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The Secret Ingredients to Fleet Safety

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Basic Recipe to Fleet Safety

Companies use countless tactics to enforce fleet safety and promote positive driving behaviours but the question remains: are your drivers actually listening? Fleet safety is on the radar making management more sensitive to enforcing safety policies due to lawsuits or fleet-related fatalities caused by distracted driving. Safety is a growing concern within all industries and with advancements in technology, cars today are as safe as they can be. Equipped with crash avoidance systems, automatic parking control and other features there is no doubt that vehicles today have evolved and become much safer. Yet, as much as these systems are promising there is no better safety feature than the driver themselves.

According to Automotive Fleet, 25-30 percent of all fleet-related accidents are a result of distracted driving; vehicle accidents represent about 14% of total fleet expenses. Although, these figures should probably be higher since it does not take into account additional costs such as downtime, lost employee productivity and liability exposure. It does show that distracted driving can in fact become a nuisance for fleet companies.

What Should You Be Doing?

It is already established that companies regularly send internal newsletters with tips and strategies about safe driving. A few even have fleet management software to encourage positive driving habits in real time but a more compassionate solution to fleet safety might just be getting to know your drivers.

Gain Driver Buy in

Fleet management software comes close to resolving the problems with encouraging positive driving behaviours but teaching might bring forth different results. Informing your drivers about the benefits of fleet management software’s and sharing savings should be distributed to all staff members so they feel motivated. Some drivers might just see the solution as a device that monitors their driving behaviours instead of a beneficial solution; it’s important to be clear about how the company plans to gain from this change with greater profits or reduced costs before actually implementing the solution without their knowledge.

Invest in your Drivers

It is important to make drivers feel like they are an added value to your organization and the best way to minimizing distracted driving is to make sure your drivers feel important. This will require a period of induction training coupled with on-going development; but by making an investment in your drivers, you’ll be demonstrating respect and appreciation and this often goes a long way. Training programs can include driver development processes; a good example would be graduate certificates from bronze to silver to gold standard drivers. The progression can be award based on training level completed to complement fleet safety.

Communicate

Communication is always key and although safe driving is a known fact it is important to reiterate the significance of safe driver behaviours and how positive habits can help reduce costs but more so minimize the number of collisions in the first place. Making your employees feel like they are part of the solution might give them a sense of responsibility.

Reward

Safe driving recognition or incentive reward programs reinforce good driving performance. These programs can be generated within the company and awards can range from a monetary prize, gift certificates and newsletter announcements to appreciation gear. GoFleet’s telematics devices are capable of generating reports that easily rank driver performances (Driver Score Card Report). Giving your drivers a benchmark, and rewarding them for their improvements is beneficial, what gets recognized gets repeated.

 

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Source:
Automotive Fleet: Implementing a Single Strategy to Improve Driver Safety & Lower Fuel Spend

Fleet Managers See Increase in Time Spent on Admin

Posted on | by Courtney redwell

Increase in Time Spent on Admin for Fleet Managers

 

1 in 5 fleet managers report an increase in time spent on fleet administration work

 

These findings come from the latest quarterly Company Car Trends research, which found 1 in 5 managers reported an increase in the time they spent on administration tasks in the last year.

The findings slightly differed for managers with fleet as their primary duty (20% reporting an increase) and those who have a wider range of responsibilities including fleet management (17% reporting an increase).

Those with a wider range of responsibilities were then asked what their primary job was:

  • Human Resources: 16%
  • Administration: 18%
  • Finance: 22%
  • Operations: 25%
  • Other: 19%

From these findings it is clear that managers who are involved in running fleets are seeing a year-on-year increase in the amount of admin work they have to take on. Also, it shows us that managers who are involved in fleet decisions but are not only responsible for managing their fleet are getting more and more tied up with fleet issues. This leaves them less and less time to focus on their priorities which can lead to an inefficiently operating business.

