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GPS tracking for businesses

Having GPS fleet tracking alongside the important use of the telematics data that vehicle tracking provides you, allows you to gain access to crucial information about your fleet. This information can be used to improve your business operations. 

By utilising a GPS fleet management system, businesses are able to understand everything, such as vehicle speed and location, using GPS technology. This isn’t where it ends, though, as a good system will apply reporting to collate data in a way that is easy to read.

Give your drivers a way to provide important information such as:

  • Having a vehicle breakdown,
  • If they have completed their daily vehicle checks or
  • If they get into an incident and much more. 

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What is GPS vehicle tracking and how does it help businesses? 

This is a term that refers to any fleet management software that takes telematics data alongside GPS technology.

GPS fleet management is comprised of three parts: 

GPS (Global Positioning System) 

A GPS takes advantage of satellites in space; a minimum of three satellites are used to ‘triangulate’ the current location of something that is giving off a signal, in this case, a vehicle tracker.

These satellites will pick up on the signal and provide you with a location of the tracker, showing you:

  • The current speed and location of your tracked vehicle
  • Every minute or any turn.
  • Harsh braking.
  • Harsh acceleration.

Vehicle Telematics 

Vehicle telematics is a combination of the words telecommunications and informatics. Your vehicle tracker collects GPS data as well as a vast range of vehicle-specific information and transmits it to a centralised server to then be displayed to the end user. This data includes important info such as location, speed, idle time, rapid acceleration, harsh braking and much more. 

Fleet Management Software

Fleet management software takes all of the information collected and helps your business to better manage its fleet through the use of this information. It’s a simple yet effective way of improving your fleet’s efficiency.  

Not only can you supercharge your fleet’s performance, but additionally, you can:

  • Save money on operating costs.
  • Ensure that you remain compliant.  

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Benefits of GPS vehicle tracking for your business

When you take advantage of GPS tracking and fleet management, you will notice the various benefits that come with it. So, how can it help? 

Optimise Your Fleet’s Maintenance 

Vehicle maintenance is one of the largest expenses for most fleets, having to deal with unexpected breakdowns and various repairs due to wear and tear across any sized fleet becomes a real problem when not properly managed. Using our feature that makes drivers submit a daily vehicle check helps you to understand when a vehicle needs attention before it breakdown minimising it's time off the road.

When a driver fills out their Daily Vehicle Checks, you can see if there are any issues, which allows you to:

  • Ensure that anything minor or suspect with a vehicle is dealt with quickly before a much larger issue presents itself.
  • Additionally, you can set days aside for individual vehicles to have maintenance done.
  • Reduce the number of unexpected breakdowns, helping to keep business productivity up.  

Discover how vehicle checks can protect your fleet through our handy guide.

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