GPS Tracking Systems Vital In Todays Economic Climate

The growing number of vehicle tracking system suppliers share, by and large, many of the same core features which have helped companies manage their fleets and are becoming indispensible in the workplace.

Typical features include Geofence – the application which draws a virtual ring fence around a specific address or location. Use of Geofence enables a user to readily identify addresses of significant interest to companies in terms of customer, office or depot addresses. Employee addresses can be recorded just as easily, making Geofence the ideal tool for alerting and reporting needs.

As soon as a vehicle breaches a ‘ring fence’, notification is immediately sent by e-mail or text to alert the fleet manager; additional applications can include reports on early arrival, late arrival and ‘on site’ time notifications with the obvious advantage of facilitating easy and accurate provision of invoices to those companies which charge for ‘on site’ time. Yet another advantage is the production of verifiable information to resolve potential customer disputes.

Reports of this type are a key feature of a typical vehicle tracking system, with the tracking application capable of producing all the reports required to inform users of their fleet’s activity and performance, thus facilitating comparisons between drivers performance. This allows drivers to manage their journeys more effectively and to compare driver efficiency. In addition, reports can inform managers of sites visited, ensuring that mobile workers meet contact targets as well as providing timesheet and mileage reports to help managers to monitor employees’ expenses claims