subject: GPS Vehicle Tracking and the Modern World [print this page] GPS Vehicle Tracking and the Modern World
The modern world is all about efficiency. Fast work, good work, not a wasted moment, mile, or penny. For most companies, efficiency is a pretty easy thing to trace it revolves around the performance of workers that managers can see, and machines that bosses have easy access to. The only kind of business this does not apply to: the vehicular and transport industries. There, a boss needs something else to help him or her keep an eye on things something like GPS vehicle tracking.
With fleet vehicles driving all over the UK on a daily basis, it's pretty hard for a manager or responsible employee to know anything about the working practices of their drivers. A fleet manager can't just stick his or head around a door and ask for an update. With transport and vehicular services, all a fleet manager has to go on are the words of his or her subordinates who are as happy as the next person to cover up their unauthorised trips and personal errands.
In recent years, satellite technology has made a big impact on the way we do things. GPS vehicle tracking, which uses satellites to deliver accurate information about the exact location of a truck or van, can tell fleet managers an awful lot about the efficiency of their drivers. Where is the vehicle now? GPS systems can pinpoint each one to within a fraction of a mile. It can tell a fleet manager the direction in which a vehicle is travelling, its average speed, the amount of time its driver spends off the road or with engine idling: everything, in other words, that a person needs in order to start controlling the efficiency of mobile employees.
GPS vehicle tracking isn't just about spying on the workers, of course. All work vehicles are extraordinarily valuable, and often contain expensive equipment which makes them prime targets for thieves, who either break in to take the stuff inside, or drive off with the whole lot. If those vehicles are equipped with the unshakeable watchdog that is a GPS tracking system, they will be found: furthermore, if they're signed to the effect that they are protected by GPS, they probably won't be stolen in the first place. That's a huge potential saving in terms of replacement costs and insurance premiums: a GPS vehicle tracking system will reduce policy costs because it's so effective as a deterrent against thievery.
Over time, the data logged by a GPS vehicle tracking system allows fleet owners to build an accurate picture of their driver's overall behaviour. Such a picture can lead to dramatic restructuring of a company's working processes which, in turn, will lead to an impressive net saving over the course of the next few years. Idling time, average speeds and of course unnecessary journeys all get spotted by GPS: building up a coherent picture of how and when these costly events occur is the only real way to prevent them. Before GPS vehicle tracking, that wasn't possible. Now, fleet owners across the UK can tap into the everyday life of their vehicles and start saving money.