 

How GoFleet Can Help

 

Fortunately, for fleet administrators that take on multiple roles, our fleet management technology can help. Our solution will not only eliminate time card discrepancies and the need for paper time cards, it has also proven to increase employee productivity by 15% and reduce fuel costs by 18%.

People often think our solutions are only meant for large fleets with a dedicated fleet manager but, our solutions are for fleets of any size to increase safety and productivity and decrease fuel and maintenance costs.

As a fleet consulting company, we want to work with you to customize a solution to meet your needs. Stop wasting time on administrative tasks and let our system streamline your operations. Not only will it help make your job easier, it’ll also save your company money.

 

For more information contact one of our fleet consultants today:
1-888-998-1122 | [email protected]

 

 

Article Sources:
FleetPoint: Fleet Managers See Increase in Time Spent on Admin Work
FleetWorld: 1 in 5 Fleet Managers Report Increase in Admin Work

 

Maintain a Healthy Fleet With the Watchdog Report

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Monitor your devices using the Watchdog Report

Having trouble monitoring the status of all your vehicles in one go? Do you have too many vehicles to check individually? How do you know which ones have communication problems? When customers begin to manage their fleet, they often overlook regularly monitoring the health of their devices as it can become a hassle. Keeping track of all your devices can be challenging if needed to be done every day but, monitoring the health of your devices is important to ensure that all your units are reporting and are healthy. Companies install GPS trackers to maximize cost savings through live tracking and without device communication no data will be recorded immediately to help compliment their savings.

Devices fail to communicate for a variety of reasons and as a fleet operations manager it is important to understand why:

  • Devices may be in an area with bad cellular coverage
  • Devices may be unplugged while in the shop for maintenance
  • Issue with the port – blown fuse

A non-communicating device can sometimes even indicate a larger issue with the vehicle itself, such as a dead battery. This is why it is important to check in with your devices every so often to address potential issues early and ensure that your telematics device will report the data you need. Not to say, that the data will be lost, our devices have the capability of storing data on the device and transferring it into the database once it starts to communicate again.

The watchdog report is an excellent source for monitoring the health of your telematics devices. Located on the dashboard, the report is easily accessible and can be downloaded within seconds containing detailed information of the device status, the time it last communicated and the location it last communicated in.

There are over 30 standard reports to choose from and the ability to create limitless custom reports using Microsoft Excel; interpreting data is your next step to understanding the watchdog report. The default report available on the dashboard is designed around the following parameter (shown below) this report can be further customized to meet your company preference with device status notifications.

OK

Device communicated within the last 2 days.
Action needed: None.

Offline for 2-3 days

Action needed: Verify the last available location of the vehicle was outdoors, clear of obstruction and the device is properly installed in your vehicle.

Offline for 3-21 days

Action needed: Verify the device is undamaged and properly installed in your vehicle. Refer to the installation guide for instructions on how to perform a visual inspection of the device.

Offline for 21+ days

Action needed: Ensure the SIM is active on the cellular network and the device is undamaged and properly installed in your vehicle. If the issue continues, ensure that the vehicle is currently in a known area of cellular coverage (For V4 Devices: Check whether the antenna is loose or damaged).

Customizing parameters

Receiving accurate data is imperative to making business decisions leading to the need for customized parameters. If companies need to be notified immediately the threshold below will be a good example of a customized parameter.

In this example, only vehicles which have communicated within 2 days are considered “OK” immediately notifying your company to power reset those devices that have stopped communicating.

Custom Parameter Watchdog report

If you need help with your devices or have any questions, one of our support agents are happy to help. Call 1-888-998-1122 x 2 or submit a support ticket: support.gofleet.com

Fleet Productivity Management

Posted on | by Courtney redwell

Increase Fleet Productivity Level

GoFleet offers many features for fleet productivity management, to help increase the productivity level of your drivers and ultimately make your business more profitable. Let’s take a look at some of these features:

Real-Time GPS Vehicle Tracking

What could be more amazing than watching your vehicles move on a map in real-time? Being able to see all associated trip details, including broken rules, speed levels, and much more. Our rich breadcrumb trail tracking is a patented technology that gives you the most advanced insights available on your driver’s on-road performances.

