By Nikol Hillman, on August 27th, 2010%
By Mike Antich
Many fleet managers deal with drivers remotely because they manage nationally dispersed fleets. Most never meet the majority of their drivers. My question is: Do you really know who is driving your company-provided vehicles? Often the “at-work” persona of an employee is not the true indicator of their behavior when no one is watching. . . . → Read More: Do You Know What Your Drivers Are Really Doing?
By Nikol Hillman, on July 29th, 2010%
People have lots of choices out there for everything. Just look anywhere and you see someone trying to get you to choose their company for whatever it is they are selling. Smaller purchases for everyday items don’t require as much in depth research as larger purchases, but when you need to make those big purchases, . . . → Read More: Why Choose US as your GPS Fleet Tracking Provider?
By Nikol Hillman, on July 22nd, 2010%
Over the July 4th Holiday, we decided to take a family vacation to North Carolina to visit some friends. On our drive up from Florida, I encountered many vehicle abuse situations where drivers were passing aggressively, speeding, harsh breaking, following to closely, texting or on the phone while driving, one guy was changing his clothes on . . . → Read More: Where are your trucks?
By Eron Iler, on June 17th, 2010%
GPS Tracking
A view of the vehicles current location &/or a review of historical driving and stop activity displayed in reports and maps.
Fleet Dispatching
The act of taking a new job or service call and disseminating the necessary information to a field service worker. This is generally done through a cell phone or mobile data terminal.
Many small to . . . → Read More: GPS Tracking & Dispatching
By Eron Iler, on May 30th, 2010%
You need to be realistic when considering the performance of a live GPS tracking system. I’ve spoken to many customers and prospects that believe live tracking means you can see the device update every second, it is 100% accurate 100% of the time, power consumption is not an issue, websites never go down and the accuracy . . . → Read More: Live Vehicle Tracking is Not Perfect
By Eron Iler, on May 24th, 2010%
The number one issue with new GPS tracking equipment is the installation. Most systems today have less than a 2% failure rate. Many companies
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believe they can do this themselves since they have mechanics on staff and for less money. Customers can generally do one of the two, but seldom both. Mechanics tend . . . → Read More: Installing A GPS Tracking System
By Nikol Hillman, on May 5th, 2010%
Spring is in the air, finally; for most part of the country. The birds are chirping again, the grass is starting to grow, and people are getting out and enjoying the wonderful weather. If you own a company you know this all too well…time off requests come in by the handful, sick days suddenly get used . . . → Read More: Spring Cleaning With GPS Vehicle Tracking?
By Eron Iler, on April 21st, 2010%
The concept of combining these things is attractive to many small business owners. The trio provides a quick and effective way to improve fleet operations. The days of simply tracking a truck is quickly dwindling as technologies merge to provide value added services and efficiencies. Lets do a quick overview of some of the benefits each component . . . → Read More: GPS Tracking, Dispatching & Messaging with the Marcus System