Trucking Risk Advisor: Fleet Tracking with GPS

As a fleet owner, nothing is more valuable than your trucks, trailers and the cargo held within. With the number of trailers across North America over seven million and growing, GPS tracking systems can help you manage your fleet operations more efficiently. Furthermore, GPS tracking systems can help protect your fleet from excessive wear and tear, and theft.

Benefits of GPS Fleet Tracking

GPS fleet tracking technology can provide you with vital information on your fleet in real time to ensure that your operation is running smoothly and to help minimize common risks. By mounting battery or solar-powered GPS units to your trailers and adopting compatible fleet management software at your headquarters, actionable data about your fleet will be accessible in an easily understood graphical interface. These systems can help you minimize long-term costs and risks while adding security measures to help run operations.

The benefits of having real-time access to this information include:

• Automatically schedule service and maintenance.
• Identify underutilized assets.
• Ensure drivers are staying within the speed limits to reduce wear and tear on the engine and tires.
• Minimize off-hours usage with more efficient scheduling.
• Receive immediate notification of unauthorized usage.
• Quickly locate lost or stolen vehicles, and receive alerts if one moves out of a predetermined area.
• Provide real-time updates on arrival times to customers.
• Optimize routes to avoid traffic in real time.
• Ensure a quicker response time in the event that a driver has an emergency and requires assistance.
• Receive detailed route tracking reports to assist in settling customer disputes