Maximise efficiency and performance with Vehicle Fleet Tracking
Fleet tracking allows you to use fleet management systems to collect data that will improve the performance of your vehicles.
Using this technique can help you save money by making your fleet more efficient so it will perform better. It allows you to catch issues like speeding and other unsafe practices. But to make it work for you, you will need to implement a few best practices.
Implement Asset Tracking
Asset tracking often comes with the ability to geofence certain assets. You can create invisible boundaries around certain places, and whenever an asset with one of your tracking devices comes in or out of these boundaries, you can set a notification in your software.
Asset tracking systems let you track every physical asset, and it can protect from theft or loss. When you get real-time information on where your equipment and vehicles are, you can optimize the way you use them so you can make better decisions on how to take care of them.
Learn How to Reduce Idling Time
Idling time can really impact how much you end up spending on fuel, and too much idling can also impact how long your vehicles last. Of course, drivers sometimes have no choice, like when they are stuck in traffic, but it is possible to reduce unnecessary idling.
Using fleet tracking can often save you thousands of dollars each year in maintenance and fuel expenses.
There are often state laws around idle time because of the potential impact on the environment, but following these laws is usually not enough. Creating your own policies can further reduce it, and you can use a tracking system to ensure these policies are followed.
Create alerts about when drivers idle for more than a certain amount of time, especially if this occurs when they should be driving. You can also set it to indicate the drivers who spend the most time idling.
Track Other Driver Behaviour
Many behaviours, like starting or braking quickly, taking corners too harshly, or speeding, can impact the safety of your driver. Set up the system so it can alert drivers when they are doing risky things like this.
It can reduce the chance of your driver receiving a speeding ticket, and it can also make an accident less likely to occur. Using your tracking system allows you to gather data on all these driver behaviours and put them on one dashboard.
Many systems also allow you to export these habits to create a driver report card, allowing you to identify employees who are making the riskiest decisions. You can then implement training to encourage them to make better decisions while on the road.
You can even set up real-time alerts, so you consistently receive information on how drivers are doing while they are on the road. You can even set up in-cab alerts, so every time a driver makes a poor decision, they can feel like they are getting constant feedback.
When drivers feel like someone is keeping an eye on them, they are less likely to make poor decisions.
