GPS Fleet Tracking Helps Trucking Company Prevent Theft

Assets Protection Success Story

All TSO Mobile's customers and users of a GPS Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management system, experience the benefits from this incredibly useful technology on a daily. On the other hand, not all users experience theft of their vehicles and merchandise, but those who do are LUCKY to have GPS Tracking Devices installed in their vehicles.

Here is a story from one of TSO Mobile's customers who experienced theft but was lucky to be a user of our system. The story is written by the user keeping the company name anonymous for security reasons.

“ It is a pleasure and an honor for me to share with you my story. I am a manager for a trucking company and a fleet administrator who also handles safety and compliance.

Monitoring Driver Activity with Geofences

Control where your vehicles go in Real-Time

Being able to create imaginary fences around specific areas to monitor when vehicles go in and out of them has become an essential tool for dispatchers. Geofences let dispatchers have an additional level of control over the whereabouts of vehicles by defining regions of interest and monitoring “in and out” when it matters the most. Geofences can be created as circles or polygons of any size.

Unauthorized use of vehicles and visited locations is a major pain in all fleets operations. It happens all the time! Geofences are one of the solutions that GPS Vehicle Fleet Tracking offers. Dispatchers are notified via text message or email every time a vehicle crosses a geofences going in or out of it.

The Truth About Idling

Idling brings in some secret expenses. The truth is that vehicles that idle for a long time can generate serious revenue loss. The American Trucking Association states that:

1. A vehicle left idling can consume over a gallon of gas every hour.

2. One hour of idling by a vehicle everyday for year will culminate in approximately 70,000 miles of vehicle engine wear-and-tear after all associated factors are added.

This statement clearly shows the impact of vehicle idling for businesses with fleets of vehicles.

The chart below provides information on how much money businesses with fleets of vehicles could be losing because of idling, providing the fuel costs associated with excessive vehicle idling.

How to get the most out of your fleet with Fleet Management

Real-Time GPS Vehicle Tracking technology, also known as GPS Fleet Management, has grown at a very fast pace during the past 10 years. TSO Mobile has been in the industry for over 13 years and can give true testimony of how fast this growth has been and how every day this technology becomes more and more important for businesses with fleets of vehicles wanting to reduce costs, monitor drivers and improve operations.

At the beginning it was all about only tracking their fleets. Currently the situation has changed. Fleet owners and dispatchers now expect much more from their GPS Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management System. Being able to manage and monitor work orders, routes and having in-cabin driver communication solutions, are some of the top features that are redefining GPS Fleet Tracking. Mere vehicle tracking is not enough anymore!