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.
From your central monitoring computer, you can track the movements of every truck all day. And when you arrive in the office in the morning, you can review the movements of any trucks overnight. Have you ever thought a particular truck was racking up far more mileage than it should? Would you like to be able to prove that two of your employees are using that truck every weekend as a moving van for their moonlighting business? With mobile GPS you can track where every vehicle has been driven since installation of the system.
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.
All of the reports and calculations you have to prepare for various other departments, as well as the data you need to manage your fleet will be literally at your fingertips with a mobile GPS system. You will know exactly where every vehicle is at any moment, how fast it is traveling, and when it will reach its destination. With mobile GPS you will be able to provide driver hours and vehicle reports to the finance and payroll departments at the touch of just a few keys. You could probably even free up those Saturday\’s you find yourself spending at work to finish the quarterly reports and stay home and play ball with your kids.
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 will make your job easier and it will make you more successful. You will be able to assist and protect your drivers, achieve maximum efficiencies and productivity, and make both your boss and your customers very happy. Then, as the frosting on the cake, you will be able to do the fun part of your job instead of so much paperwork, and get it all done faster. When you add it all up, mobile GPS makes perfect sense.
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