What are the benefits of having Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management?

Reduced operational costs:

Probably the biggest factor in vehicle tracking is that you can live track all vehicles and monitor the fuel usage, including mileage and fuel abuse, speeding, out of hours usage, driver behaviour. You can also direct drivers to the best driving routes and highlight when the vehicles engine is left running and burning unnecessary fuel. By having a fleet management platform it means that you can manage your staff and their vehicles more effectively which in turn means that you can increase the company’s productivity. Studies show that we can reduce a company’s fuel bill by an average of 8.9%.

Better vehicle management:

Fleet management platforms offer the opportunity to be able to live track your vehicles meaning that if an emergency jobs pop up you can easily identify a vehicle through the ‘nearest vehicle finder’ application. This means you can complete jobs quicker, keep fuel costs to a minimum and will ultimately allow increased productivity.

Happy customers:

With vehicle tracking it enables you to be much more accurate on delivery times to customers. Nobody wants to wait for a delivery between the hours of 8.30am – 6pm, it is a massive inconvenience. Having your routes planned out means keeping the customer better informed, happier and may well give you the competitive edge over other businesses which in this economic climate is vital. This will then inevitably increase your company’s productivity and image.

Reduced paperwork:

Vehicle tracking can cut out the need for manual time sheets, overtime sheets and delivery records and make this kind of administration much more accurate. It means that admin staff can stop chasing the whereabouts of drivers, vehicles and paperwork and get on with other important tasks.

Reduced insurance premiums:

Car insurance companies have also recognised the benefits of vehicle tracking and by installing a vehicle tracking system you could reduce your insurance premiums by a significant amount. Also, if one of your vehicles is ever stolen, the Business Vehicle Tracking platform can be used as a recovery tool as the units are hidden away the thieves will not realise that they are being live tracked.

Business Vehicle Tracking On YouTube

Business Vehicle Tracking YouTube Channel

Business Vehicle Tracking now have our very own channel on YouTube.  Here we will be posting how to videos, such as showing customers how to run reports, set up points of interest, create new users and more.

We will also be posting videos to help customers who may have browser issues, need to clear their cache, or how to unblock pop ups so your vehicle tracking experience runs as smooth as possible.

Benefits of CANbus

All modern vehicles now have a CANbus computer network running through the vehicle, but what does it actually mean? In simple terms it is basically the nervous system of the vehicle; more or less everything that sends an electric pulse uses the CANbus from vehicle airbags to each electric window. By tapping into the CANbus system through the use of having a tailor made vehicle tracking platform we can relay information on every aspect of how the vehicle is being driven such as:

Heavy Braking
Hard Acceleration
High Revving
MPG
C02 Emissions

We at Business Vehicle Tracking now have a vehicle tracking unit that is CANbus compatible which means only 1 unit is required keeping the costs to a minimum and putting Business Vehicle Tracking at the forefront of providing the most cost effective and robust unit on the market.

Why choose CANbus fleet management integration?
Speaking to many of our current customers here at Business Vehicle Tracking they all feel that saving on fuel costs is probably the most important factor in deciding to go with vehicle tracking. But do people realise that driver behaviour is a massive reason for rising fuel costs. Factors such as harsh braking and excessive revving can have an impact on not only the fuel bills themselves but more frequent servicing of vehicles and the need to buy new tyres etc. Bringing in a CANbus monitoring system can help your drivers be more responsible on the road, most driving complaints such as tail gating and undertaking can easily be avoided, and these are the small things that can win or lose you customers.

The Benefits of CANbus – what we can monitor.

· Harsh braking
· Speed - average trip speed, time spent in speed bands
· Excessive RPM
· Fuel consumption
· PTO (Power Take Off) use
· Distance – odometer reading
· Oil pressure
· Water temperature
· Idle time, warm-up idle time
· Real-time information displayed to the driver via heads-up-display
· C02 Emissions
· Fuel Theft
· Vehicle fault codes

For further information contact Business Vehicle Tracking

Vehicle Tracking Benefits

What driver wouldn’t want their employer to know they are working hard?

Since working at Business Vehicle Tracking I have found that the biggest obstacle to overcome is that companies do not want Vehicle Tracking as they trust their staff, and feel that if they have units installed into the company vehicles, that it will send a negative signal out to their staff and they will feel let down and that that they are not trusted.

Vehicle tracking and the term ‘big brother’ are often used in the same sentence and there is a perception that there will be staff unrest if they start to get monitored.

It is important that the decision makers/Directors/Transport Managers understand how Vehicle Tracking can actually help out the drivers as well as see the cost savings that they can make. Normally the drivers who are dead against having trackers installed are the ones that aren’t pulling their weight and that they actually have something to hide.

Drivers face everyday problems when on the road such as unfair customer complaints, fraudulent insurance claims against goods not being delivered, drivers turning up late and therefore not being paid for deliveries. All these can be eradicated through the use of a simple Fleet Management Platform. There are also parameters that can be set up not to track private mileage at weekends if drivers feel like they are being watched 24/7.

Many businesses have also bought in bonus schemes to reward drivers who are meeting delivery times, working that extra mile to ensure good customer service or never starting work late.

There are always ways to bring in healthy competition between drivers through the use of Business Vehicle Tracking, you can see which driver is the most economical, who doesn’t ever break the speed limit, the highest MPG, these again can be rewarded with financial incentives so it isn’t all bad for the driver.

GOOD and TRUSTED drivers really have nothing to worry about and that these are just a few of the areas where even the most basic tracking solution could benefit drivers. To find out more visit Business Vehicle Tracking.

Car Kit, Tracking And Handsfree Installations

As well as being a UK leader in vehicle tracking, Business Vehicle Tracking also offer an installation service on all types of equipment including tracking units, handsfree kits, bluetooth car kits and much more.

Car Kit installations

So if you need any kind of vehicle installation service please do not hesitate to contact us, whether you are an existing customer, a new client or just an individual looking for a trustworthy engineer to install your handsfree kit, Business Vehicle Tracking will be able to help.

November Vehicle Tracking Sale

Throughout the whole of November 2011 Business Vehicle Tracking promise to beat or match any quote you can find from our competitors on new tracking units and monthly payments.

This offer is only available to new customers who do not currently have tracking units supplied by Business Vehicle Tracking.

So what are you waiting for, contact us now on 0844 556 8632 or sales@businessvehicletracking.co.uk for a live demo and quote.

Saving Money With Vehicle Tracking

How much would you pay for a tracking system that could save you thousands of pounds a year, on petrol costs, wasted journeys and the amount of time a driver spends on site?

All of these costs add up, and can be solved with the introduction of tracking units to your companies fleet.

With the capability to upgrade your tracking units to CANbus technology, which can record driver behaviour, MPG readings, and much more and vehicle tracking unit is much more nowadays than just a GPS tracking unit to see where your vehicles are, they will quite literally pay for themselves after being installed for a few months, so the question is not really can you afford to have them installed, it should really be can you afford not to have them installed??