subject: Cost vs Cost Savings: Using a Fleet Management System [print this page] With the current economic conditions throughout the U.S being at an all time low, is the idea of tracking your companies fleet vehicles a proposition that you should {consider| ponder.
Cost vs. Cost Savings. That is the issue. As work slows down in this economy would the ability to track your fleet vehicles be worth the upfront cost and the ongoing monthly cost.
When you look at a real-time tracking AVL (Automatic Vehicle Locator) the question isn't always the upfront cost of the hardware ($199 - $399 per unit), but the ongoing vehicle monitoring cost ($19.95 - $49.95 per month). This may not sound like much in the scheme of things, but when added to 30-50 vehicles can add up quickly.
These plus having the ability to maintain employee payroll cost gives a pretty good nudge to say yes to GPS Fleet Tracking.
Now for the down side:
1. Up front cost
2. Monthly Monitoring
3. Employee tampering
4. Equipment changing
5. Follow up
When you consider the pros and cons of a Fleet Management System, and if used properly, the thought of keeping you share of the local business market with better response and reducing your overall companies cost of maintaining a fleet makes sense to track your vehicles.
Companies sometime have trouble making a choice on the ROI of a tracking system, they get lost in the paralysis by analysis loop.
Sit down and write out the pros and cons and see if you can find the right reason for your company to track their vehicles.
