We sat down with James Slavet the FleetMatics Systems Training Manager to get some inside scoop on using the FleetMatics system. He came up with some great technical tips to help you use the system better.We will be posting them on a regular basis.
Alerts will notify you any time there is an infraction for a number of different things including speed, idling time, etc. They can be programmed to email you as well. A Massachusetts customer may set this for 70 MPH because the roads are all 65. The problem is that if a driver goes 71 for two hours you get 80 separate notifications. So the trick with Alerts is to use them with scheduled reports. Scheduled reports are that are automatically generated for you and emailed to you. These reports can be set to run once a week, once a day, just on the weekdays, or just on the weekends. So I always advise customers to set their High Speed Report for 70 MPH and look at that once a day or once a week and then to set their alerts for 75 or 80 MPH so they only get notified right away on the very excessive speeds. This keeps the information more manageable. Because the point of this system is to be more efficient with your company and that includes using the system more efficiently.
– James Slavet
Having the right kind of GPS Tracking system can make you seem like an oracle to your drivers. That’s because one of the most useful applications of GPS tracking is the ability to route your drivers away from impending traffic or accidents.
Your fleet management system aided of course by GPS technology, must be capable of managing traffic expected ahead in the journey. This includes traffic jams, road mishaps, diversions and most importantly, guidance about shortest route to reach the destination. This helps in saving time and fuel and also, avoiding the inconvenience posed by traffic loads.
Efficient GPS systems provide support to the drivers making for a smooth ride on road. For instance, emergency screens, information about points of interests, voice commands and other such features should be expected from the device selected by you. These features are also useful for GPS fleet management, where a business owner wants to monitor every single detail of the journey.
You can have the ability to predict the future with FleetMatics!
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Your need to manage your transport business can be effectively served by a fleet management system. If you are searching for most favorable system in this direction, you can find two options coming your way. The first option is PC based management system for your transport business, while the second option is a web based system. A PC based system will allow software to be installed in your machine to help you track the fleet, whereas in a web based solution, you are required to get subscribed to an online service provider.
Now, the question is which of these two options can offer more advantages to your business. If you want an answer to this question, here are few parameters to escort you.
Easy Access With Web based System
With subscription to an online GPS fleet management service, you can access and monitor your fleet from any part of the region. All you need to have is an access to computer and internet and you can manage your fleet from your home as well as office. However, with a PC based management, you are restricted to monitor your fleet from only one machine in which the software is installed. However, the PC based management is more secure, as there is no threat of password misuse.
If you are looking to install a GPS fleet management system for your business, make sure it will fit your needs and one of the key factors is access.
A web-based system provides you with the easiest access, enabling you to monitor your fleet from any where and any computer with an Internet connection. This means you can manage your fleet from the office, from home or from on the road.
Check out the FleetMatics GPS Fleet Management System!
If you are looking to install a GPS fleet management system for your business, make sure it will fit your needs and one of the key factors is access.
A web-based system provides you with the easiest access, enabling you to monitor your fleet from any where and any computer with an Internet connection. This means you can manage your fleet from the office, from home or from on the road.
Check out the FleetMatics GPS Fleet Management System, it just might fit your company!
Imagine you are the trail boss of a wagon train – destination unknown! Every morning you wake up with that gnawing feeling inside worrying about your assemblage, herding them together, protecting them from attacks, scavenging for food and survival.
Truth is you are a trail boss, only in the 21st Century and without the proper tools your wagon train (fleet) will lose its way and starve to death in the desert. Wellll maybe not quite that severe, but you will have problems maintaining profitability and viability.
That’s where the FleetMatics vehicle tracking system comes in. It makes you into a super trail boss. One that know his or her way around the “campfire” and knows how to motivate (route), feed (fuel) and take care of the entire posse (service alerts).
You see, the FleetMatics’ vehicle tracking system uses satellite technology to provide real-time fleet vehicle location and record historical vehicle activity. Our highly skilled team of professional technicians can install a GPS vehicle tracking unit into each of your fleet vehicles. There are no exposed wires or antennas, making the equipment virtually tamper proof. The vehicle GPS tracking units transmit data to the FleetMatics system every 90 seconds. This information can be accessed 24 hours a day through any internet connection around the world.
Be the ultimate trail boss – get FleetMatics for your entire fleet.
Over the past few years sustainability has been bantered around quite a bit. You often hear about it on the ecological front but also with regards to business.
Sustainability means “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future to meet their own needs.” In other words to keep things going and not just maintaining the current system but looking towards future growth requirements.
Sustainability can be a property of living systems, a manufacturing method, or a consideration as to a way of interpreting life.
What this has to do with you, Mr. Fleet Owner, is very simple. In order to maintain your fleet and the well-being of your organization, you need a simple system that incorporates/automates all the aspects of running your fleet from service to fuel consumption. The FleetMatics system does just that with real-time reporting you can see right to the moment what your fleet is doing and how it is performing. Now that is sustainability!
I would like to take this moment to wish you a very happy New Year.
2009 may have some obstacles and the economic climate looks dim, however this is the opportunity to take advantage of the mood and play your game – hard. As the saying goes, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going!”
Control of your business will put you where you want to go. One of the keys to control is GPS tracking because with this simple tool you can:
Improve Driver Accountability: A GPS tracking system maintains a complete record for each of your drivers so you know their level of safety and responsibility. There is nothing to hide when the ride is being monitored so closely.
Maintaining Speed Limits: EAch vehicle in your fleet is precisely tracked thus reducing opportunity for carelessness and accidents. Money is also saved on fuel.
Service Call Validation: A complete history report is available for each fleet member. You will instantly know when the vehicle arrival and when it departed. No guess work, you have a live real-time log!
Precise Billing: With Fleetmatics GPS Fleet Tracking you have a digital time log including route, length of time spent so you can accurately and rapidly determine time and fuel costs and provide the information to your clients should there be any questions.
Again have a great year!