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Trips and Activity Reporting

Your trips history information is stored within the software allowing you to re-create any trip at any time for any specified date. The reports give you an in-depth look at different events, such as the time spent driving vs. at customer locations vs. at the office, helping you to allocate work time accurately.

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NFC Driver ID

The latest in RFID technologies have been incorporated into our software; Near Field Communications (NFC) delivers Driver Identification for drivers that need to switch between different vehicles. Driver ID allows managers to have a full view into their drivers behavior regardless of the vehicle they are driving: generate reports, rules, and exceptions by driver OR vehicle. Vehicle immobilization can be combined with driver ID; this means a valid Driver ID keyfob must be touched to the fob reader before the vehicle will start.

driver productivity management

New Exception Rules

Being an innovative engineering-based organization, we are continually raising the bar when it comes to driver productivity tracking. You can set many different preferences within the software such as early leaving, late arrival, long lunch, too much office time, unauthorized home stops, and long stops during work hours.

fleet productivity management

Dispatch with Garmin GPS

In partnership with Garmin, we have effectively transformed the GPS devices into powerful messaging and dispatching tools. You can send route information directly to the Garmin device which will then automatically navigate your drivers to the correct destination. Making it even easier to identify drivers, you can also set the status of drivers to ‘on the job’ when they arrive on site, and have the vehicle colors change on your map based on their status.

garmin gps productivity management

Fuel Card Integration

Developed by an integrator, the fuel card program can help you to better understand fleet expenditures. In addition to managing maintenance, safety violations, and time spent idling, you will be able to view and confirm fuel card expenditures daily.

fuel card integration

Congregation Reporting

We offer unique reporting tools that will highlight when your drivers get together. For example, you will be able to identify drivers that are meeting for long lunches or other activities decreasing productivity.

 

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Elimination of 2G Networks Approaching

Posted on | by Victoria Gole

AT&T announced 3 years ago it would be eliminating its 2G network in 2017, now that isn’t so far away.

“The Dallas telecommunications company said it plans on discontinuing its 2G network, also known as GSM or EDGE, by January 1st, 2017. It plans to take that 2G spectrum and re-use it to augment its 3G and 4G wireless services”, stated in a 2012 article by CNET.

That article may have been posted over 2 years ago, when AT&T broke the news in August of 2012, but it is now approaching fast. Customers could be effected prior to 2017 given AT&T has advised “AT&T may turn down to only one band of 2G service in some markets and may completely turn down the 2G network in some markets before the January 1, 2017 turndown nationwide”. To find out why this is happening and what should be done, keep reading.

The 2G footprint – if it’s so big why shut down?
As of Q3, 2013, 2G or second generation networks, still account for slightly under 70% of all connections worldwide. Many of the new cellular connections are in the developing world, and most of these are on 2G networks. 2G networks are more common in both Europe and Africa than 3G networks and there are no plans to shut down these 2G networks for the most part. In fact, in Europe because 2G networks have such a large footprint, as carriers move towards faster networks we are hearing that they will be shutting down 3G before 2G.

It’s quite the opposite in the United States – we have heard of no plans to shut down the 3G networks in the US as of today. While there is no doubt that 3G will be shut down one day, we certainly are not seeing that happen any time soon.

As for shutting down 2G networks, the story is once again different in North America and Australia than in Europe. The two notable carriers shutting down their 2G networks that impact Geotab and other Telematics provider’s customers are AT&T in the United States and Telstra in Australia. Both Telstra and AT&T are moving away from the 2G network by the end of 2016. Why is this? Basically, fewer networks to support, more efficient use of their networks resulting in lower operating costs, and by freeing up spectrum they can allocate it to the faster networks with more profitable services.

