This is a short article about the benefits of using telematics if you use a fleet of vehicles in your business. Most of the benefits are obvious, such as finding stolen vehicles, knowing where your drivers are in an instant, the lower need for communication, which also lowers costs such as phone bills, etc. I think the list can be longer as well such as lower insurance costs because of the anti-theft benefits as well as being able to implement policies such as safe driving speeds, and limiting the area where the vehicle can go. Read on for more info however.
Vehicles could be found if stolen!
If you had a vehicle stolen from your yard or anywhere the it would be possible to trace the location of that vehicle and pass on the information to the police. Also it is possible to fit an ‘input’ into the tracking device that would alert you at your ‘watch’ station that a vehicle was being moved without authorization this could also be set up to send you a text message so you don’t have to wake up in the morning and find a vehicle missing.
You would have a eta of vehicle without contacting driver!
If you get a phone call from a customer asking how long until the vehicle arrives you would normally let the customer listen to some music on hold and get hold of another phone and contact the driver for hs location and then take the customer off hold and give him the information. With a tracking system fitted you could stay on the phone with the customer, saving him the music, and with the click of a mouse find the vehicle location and inform the customer on the eta.
Lower mobile phone bills!
Due to the above situation you would save on phone bills when trying to locate a vehicle/driver.
Your drivers could be wasting time and getting to customers late!
Being able to trace the vehicle movement historically will reduce overtime costs and journey time by checking the route taken by the driver and debriefing them on journey route and break time duration. With overtime you would be able to confirm end job times and see if drivers are finishing early.
If any of these reasons seem to be for you then to have a tracking system fitted would benefit your business. It is not all about the driver there are the security benefits too. visit us at http://www.autonav.biz
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