Vehicle tracking systems can be used to monitor all sorts of assets, including heavy equipment. Although features such as real-time mapping, landmarks, and time tracking are essential components of good vehicle tracking systems, if you want to keep an eye on heavy equipment, there are some other features you need to make sure you have.
Fleet GPS is an excellent solution in many situations, but some businesses require a different type of coverage or the ability to track assets using satellites. For example, you may want to track a container shipment across oceans. In this case, real-time mapping may not be required, but you still want the ability to locate the container as needed. Satellite tracking offers an effective solution, and it can be used in combination with fleet GPS to give you all the information you need.
Fleet GPS tools can provide multiple benefits for managers, dispatchers, and drivers. However, while managers and dispatchers have the advantage of computers in the office, drivers are often limited to cell phones and GPS units in the vehicles. Adding mobile fleet GPS tools can enhance the way you manage your fleet and provide several benefits, […]
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A hot topic these days in the fleet tracking systems industry is the highway bill passed by Congress in June 2012. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) bill was created to improve the safety of commercial motor vehicles based on three core principles: The barriers to entry must be higher in order […]
GPS tracking systems can help you save money in several ways, including improving dispatching efficiency. It’s a simple concept: the more efficiently you can dispatch your fleet, the more profit you will have. It comes down to a combination of two factors: Maximizing labor costs – Every minute that your drivers are on the road, they cost […]
Almost every GPS provider has a vehicle tracking system that offers detailed reporting. But what if you need quick answers? What if you want to make a management decision based on historical driver data? You can cull the detailed reports for all the information you need, or you can use a vehicle tracking system that […]
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GPS vehicle tracking can be used for more than just viewing fleet locations on a map. You can also run detailed reports that tell you when and where a driver was every minute of the day. While this might seem like a lot of information, there are compelling reasons to monitor driver behavior, not least […]
GPSTrackIt introduces new functionality to their Fleet Manager application. The new features enable the system to determine the optimal ordering of stops in a route and to overlay a driver’s route with the actual vehicle trail recorded by the system. Two new features have been added to GPSTrackIt’s Fleet Manager vehicle tracking system. Route Optimization […]
