The use of satellite tracking has been around for a long time now ever since the United States Department of Defense has used GPS as its primary navigations system. Of course, it was only a few years ago when they released this technology to the public.
Since then a slew of applications have come up used on cell phones as well as devices that can be used to conduct real time GPS vehicle tracking on a fleet of vehicles. This technology doesn’t just provide people with the technology by which they can retrieve stolen vehicles (much like the LoJack) but serves other purposes as well.
So here are some of the benefits of using the GPS tracking system (in the case of fleet tracking systems):
Benefit #1: Cost-effective
Before this system was used to track a fleet of vehicles, once employees left the driveway, no one knew how they reached their destination after that. All this has changed with the use of this system as it can not only track the location of vehicle but also indicate the time at which the vehicle was at that location. This gives a lot of power to people who are in charge of routing and scheduling as they are not only able to ascertain the shortest route to destinations but also approximate the time.
Benefit #2: Saves overheads
Thanks to being able to route efficiently, there will be no extra billing from employees along with extra expenses on fuel for the same reasons. So when you look at it from an entire fleet of vehicles, you can imagine how much money can be saved every month.
Benefit #3: Prevents misuse of company property
Employees tend to use or abuse company property every once in a while, and if you use such a system, you can be sure that they will not use it for personal purpose when enjoying the day off.