Some Telematics providers, Geotab included, have devices running on T-Mobile’s 2G network. While T-Mobile does have a 2G network it has not yet released any plans of shutting it down. But, if those 2G devices running on the T-Mobile network or one of its MVNOs are set up to roam onto the AT&T network, those are subject to darkness too when roaming onto the AT&T network.

2G in the M2M space
Telematics and M2M data needs are normally light compared to other consumer applications that require the bandwidth availability and faster speeds of 3G. Also, 2G modems are cheaper than 3G modems. These factors, paired with the fact that M2M and Telematics devices have a relatively long life, have contributed to 2G being so strong in the Telematics industry.

Historically, data costs from network providers have been the same regardless of the technology. Unfortunately, that will be changing in North America. To encourage customer migration from 2G in the US to 3G, AT&T and their Mobile Virtual Network Operators are increasing the monthly data costs of the 2G network.

If I have an older 2G device, what do I do?
Let’s face it, typically you do not just go out and swap out a modem. If you have an older Telematics device with a 2G modem, whether it’s an older Geotab GO device or a competitors *hint* see what you’re missing *hint* device, you’ll need to replace the 2G unit.

While this can seem like a pain, Geotab has added a lot of functionality to its latest GO device, the GO7 making the decision to upgrade much easier. Because Geotab designs and builds everything themselves, not only do you get more functionality with the GO7 but we have been able to drive the cost down making it well worth your while to upgrade.

What’s the difference if I upgrade to the Geotab GO7 device today?

There are many, but some of the notables include:

 

  • Get the latest capabilities in engine diagnostic from your GPS GO device.
    Vehicles send data from multiple sources, including the drivetrain, engine, and the instrument cluster. All of these sources transmit information using a communications protocol. There are many possible protocols used by the different manufacturers and component suppliers of vehicles. Different manufacturers produce vehicles that transmit data using many different protocols on many networks. Only the Geotab GO7 can support all these vehicles.

 

 

 

 

  • Ensure you take advantage of all GoFleet & Geotab has to offer.
    Some newly released features are not available on earlier devices. Make sure you can take advantage of ALL the new features available!

 

    1. Rely on an accelerometer with increased sensitivity for dangerous driving events and back up alerts.

 

  • Installations made easy.
    As you add vehicles to your fleet, the GO7 continues to minimize the need of a specific harness. Although no one harness fits all, the GO7 reduces the need for custom harnesses.

 

 

  • Future-proof your fleet vehicles with software programmable pins for connecting to the vehicle connector.
    Having all possible pins populated this way allows the firmware to remain in-sync with any improvements and future changes made by vehicle manufacturers to newer models and makes.

 

If you’re an existing GoFleet customer, speak with your account manager to review upgrade plans.

Original Article By: John Day, Product Manager at Geotab
http://www.geotab.com/blog/2g-migration-fleet-management-can/

 

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Iridium Satellite Solves Minimal Coverage Concerns

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Our telematics devices are responsible for tracking vehicles and assets and managing data for fleet managers within your company. All the information recorded can be easily accessed and downloaded for further decision making and strategic use. Our devices are capable of pulling the necessary information when they have enough power and strong network coverage to record data regardless of where your assets are located such as downtown in the city or in more remote areas.

Sharing the responsibility of managing and tracking your fleet results in you wanting to know where your vehicles are at all times. However, there might be a few companies who seek for the same capabilities but operate in areas with minimal network coverage. In order to gain tracking information, we utilize this opportunity and provide an add-on solution by integrating both our Go Rugged and GO device, with the communication reliability of the Iridium Network. Although the device is still capable of recording and storing information when operating in an area with minimal/no network coverage, the Iridium satellite is capable of providing the data in real-time.

GoFleet’s Integration with Iridium

The Iridium Satellite solution is a third party system that integrates with our Go Rugged and GO devices. It’s an external modem that connects to the unit and provides a robust failover system that allows for assets to continue to record positional updates while operating in remote areas out of cellular coverage. The devices are preconfigured to efficiently continue logging all GPS data and save it to its internal memory so, when it does gain cellular coverage, the data can be automatically uploaded to the database to provide a full breadcrumb trail of the trips performed while the vehicle was out of cellular range.

