Vehicle tracking systems play the most basic function in allowing tracking of vehicles. Other functions they perform include tracking maintenance and performance of the vehicle, tracking the performance of the driver, preventing theft and providing reports and enabling analysis of the provided reports. With the vehicle tracking systems, more functionalities get enhanced.
There are two main types of vehicle and fleet tracking systems in Australia. These are passive vehicle tracking systems and active vehicle tracking systems. For the case of passive tracking systems, they are involved in collecting and saving all the information, which will be retrieved at a later time. On the other hand, active vehicle tracking systems are involved in collecting and sending information in the real-time and therefore offers more advantages when compared to the passive systems.
It is true that by implementing vehicle tracking systems into fleet management, you’re going to bring in a lot of benefits. The main advantages generated through vehicle tracking are discussed as follows:
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Cost saving
One of the main advantage going to be realised by implementing vehicle tracking in fleet management is better financial management. This benefit gets enhanced by the financial generated about fuel consumption and how to manage fuel in a better way. Also, vehicle tracking eliminates the driver’s unwanted behaviour like better management of maintenance and idle time and speeding.
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Insurance discounts
The insurance offered by companies play an essential role in facilitating cost cutting and cost saving. Mostly, you’ll find these companies giving discounts to those companies using the vehicle tracking software for the provision of more information on the fleet in their fleet management in addition to using the software for the improvement of the fleet’s and employees’ safety.
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Trucks’ and drivers’ safety
Ever since the introduction of vehicle tracking systems, many traffic accidents have been reduced besides avoiding many problems encountered on the way, roads construction and traffic jams. In addition, fleet management enjoys this benefit via the feature involving theft prevention.
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Better service to the customers
Vehicle tracking systems generates essential information which can enhance better management in any business process. Here better management entails serving the customers in a better way since you’re in a position of seeing the route, any stop made, possible arrival time, and idle time.
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Management of the employees
Another main advantage that a vehicle tracking system enhances is better employee management. This gets enhanced by the information involving fuel management and monitoring the behaviour of the driver. As a result, you’ll be in a position of seeing worse and better performing employees. Other than this, it becomes easy to check the information gained by the drivers following their training.
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Improved administration
Vehicle tracking systems are essential when you want to improve the administration. As a result, you can use the time saved on administration for processes which require more attention. By doing this, the business will become more efficient in addition to running smoothly.
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Management of time
Improved management is an indication of better time management. In turn, this leads to better fuel management, employee management, tracking of the routes, monitoring the behaviour of the driver and frequent reports and their consequent analysis.
Other benefits offered by vehicle tracking systems include the prevention of theft, improved lifecycle management, and vehicle utilisation.