| GPS vehicle tracking systems are a popular tool | | | | Why do they use it? |
| for business owners; Original equipment | | | | Users of GPS tracking systems have many |
| manufacturers from General Motors to Bobcat | | | | reasons why they've installed them: |
| are including tracking systems in their vehicles. | | | | 1. Tracking systems reduce vehicle costs by |
| Here's some background information to help you: | | | | targeting speeding employees, who waste fuel, |
| Who uses GPS tracking? | | | | cause excessive engine wear and ultimately, drive |
| GPS tracking systems are used by businesses in | | | | up insurance rates. |
| the service, transportation and manufacturing | | | | 2. Using the system's automatic mileage reminder |
| industries. Businesses of all sizes, with fleets of 1 | | | | reduces downtime and enhances vehicle resale |
| to thousands of vehicles, rely upon their tracking | | | | values by encouraging scheduled, preventative |
| systems to add to their profitability. | | | | maintenance. Your tracking system will remind |
| Types of businesses using GPS tracking: | | | | you when it's time to rotate tires, change oil or |
| - Contractors who provide HVAC, plumbing or | | | | perform other scheduled maintenance. |
| electrical services | | | | 3. Many insurance companies offer discounts of |
| - Limousine and taxi companies | | | | up to 30% for vehicles protected with tracking |
| - Uniform / Linen Services | | | | systems. |
| - Food and Beverage Distributors | | | | 4. Productivity is improved by: a. documenting long |
| - Street Sweepers | | | | lunch hours, b. exposing unauthorized breaks, c. |
| - Pest Management Services | | | | comparing driver overtime requests with system |
| - Snow Plow Services | | | | reports of driver activity, d. logging personal |
| - Car Carriers | | | | vehicle use after hours or on weekends. |
| - Landscaping and Irrigation contractors | | | | 5. GPS tracking systems improve customer |
| - Cable Company Contractors | | | | service by showing you which employee is closest |
| - Bulk and Route Delivery | | | | to the client who just called. WOW your |
| - Fuel / Oil Haulers | | | | customers--give them precise arrival or delivery |
| - Hazmat and/or Chemical Haulers | | | | estimates, based upon the actual location of your |
| - Produce / Perishable Delivery | | | | vehicles at the moment they call. |
| - Utility companies | | | | 6. Your system can tell you the exact time and |
| - City, county and state motor pool fleets | | | | date each employee reached each customer. If a |
| What is it? | | | | customer questions when your employee arrived |
| GPS tracking systems consist of a device installed | | | | or left --prove it to them. |
| in the vehicle, a central server and software for | | | | 7. Is one employee more productive than |
| the owner to access the information. | | | | another? --Check the data. Is it time to add a |
| All GPS tracking devices use data from the U.S. | | | | vehicle? --Use your system and there's no more |
| Government's constellation of Global Positioning | | | | guessing. |
| System satellites to determine a vehicle's location, | | | | 8. Use your system to correlate overtime |
| speed and direction of travel. | | | | performed with your employees' overtime |
| The tracking device transmits data from GPS | | | | requests. See who is putting in extra time. |
| satellites overhead to a central computer server | | | | 9. Never make another phone call to find out |
| via either a communications satellite or, more | | | | where your employees say they are. |
| often, via the local cellular phone network. The | | | | 10. Simplify asset management by displaying |
| vehicle data is updated every 2 - 15 minutes, | | | | everything on one computer screen. Make work |
| depending upon the owner's preferences and | | | | easier for your dispatcher. |
| manufacturer's settings. | | | | 11. Tracking systems work without any input |
| The central server makes the tracking data | | | | from the driver. No driver logs needed. |
| available to the system owner through the | | | | Purchasers of GPS vehicle tracking systems say |
| Internet. The owner logs onto the tracking | | | | they recover their investment in an average of |
| company's secure web server and sees their | | | | six - 12 months, by both reducing expenses and |
| vehicle data on a map and in text form. Some | | | | improving productivity. While some users recoup |
| tracking companies make the data available for | | | | their entire investment at one time by recovering |
| download, so the owner could archive it on their | | | | a stolen vehicle, most users are repaid more |
| own computer. | | | | gradually. |