The benefits of vehicle tracking

Any business that has drivers out on the road, either in company vehicles or their own vehicles is going to benefit from some form of vehicle tracking system.

This could be in the form of a standard in-vehicle tracking solution or by device tracking.

We have compiled lists of benefits of a tracking system on this page broken down into categories.

Journey Management

• Accurate automated Mileage Calculation
• Business V private mileage Calculation
• Automated reporting
• Driver behavior (Speed, Time spent driving)
• Route Choice Analysis
• Fuel management
• Carbon emission reduction

Performance and Productivity

• Automated Timesheets for working hours
• Time spent at defined locations, sites and zones
• Alerts for arrival and departure at chosen addresses
• Key performance Analysis between different employees
• Allocation of resource to Jobs and Tasks based on live location and work status.
• Planning and Allocation of work on live and historical information
• Identification of key changes required to improve remote workforce productivity

Employee Management

• Automate employee timesheet and working hours validation
• Manage driver behaviour
• Automate business and private mileage reporting
• Improve customer service
• Comply with legislation
• Reduce unnecessary mileage
• Protect 'at risk' employees

Lone Worker Protection

• Improved safety and peace of mind for employees - positive impact on staff retention and recruitment
• Reduced risk to the organisation and legislative compliance
• Pin-point accuracy using GPS and voice call to monitor events remotely
• Keeps cost to a minimum - no additional hardware needed
• Ease of use - no need to manage and carry two bits of hardware
• Self managed or ARC outsourced management with BS 8484 compliance

Duty of Care and Compliance

• Improved employee safety and fewer accidents
• Consistent risk management across the organisation including 'Grey Fleet' vehicles
• Reduced administration daily and in the event of an accident
• Reduced likelihood of fines to the organisation of up to 10% of annual turnover
• Reduced likelihood of prosecution of Directors, managers and employees as individuals
• Improved employee satisfaction and retention lowering recruitment and training costs
• Lower 'Bent Metal' costs and vehicle 'Time Off Road' Health and Safety Executive
• Improved fuel consumption from reduction in speeding

Job Despatch

• Reduced effort and costs by removing paperwork
• Increased flexibility to respond to changes 'on the day'
• Avoid need for employees to come in to the depot or branch to collect paperwork
• Faster cycle times - e.g. delivery to invoice - to improve cash flow
• Better job allocation decisions to improve productivity
• Faster job allocation decisions to improve service levels
• Better visibility providing more time to avoid service level failures
• Accurate, verified Planned vs. Actual vs. Reported analyses
• Improved customer service and SLA adherence
• Ability to verify performance