Vehicle Tracking

Introducing vehicle tracking to a companies’ fleet of vehicles can bring many financial and operational benefits.

Tracking works by installing a small unit into a vehicle which stores the vehicles location at predefined time intervals or when a change in status happens, for example, vehicle starts moving or becomes stationary. This information is than sent over the mobile phone network to a secure server and is made available to the user usually by an internet based software application. The information sent back normally includes location, date, time, speed, name/registration, and direction of travel.

The data being sent by the vehicle tracking unit is stored on the server so that the information can be referred to and more importantly reports can be generated from it. There are many different types of reports that are available including mileage covered, hours worked and idling reports etc.

Vehicle tracking can save companies money by providing them with the information they need to be able to make informed business decisions regarding their fleet of vehicles. These benefits include:

Reduced operational costs

Tracking allows companies to ensure that their drivers are driving efficiently and maximising their productivity. This brings fuel cost savings through controlling vehicle speeding and route optimisation. Other reductions can be achieved through automated mileage and time sheets reports; this saves admin time for both drivers and office staff. This also leads to saving through preventing employee mileage claim and time sheet inaccuracies and abuse.

Discounts on vehicle Insurance premiums of up to 30% can be achieved through introducing a tracking system to a companies’ fleet of vehicles.

The requirement for verbal communication between the office and the driver can be greatly reduced. A tracking solution displays the drivers location in real time and this checking the application will immediately answer many queries reducing employee time spent on the phone and the cost of calls.

Increased Productivity

Productivity and efficiency can be greatly increased. Tracking provides the information and reports that are needed to spot potential opportunities to maximise employee performance.

Compliance with Health & Safety Legislation:

The UK Government has introduced the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007. This means that individuals within a company from an employee to a managing director can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter and face fines of up £20,000 or a 2 year prison sentence.

For this reason many companies are seeking tracking to ensure that their mobile workforce are driving responsibility and confirming to government guidelines laid out in the ‘Driving at work: Managing work-related road safety’ published by HSE.

Over recent years tracking systems have considerably come down in price. This means that a whole range of companies from those with just a few vehicles to those with the largest fleets can save money and benefit operationally by introducing tracking to their business. The right tracking system for a company will allow a them to save more money than the tracking system costs them meaning the tracking system pays for itself. This return on investment can be easily achieved within the first month when paying for the tracking system monthly via leasing.

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