Archive for January, 2011

If you are thinking about setting up a vehicle tracking system to monitor your fleet of vans, lorries or company cars, you may be interested to read some of the benefits which fleet tracking can bring.

If you are in charge of the company’s finances you will be more than aware of the difficult economic times we are going through at the moment. There are many ways managers can reduce costs, and you will more than likely have already implemented these measures, but have you thought about every aspect of the business, and how you can [...]

You may feel that a vehicle tracking system is a little too sophisticated as a means of looking after your company vehicles – or that, as you are a small company which operate a handful of vans or lorries – you don’t have a need for vehicle tracking. If this is the case then you could be wrong on both [...]

Advances in technology over the last twenty years have brought about improvements in just about every aspect of our lives, and one of the most dramatic improvements has happened in the transport industry. For example, if you are a fleet manager could you imagine how difficult the job would be without satellite navigation systems and mobile phones?

When you are in the office and your staff are out delivering your company’s goods, there is often a feeling of isolation. Do you know what your staff are doing during working hours? If you don’t have a vehicle tracking system, the answer to this has to be no. In most cases, this doesn’t really matter as the majority of [...]

If you are in the transport business, you will know that it is much easier to manage your fleet using vehicle tracking systems, rather than trying to keep an eye on each and every van or lorry yourself. The exact and detailed location of all the vehicles is regularly updated on the computer system at the office, which helps to [...]

If you use a vehicle tracking system in your fleet, you will know that it brings many benefits. To begin with, it means that you are in constant touch with your fleet as you can monitor the progress of the vehicles as they are out delivering your goods to customers.

No matter which fleet vehicle tracking system you use, the chances are it will depend on the Global Positioning Systems, or GPS, to work. These GPS units have been in use for three decades now, and it was the military who first developed them. There have been many changes since they first appeared and the vehicle tracking system is now [...]

Most of us have heard of the vehicle tracking system and we’ve all got a good idea of what they do. However, if you are planning to install vehicle tracking in your transport fleet and you’re not entirely sure how they work, this feature may help you to understand them.

If you are a fleet manager, you will know that vehicle tracking is crucial to your job. Without it, you would be hard pressed to keep abreast of what is happening when your vehicles are out on the road. As modern technology advances, tools such as GPS tracking devices have made diagnostics and fleet tracking easier and more effective, allowing [...]