Benefits of the Iridium Satellite Tracking Solution

There are significant benefits to having the add-on Iridium Satellite Tracking system:

  • Coverage Anywhere – Regardless of whether your assets are located in or out of cellular coverage, you’ll still be able to receive real-time updates on your asset whereabouts.
  • Man-Down Functionality – GoFleet has also integrated a “Panic” feature with the Iridium add-on. When triggered, the satellite sends a top-priority message over the Iridium network to our software solution. The device on the driver’s end will also start to beep indicating that the message has been sent. The solution then sends a reply back to the vehicle and the device stops beeping, letting the driver know that the database has received the message.
  • Cost Efficient Data – The Iridium solution is a failover system, meaning that the device will only send data over the Iridium network when the GO cannot send data through the cellular network. The add-on is strategically designed to only send certain data over the Iridium network in order to maintain manageable costs but still receive reliable data updates from assets.

For more information on the important features of GPS fleet tracking, and how it can help your business save thousands of dollars, contact one of our highly trained fleet consultants.

 

source: http://www.geotab.com/blog/benefits-of-iridium-satellite-tracking/

 

8 Efficiency Increasing Tips for a Small Business Owner

Posted on | by Courtney redwell

Tips for a Small Business Owner to Increase Efficiency

An efficient business owner is likely to automatically incorporate an efficiency culture in the team working with him or her. On the other hand, small businesses are often packed with efficiency issues simply because one person is relied on to make the majority of the decisions. To be a successful and efficiently running business it is important to make the most of what you have. Unfortunately, many small business owners under or overestimate their resources.

Small business owners all tend to face the same challenge: getting projects done within budget and on time. A lot of the time small business owners and employees become swamped with many deadlines quickly approaching; instead of creating high-quality work, they are left with only enough time to get the job done.

It is important for small business owners on a monthly or quarterly basis to do the following:

  1. Define a List of Priorities
  2. Identify Any Challenges
  3. Clearly Understand Available Resources and Any Limitations to be Efficient

This should help avoid employees becoming swamped and increase the quality of the work produced.

At the end of the day, it is most important the small business owner be efficient him or herself. Here are 8 efficiency increasing tips for any small business owner:

Find Strengths & Improve Them Further

The Pareto Principle states 80% of your profit comes from 20% of your services/products. Identify what makes up that 20% and work on strengthening them even further.

Focus on the Main Job at Hand

Many new business owners feel the need to grasp on to every single opportunity that comes their way. This often causes them to get off track on projects at hand or waste their time chasing down opportunities leading nowhere. This spreads you too thin and limits your productivity and efficiency; it can sometimes cause serious harm to the business as a whole. Make sure you know your limitations and take up only enough projects to keep your employees and other resources occupied. Deliver these projects to the highest of standards and only then start to move on to other things.

Work as a Team & Keep Everyone in the Loop

Effectively working as a team is key to being efficient. If you and your team lack regular communication then all the processes and strategies were put in place for nothing. Make sure all your employees are well aware of any strategies and processes you are trying to implement & the reason behind them. If clients are involved it is even more important to ensure everyone on your team has the same vision on what needs to be achieved. Implement tools to increase easy communication between everyone.

Know When to Say No

Small business owners are always being pulled in a ton of different directions and getting questions from peers, friends, and even clients wanting to learn from them. Sometimes employees could be getting information from their colleagues, instead of you. Always be sure to consider whether or not what you’re doing is a good use of your time.

If not respectfully decline. Make sure you set some boundaries with employees and clients so everyone will learn when to ask or when to ask someone else/handle it on their own.

Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

Setting deadlines are so important; set a timeframe for your projects to make sure you are productive and efficient. Emails and phone calls often distract from tasks at hand, make sure the allotted time for projects is done with no distractions.

