Truck 27, Where Are You? You\’ll Never Ask Again With Mobile GPS
Written by Todd Cavanaugh on February 7th, 2010
As a fleet manager you have probably experienced an afternoon or evening when you were asking, \”Truck 27, Where Are You?\” You\’ll never ask that question again when your trucks are equipped with mobile GPS. This simple device, installed in just seconds, allows a fleet manager to know the exact location, speed, and status of every truck you have on the road (and the ones in the garage).
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.
Have you have been thinking there must be a reason Van 28 seems to take longer to reach the other side of town than other vehicles and drivers? With mobile GPS, you can determine whether the driver is wasting time, the routing is all wrong, or the driver is making a few personal stops along the way.
Or perhaps you think several of the trucks are using too much fuel for the miles they are putting on the odometer. Mobile GPS in the truck would tell you that they are meeting in the parking lot of an empty warehouse for card games every afternoon, leaving the trucks idling so nobody will know.
The information tracked by a mobile GPS system will help you monitor abuses by your drivers or mechanics. You will even know if someone is using vehicles after hours for unauthorized tasks. But there are even more positive results that can be achieved with a mobile GPS system. Helping drivers identify the shortest or fastest or most economical routes will save time and money for the company. It will also increase productivity. Knowing where your drivers are, and if they are on schedule can improve customer service and satisfaction, which will increase sales for the company.
Mobile GPS systems also provide exactly the kind of reports and information fleet managers need at the end of the run, the end of the day or at any time reports must be prepared. Instead of checking odometers and repair records in the garage until midnight, your mobile GPS system has all the data readily available on your computer, and you will probably get the work done and still get home for dinner with the family. You can also extend the life of the vehicles, protect your vehicles and your drivers from theft or hijacking, and even keep sensitive cargo moving in any conditions to arrive on schedule.
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, claim your white paper \”7 Ways Your Company Can Save Thousands of Dollars With GPS Fleet Tracking.\” Many companies have substantially boosted 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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