| If you are a fleet manager for a corporation or a | | | | viewed on a computer. Depending on the plan you |
| small business that that has delivery or service | | | | have subscribed to uploaded data is updated at |
| vehicles on the road each day then GPS Auto | | | | different time intervals. Basically the more |
| tracker technology applied correctly will save you | | | | frequent the information the more costly the |
| money every day. Ever wonder why one vehicle | | | | service. Businesses with delivery services that |
| has almost twice the miles and maintenance costs | | | | also do pickups frequently ask for tracking |
| of the average vehicle in your fleet? How about a | | | | information to be updated every 5 minutes while |
| particular delivery route whose driver takes longer | | | | fleet managers that manage cross country |
| and has more employee overtime than then it | | | | transport only need tracking information every 30 |
| probably should. In each case these situations are | | | | minutes. |
| costing you money in terms of fuel efficiency, | | | | As a business owner or fleet manager you can |
| overtime and maintenance costs. So how can I | | | | quickly see the advantages to the system. |
| better manage my transportation costs? | | | | Remember the vehicle that had high costs and |
| The answer to your questions may come from | | | | maintenance, well the driver was using the truck |
| using GPS auto tracker technology. Basically there | | | | for his own after hours business. The route driver |
| are two types of GPS tracking technology on the | | | | that was taking so much time to complete his |
| market today. One is commonly known as | | | | route and was accumulating lots of over time |
| passive or logger and it has been around the | | | | was spending his afternoons parked at his house. |
| longest. Passive tracking units are placed in or on | | | | These types of problems although rare can cost |
| a vehicle and as the vehicle travels on its route | | | | business lots of money over a year. Additional |
| the information is logged on the unit. It basically | | | | advantages come in the form of dispatch |
| works just like the GPS navigation systems that | | | | efficiency. The dispatcher has a map on his or her |
| are so popular with the public these days. | | | | laptop with the location of every company vehicle. |
| However unlike your cars navigation system GPS | | | | If a pickup of a part or customer return pickup |
| tracking units, Logger GPS devices record the | | | | needs to be made, a quick look at the map will tell |
| information on to a data base. To access the | | | | you what vehicle can best make the stop. It will |
| information the unit must be retrieved from the | | | | not take long for the data to tell you how to |
| vehicle and downloaded to a computer for | | | | better set up your daily delivery routes so as to |
| viewing. Logging units are relatively inexpensive | | | | save fuel and time. |
| and are available in very small sizes that are easy | | | | On the down side the service provider has control |
| to hide. They do a very good job of telling you | | | | of your fleet information including where your |
| exactly where your vehicles have been, their | | | | customers are located. A good GPS tracking |
| speed and stopped time. The problems is that the | | | | service company will do a very good job of safe |
| information is not in real time and you have to | | | | guarding your information but just like anything |
| assign someone to collect the units and download | | | | else kept in computer data bases there is a real |
| the data then return the units to their assigned | | | | risk to your business. It is very important to |
| vehicles. On the positive side you have total | | | | carefully select your service company and get to |
| control and access to your tracking information. | | | | know them in detail. In addition if your service |
| Real time GPS tracker technology is a great | | | | provider does not provide tracking devices you |
| alternative to logging systems. Just as the name | | | | will find that real time GPS auto tracker devices |
| implies the information provided is relative" live" | | | | cost more than the older logger units. |
| and can be view as the vehicles travel on their | | | | GPS auto tracker technology is a great tool for |
| routes. If you are a fleet manager this has far | | | | business transportation managers. Over time you |
| reaching advantages. Real time GPS units use | | | | will save fuel, maintenance and employee costs |
| existing cell phone technology to upload the data | | | | that will more than pay for the cost of the GPS |
| from the vehicles tracking device to a GPS auto | | | | auto tracking devices and service fees as well |
| tracking service provider. The provider then sends | | | | increase your company's bottom line. |
| the current information to your office to be | | | | |