Most small business owners get an unbearable amount of emails per day, what can help is setting aside a dedicated time each day for checking emails and responding. This will eliminate emails from becoming a distraction and still allow you to respond in a timely manner.

Get Your Priorities Straight

Rank all the tasks you need to do in a day by importance. This way you can prioritize what should be done when you are most productive. If you tend to take an hour or two to get into the groove of things, maybe take the morning to respond to emails, then leave the afternoon to do more important and difficult tasks.

Don’t Forget About Downtime

So many business owners over work themselves, don’t forget to take breaks. Going at the same task for hours and hours is bound to make anyone tired and can lead to making silly mistakes. Take a break, go out for a walk, or grab a coffee; this way you will stay energized and sharp for the entire day.

Keep Your Amazing Team Happy!

A happy team is a motivated one. As their leader it is your responsibility to make sure everyone on your team is happy. Don’t forget to have a smart balance between work and play inside the workplace. Happy employees are much less likely to complain about being poorly managed or overworked. If the workplace environment feels more like a home environment it will work in the businesses favor.

Efficient Leader = Efficient Team = Efficient Organization



Article Source:
Tips and Tricks for a Small Business Owner to Get High on Efficiency in Business2Community

Customized-reporting

Power of Custom Reports

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Customize your company reports to gain tailored fleet information

Organizations are constantly looking for new ways to improve their yearly profits. With growing competition and rapid technological advancements, countless companies are turning to telematics for vehicle cost savings, driver management and improved insurance rates. Fleets posses the ability to extract an enormous amount of valuable data from their vehicles. This data when turned into meaningful information can help management make smarter fleet choices as well as improve their ROI.

With GoFleet, understanding your fleet behaviour can be further made simple with custom reporting. Reports within the database can be easily accessed and generated for decision making and driver behaviour analysis. With over 30 standard reports to choose from and the ability to create limitless custom reports using excel; information on driver events can be downloaded, customized and scheduled to be emailed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

Understanding your Reports

Using excel to create custom reports allows for limitless options when analyzing your fleet data and driver behavior. Variables that best align your business objectives can be included to create graphical reports that match your organizations requirements and can also be placed on your dashboard for a summary view. Below is an example of a safety report that can be enabled on the dashboard.

The Driver Score Card Report: Data concerning risky driver behaviours based on accelerometer data and rules created around sensitivity is used to generate the report.

This report can help:

  • Management understand driver performance and measure how their habits affect fuel efficiency and safety
  • Easily measure driver behaviour trends and take any appropriate action to improve performance
  • Compare individual drivers against organizational targets and recognize employees for good driver behaviour

Driver Score Card

Customizing Reports

Customizing reports within the software solution is fairly easy. You would select the specific report and customize either of the following options.

Custom Reports Fleet

  • Report View: allows you to decide who can view the report
  • DashBoard: allows you to display the report on the dashboard. Select the date range of the information (This week, Last week etc) and who can view the report on the dashboard
  • Email Report: allows you to add email receivers, select the date range of the information to be sent and the type of report to be sent

Custom reports progress and provide you with a means of comparing data withing certain periods of time and also measure company growth. The numbers can help your company formulate your budget and implement strategies to improve vehicle costs. In addition to helping you make decisions about the company and it’s future, reports help keep a trail of vehicle history which can be used for so many purposes such as maintenance records, employee behaviour trends, insurance purposes and more.

For more information on the important features of GPS fleet tracking, and how it could help your business save thousands of dollars, contact one of our highly trained fleet consultants today!

 

[email protected] | 1-888-998-1122

Measure Fleet Standards with Exception Reporting

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Generate reports based on Exception Rules

Understanding where and when an issue arises with your vehicle can be made simple by creating rules within your solution. Fleet managers are capable of setting specific fleet standards (rules) within the database, these standards can then act as a benchmark to effectively manage and improve on road driver behaviours. Therefore, when a vehicle event occurs around the rule set, an exception is recorded which can then optionally notify one or more people, alert the responsible driver in their vehicle, or easily log the event in your account.

