How Does A GPS Tracking System Save You Money?

One of the biggest reasons to invest in GPS tracking today is the insight you gain. We want to cover how you can use that insight to save money, save on insurance and prolong the life of your fleet. We know running a fleet costs real money. You have the investment in the truck, van or car, you have fuel costs, maintenance as well the insurance to guard against accidents and vandalism. Given that a commercial vehicle has a vital purpose for you, whether it’s freight, delivery or service the one thing for sure is that it is going to get driven a whole lot and unlike a personal vehicle it’s likely that that will mean putting in a lot of miles. But can you justify vehicle tracking device cost?

With GPS tracking linked to your smartphone, tablet or computer you can see in real-time where your vehicle is at all times. It also means you can track mileage. This feature is especially important and convenient for long-distance drivers, but being able to track mileage has many other benefits. