Fleet Tracking
Additional Add-on Services
Jul 17, 2024
Managing logistics vans efficiently can be a daunting task, with challenges such as ensuring timely deliveries, optimising routes, maintaining driver safety, and controlling operational costs. GPS trackers offer a robust solution to these issues, providing real-time insights and data-driven management capabilities.
Fleetsmart specialises in delivering advanced GPS tracking solutions tailored to the needs of logistics companies. Our state-of-the-art technology helps businesses streamline operations, boost productivity, and reduce costs. This guide will explore ten compelling reasons to use GPS trackers in your logistics vans.
Real-time tracking is crucial for ensuring that deliveries are made on time and routes are optimised for efficiency. With real-time updates, fleet managers can:
Monitor the exact location of each van.
Make quick decisions to reroute vehicles around traffic jams or road closures.
Ensure that drivers are adhering to their scheduled routes.
Fleetsmart’s GPS tracking integrates seamlessly with Google Maps, providing a user-friendly interface with accurate mapping and satellite images. With 2m Location Accuracy, you can get precise tracking that pinpoints the exact locations of your vans.
Effective fleet management requires detailed insights into vehicle and driver performance. Fleetsmart’s GPS tracking software provides comprehensive reporting tools that track:
Start/Stop Times: Monitor when vehicles begin and end their journeys.
Route Deviations: Identify any deviations from planned routes.
Driver Behaviour: Track instances of speeding, harsh braking, and rapid acceleration.
These reports, available in Excel format, help fleet managers analyse performance, identify inefficiencies, and make data-driven decisions to improve overall fleet operations.
The Journey Replay feature allows you to review the entire journey of each van, providing a visual playback that includes. This means you can see exactly where each van has travelled, stopped, and any deviations from the planned routes.
What’s more, by reviewing journey replays, fleet managers can better understand driver behaviour, improve route planning, and ensure that deliveries are made efficiently and on time.
Tracking driving habits is an effective way of improving driver safety. Fleetsmart’s GPS tracking solution includes features like driver behaviour reports and optional add-on dashboard cameras, which monitor:
Speeding: Identifying instances of drivers exceeding speed limits.
Harsh Braking and Acceleration: Monitoring sudden stops and rapid starts.
Idling: Tracking prolonged idling times.
These insights allow fleet managers to understand driving patterns, address unsafe driving practices, and promote safer driving habits across the fleet. By focusing on driver feedback and continuous improvement, fleet managers can significantly reduce the risk of accidents.
GPS trackers play a vital role in monitoring and improving fuel efficiency. Fleetsmart’s tracking system helps fleet managers to optimise routes, reducing unnecessary mileage and avoiding traffic congestion.
Studies have shown that businesses using GPS tracking can achieve significant fuel savings, sometimes up to 15%, by promoting efficient driving habits and optimising routes.
Another way to lower fuel consumption is to identify inefficient driving behaviours such as idling, harsh acceleration, and speeding. With this information, you can encourage smoother driving to improve fuel efficiency.
One fantastic feature of Fleetsmart’s van trackers is geo-fencing. This is a powerful tool for enhancing vehicle security and operational control. With geo-fencing, you can set virtual boundaries for each vehicle and receive instant notifications when a vehicle enters or exits a geo-fenced area.
This feature helps prevent unauthorised use of vehicles and quickly detect potential theft, providing peace of mind and ensuring better control over fleet operations.
We also offer remote immobilisation; an advanced security feature that allows fleet managers to remotely disable a vehicle’s engine at the push of a button. This prevents the vehicle from being started until it is enabled again. So even if a thief manages to break into a van, they won’t be able to get very far!
Regular maintenance checks and adherence to regulatory requirements like tax and MOT are essential components of fleet management. Ensuring that your fleet vehicles are roadworthy and comply with all relevant regulations is critical for safe driving and to avoiding penalty fines.
Fleetsmart’s live DVLA lookup feature automatically imports tax and MOT data for each vehicle in your fleet. This functionality offers several benefits:
Automated Compliance: Ensures that all vehicles are up-to-date with necessary legal documentation.
Time Savings: Eliminates the need for manual data entry and tracking of compliance records.
Proactive Management: Allows fleet managers to address potential compliance issues before they become problems, avoiding fines and reducing downtime.
By keeping all vehicles compliant with regulations, you can focus on running your operations smoothly and efficiently.
Providing accurate estimated times of arrival (ETAs) is crucial for maintaining high customer satisfaction. Fleetsmart’s GPS tracking lets you monitor deliveries in real-time, so you can ensure that deliveries are on schedule. This also gives you the option of offering delivery updates for your customers.
Nowadays, accurate ETAs are becoming more of an expectation so customers don’t have to wait around all day for a delivery. By giving customers more precise delivery windows based on real-time data, they can make sure they are there to collect the delivery on time.
Accurate ETAs reduce customer frustration and improve the overall service experience, leading to higher levels of customer satisfaction and repeat business.
Additionally, disputes over delivery times can negatively impact customer relationships. The Journey Replay feature from Fleetsmart allows you to review the complete journey of each van to confirm when deliveries were made. This provides evidence to settle disputes amicably and maintain customer trust.
By having detailed journey data at your fingertips, you can ensure transparency and accountability in your delivery operations.
Implementing GPS tracking solutions can lead to significant cost savings across various aspects of fleet management. As we mentioned above, with fleet tracking you can optimise routes and monitor driving behaviours to reduce fuel usage.
You can also reduce administrative costs by reducing manual paperwork such as filling in timesheets and streamlining fleet management processes. These savings not only lower operational costs but also improve the overall efficiency and profitability of your fleet.
Another way you can save money is through your insurance. Many insurance providers are willing to offer discounts to businesses that have fleet trackers implemented as they both improve driver safety and also reduce the risk of theft- meaning a claim is less likely.
A GPS tracking solution should scale with your business, accommodating more vehicles as your fleet grows. Customisable options and integration capabilities are crucial for meeting the evolving needs of your operations.
Customising features to match specific operational requirements ensures the GPS tracking system remains effective. Flexibility in features allows for tailored solutions that address unique challenges in your fleet management.
Having a complete view of your fleet’s operations provides numerous benefits. Real-time data supports better decision-making, helping you optimise routes, monitor driver behaviour, and enhance overall efficiency.
One of the main advantages of fleet tracking is the ability to manage your fleet from just about anywhere, so long as you have an internet connection. Fleetsmart’s GPS tracking solutions offer remote access, ensuring you stay connected to your fleet's operations regardless of your location.
Van tracking uses GPS technology to monitor and manage the location, performance, and behaviour of logistics vans in real-time. GPS devices in each van transmit data to a central platform, accessible via online dashboards or mobile apps.
GPS tracking improves operational efficiency, enhances driver safety, reduces fuel costs, and increases vehicle security. It provides real-time insights and data-driven management capabilities.
Essential features include real-time tracking, geo-fencing, remote immobilisation, comprehensive reporting tools, driver behaviour monitoring, and integration capabilities.
GPS tracking reduces operational costs by optimising routes, monitoring fuel consumption, improving driver behaviour, and preventing vehicle theft. These efficiencies lead to significant cost savings.
GPS tracking is suitable for various industries, including logistics, delivery services, construction, and rental services. It benefits businesses of all sizes by improving fleet management and reducing costs.
Thecost of GPS van tracking varies based on features, installation, and the number of vehicles tracked. Consider potential ROI through cost savings in fuel, maintenance, and insurance premiums.