Our solution offers a robust suite of built in exception rules separated into easy to understand categories. In addition to these, you can create an unlimited number of custom rules which combine different various conditions to suit your needs.

The types of built in exceptions offered are available in three categories:

Safety:
Enables fleet wide safety, driver safety, and changes to driver behavior which increases accident risk such as harsh braking, seat belt use, speed violations, accident detection and more.

Productivity:
Driver measurements related to time spent performing specific actions such as excessive idling, late arrivals, early departures and more.

Fleet:
Responsive vehicle monitoring Engine issues, battery drain, tracking device tamper detection and more.

Generating Exception Reports

Exception rules can also be accessed within the database by running reports at any time to review the history of exceptions and to understand the trending behaviors of your drivers. In other words a report based solely on speeding can be generated if requested by management within a specific time period. This report will contain information of the incident, the time period and the date of the incident.

The importance of generating such reports are limitless. It can act a benchmark for decision making, help understand how your drivers are performing through data analysis and implement strategies using numbers gained from the report. As drivers often do not see the expenditure side of running a business causing them to make hasty decisions while on the road. Therefore, the whole idea of setting rules within the solution identify who those drivers are and what what hasty decisions are being made.

Exception Reporting

Along with the default reports already available, advanced reports containing more information can be downloaded. Downloading an Excel file allows for the most flexibility in analyzing the data, while PDF files are most portable. These reports also contain more information as displayed and can help fleet managers review data/driver behaviours based on such rules.

For more information on the important features of GPS fleet tracking, and how it could help your business save thousands of dollars, contact one of our highly trained fleet consultants today!

 

1-888-998-1122 | [email protected]

 

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Receive Real-Time Alerts & Monitor Driver Behaviour on the Go!

Posted on | by Vishal Singh

Real-Time Alerts Monitor Driver Behaviour on the Job

GPS systems offer fleets an abundance of data for managers to better monitor their vehicles and engine diagnostics. To make the process even more accessible, GoFleet offers the ability to send events recorded in real time to effectively monitor driver behaviours and stay on top of business needs. This poses as an advantage over some of the other driver behaviour monitoring systems that do not allow for updated real-time alerts.

Receiving alerts in real-time translates into being able to monitor driver behaviours while on the job. Alerts are generated when a rule set within the database is broken. GoFleet driver behaviour monitoring systems is designed with default rules that can be customized based on your company preference by selecting appropriate conditions. When the condition set is broken by a driver only then will a notification be sent out. These notifications can be sent to management or selective users via email, popup’s within the database or the device can be set to beep (within the vehicle) to fix the driver behaviour immediately.

Below is an example of a rule set around speeding. As per the condition set, if the driver drives over the set speed limit a notification will be sent out containing information about the speeding incident. These notifications generated can be customized based on what data your company would like to gain.

Creating a rule

Create a driver rule

Setting Conditions

1. Select “Add speed”

2. Set the speed limit you would like the drivers to remain within

3. Choose how to notify someone when a rule is broken

driver behaviour monitoring systems

Notifications are important, if a vehicle is spending too much time speeding/idling it leads to an increase in fuel consumption. The more money wasted on excessive fuel costs, the more your business bottom line suffers. By monitoring driver behaviours through alerts you can ensure that behaviours are fixed easily. You can also generate a report based on the number of times the driver broke the same rule set, allowing you to take corrective measures and keep a record for legality purposes.

Other example of alerts include programmed off-hour alerts. This means that managers can ensure that their vehicles are not being driven during non-working hours. Moreover, there are tons of other expenses that come along as a result of over-using the company vehicle or driving recklessly. There will be an increase in vehicle part replacements and more overall maintenance costs due to more wear and tear. To avoid further expenses take advantage of our solution; let GoFleet’s real-time alerts help for you.

For more information on the important features of GPS real-time alerts, and how it could help your business save thousands of dollars, contact one of our highly trained fleet consultants today!

 

1-888-998-1122 | [email protected]