USA were racing to create a global positioning system, using strategically placed satellites. For decades, GPS was the brainchild and poster child for modern military planning and strategy.
Today, GPS has so many features, which the general population is enjoying. Personal cars and even phones have GPS capabilities, making navigating cities and points of interest very easy and accessible. The popular onboard assistants like OnStar have made car travel safer and inspired feelings of security in much of the driving public. With the touch of a button, help or information is just seconds away for service subscribers. Stolen cars can be tracked using their onboard GPS features.
With all of these advances and possibilities that GPS provides, Fleet Tracking is the next logical step for many companies. For logistical companies and other companies managing a fleet is a major cost center. Not only is each vehicle a significant investment, the time the vehicle is in use is either a major cost center or a possible revenue driver. The trick is proper fleet management and tracking.
There are several short term and long term advantages in investing in a fleet tracking system:
1. Reduce fuel costs by planning and ensuring "best routes" are followed when out on service calls and deliveries. Fleet tracking can help with route planning in the moment by suggesting routes with less traffic, thereby less idle time eating into fuel supply. This can also create a body of data, to use when planning routes or making changes. If there are times when traffic is particularly bad, avoiding deliveries to that area at peak traffic times can impact the bottom line. Fleet tracking data can be used when setting appointments time, creating appointment intervals or windows based actual past performance.
2. Fleet tracking can be used to ensure employee compliance with speed limits, company policies and fleet utilization. If company policy prohibits unauthorized use of company fleet vehicles, fleet tracking can help ensure compliance. It is less about being big brother and more about having accurate data to make accurate assessments about fleet management.
3. In almost all cases investment and maintenance of the fleet is a significant expense. Insurance costs are a huge part of the ongoing cost to maintain a fleet of vehicles. Many Insurance companies look favorably or offer favorable rate packages to companies who have fleet tracking capabilities. It can provide information about how drivers drive, where vehicles are parked, when they are driven and when they aren't driven. Furthermore, in the event a vehicle is stolen or driven by an unauthorized driver or at an unauthorized time, these systems can pinpoint the location of the missing vehicle or provide real data about the unauthorized occurrence, allowing the decision makers to take decisive action and hold appropriate parties accountable.
GPS and data collection and analysis make this an invaluable tool for businesses.
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