GPS Fleet Tracking System -- Benefits
A real-time GPS fleet tracking system will provide important benefits for companies within any industry and of any size. Benefits include the prevention of labor fraud, reduction in speeding and idling, unauthorized vehicle usage, and more. Here are a few of the most common benefits immediately experienced by EBR clients:
Reduce Fuel Costs
Limit Speeding and Idling
Speeding wastes fuel. GPS tracking reports, alerts, and speed maps show you who is speeding and where. Alerts can be sent instantly to the drivers themselves letting them know to slow down. Idling is an unnecessary waste of fuel and by reducing the number of minutes drivers idle, you can cut down on the cost of your fuel expenses. EBR uniquely provides the ability to send drivers instant alerts telling them to shut down their vehicles if they idle for too long. Some customers save 5 or more times the amount that the system costs by utilizing this capability.
Unauthorized Usage
You will be able to determine when vehicles are used for non-company-related business, or prove compliance using odd-hours/weekend GPS tracking reports and alerts. These capabilities can be custom fit to meet your businesses normal hours or operating practices.
Optimized Routes
EBR easily allows you to determine wasteful trips after the fact, and our routing capabilities can be used to proactively assign the best route to a vehicle or vehicles. Our highly intuitive reports can automatically measure the best route against what route your driver took and then show in detail how long the route should have taken. This can capture evidence of drivers padding hours by driving too slow or catch drivers who are inefficient and have to speed to make up their time.
Improve Productivity
Dispatching
Dispatch decisions are made quickly and accurately ensuring the right person is sent to each job. EBR enables you to identify the most efficient routes and dispatch your fleet accordingly. In the case of inclement weather, traffic or other unforeseen issues you can remotely reroute a single driver, or your entire fleet, through Garmin navigation system integration. Imagine having the capability to reroute your entire fleet without ever picking up the phone or radioing your drivers. Having the ability to change a predetermined route within a driver’s Garmin system also eliminates the risk of miscommunication or navigational error.
Monitoring Fleet Activity
The ability to monitor and manage the amount of time it takes a technician to arrive at a job site and the amount of time spent at the job site will increase efficiency and productivity, opening up the opportunity to complete more jobs per day, which will directly increase any company’s bottom line.
Reduce Your Labor Costs
Speeding
Drivers can no longer speed without your knowledge. Speeding is a huge factor in accidents, and gives your company a bad image on the road. EBR offers speeding alerts and reports to keep you on top of your drivers' behavior.
Unauthorized Usage
Be alerted as soon as a vehicle moves off-hours. Odd-hour alerts and reports will easily halt personal usage by identifying these types of driving occurrences.
Stolen Vehicle
If a vehicle is stolen, you will know exactly where it is located and will be able to recover the vehicle quickly and easily before you lose any valuable assets on board.
Make Your Fleet Safer
Speeding
Drivers can no longer speed without your knowledge. Speeding is a huge factor in accidents, and gives your company a bad image on the road. EBR offers speeding alerts and reports to keep you on top of your drivers' behavior.
Unauthorized Usage
Be alerted as soon as a vehicle moves off-hours. Odd-hour alerts and reports will easily halt personal usage by identifying these types of driving occurrences.
Stolen Vehicle
If a vehicle is stolen, you will know exactly where it is located and will be able to recover the vehicle quickly and easily before you lose any valuable assets on board.
Make Your FLeet Greener
There are numerous benefits to GPS tracking beyond the reduction of fuel costs and the ability to monitor your vehicles.
- Limit Speeding and idling
- Increase Route Efficiency
- Eliminate Unauthorized Usage
- Schedule Maintenance Reminders
When your fleet uses less fuel from reduced speeding, idling, and inefficient driving, you decrease the amount of GHG (greenhouse gas) that is let into the atmosphere. Emissions can also be decreased when your vehicles are running cleaner. Use the EBR maintenance reminders to schedule regular oil changes, air-filter changes, spark plug replacements, tire rotations, and any other preventative maintenance. This could potentially increase your fleet's MPG by as much as 25%.
In the U.S., about 20% of all GHG emissions come from cars, trucks, and SUVs, contributing to climate change, air pollution, and disease. If you are truly trying to lighten your environmental footprint, the first thing to do is ensure your drivers are educated and understand how important it is to drive more efficiently. EBR will provide quantifiable evidence of your GHG emissions so that you can monitor your month-to-month reductions.
Extend the Life of Your Fleet
Remote Diagnostics
EBR’s diagnostics-capable GPS tracking device combines GPS tracking with remote diagnostics. Based on the type of vehicle (light duty or heavy duty), a large number of diagnostic measurements, alerts, and fuel consumption data are available.
Maintenance Alerts
EBR knows your vehicles’ odometer readings, and will alert you to upcoming/overdue maintenance based on your exact schedule. Our diagnostics-capable devices will alert you to trouble with your engine, and will tell you if your vehicle will pass a smog test.
Breakdowns are costly due to lost business, as well as time wasted getting the vehicle fixed, and paying your tech for the unproductive time. So be proactive and protect your vehicles and your business.
Bill Your Customer More Accurately
Improve Invoicing
Many fleet-based businesses depend heavily on time consuming record keeping to stay on top of invoicing responsibilities. EBR can simplify this task, enabling you to keep more efficient records and save valuable time. Determine exactly how many times a particular location was visited in a given period of time and how long your vehicle remained on the premise. Exact dates and times can be produced in the case of an invoicing dispute.
Improve Response Times
Real-time Location
When an order or a call comes in, you can enter the address to see it on a map, or to get a list of the closest vehicles from a particular group and their status.
Navigation
By integrating a Garmin system, you can instantly dispatch a driver without picking up the phone. You can send and receive messages using Garmin or SMS text messaging, as well as plan the best route for taking real-time traffic into consideration. In order to remain competitive, any fleet-based business must have the ability to respond quickly to changes in client and/or company needs. Implementing a EBR Fleet Tracking Solution will make this possible.
Theft Recovery
Never lose sleep over the fear of your vehicles being stolen.
Unfortunately, vehicles and assets are occasionally stolen. EBR will give you peace of mind knowing you will be able to locate the vehicle quickly and easily. You can be notified when a vehicle is moving off-hours or if a vehicle is where it should not be. EBR’s real-time mapping allows you to report the vehicles location to the authorities so that you can recover your vehicle or asset as soon as possible.
Insurance Discount
How can fleet tracking systems lower insurance premiums?
Accidents and speeding tickets can lead to a substantial price increase on your insurance premiums. The EBR fleet tracking system allows you to control driver behaviors such as speeding, which lowers accident rates and helps eliminate tickets.
If any of your vehicles are stolen, there is no telling how long it will take to recover the vehicle and how much money you may lose in stolen assets. EBR real-time tracking is helpful in recovering stolen vehicles because all you need to do is report its current location to authorities and you should recover the vehicle quickly. This could lead to preventing further damages and any loss of assets.
GPS Tracking - Insurance Discounts
Take advantage of insurance discounts, which can save you up to 35% on your insurance premium. To qualify for a discount, businesses must show that they have installed vehicle telematics devices in a sufficient number of their fleet vehicles and that they are actively incorporating safety information from the devices into their ongoing safety feedback to drivers, at least on a quarterly basis.
Insurance companies tend to give GPS tracking insurance discounts because you are actively monitoring speeding, because it aids in the increase and overall safety of the driver and the vehicle, as well as increased chances of vehicle recovery if stolen. Insurance companies such as Travelers, USAA, Liberty Mutual, and AAA offer discounts for installing a anti-theft GPS tracking system.