Businesses Improve Operations

GPS Tracking Pays Dividends

5) Customer Service

Many people probably heard a cable company tell them that their appointment date will be between 8:00-a.m.-3:00p.m. on a specific date, consuming the customer's entire day as they are forced to patiently wait for the technician to arrive. Companies that utilize real-time GPS tracking are able to avoid these types of customer service disasters as they are able to locate any company vehicle in the field, allowing the company to provide customers more accurate and arrival and departure times. Real-time vehicle tracking provides the ultimate fleet management solution for businesses.

4) Insurance

A vehicle tracking system provides a business with the ability to investigate the driving habits of an employee if that person were ever involved in a car accident. Unsafe driving can cost a business, and if an employee was ever involved in anything from a fender-bender to a more serious car accident the company would have the ability to access daily driving activity reports from a GPS tracker to check for discrepancies in a story.

Businesses also receive breaks on insurance premiums when they outfit their fleet of vehicles with real-time GPS devices because the technology also can serve as a theft-recovery solution.

3) Maintenance & Repairs

Vehicle tracking devices record all driving-related information, making it easy for a fleet manager to know when a specific vehicle needs an oil tune-up, transmission service or radiator flush.

2) Accounting Tax-Deductible Mileage

Accounting and documenting tax-deductible mileage use to be a chore for many businesses, but with real-time trackers and data loggers now able to do all the cumbersome leg work for a business calculating that information has never been so simple. Businesses who have put in place a GPS tracking system program get back 73% more money back on the average from the government for mileage write-offs.

1) I Am Not A Slacker

One of the hardest things for an employer to do is fire an employee, but that process can be very easy when their is sufficient evidence of poor performance and moon-lighting. Holding employees accountable for performance is something every employer must do and that is why many employers are turning to GPS tracking devices. When a boss can access the whereabouts of an employee at anytime or access where they have been it makes it impossible for an employee to successfully get away with driving poor routes, moon-lighting or running personal errands while on the clock.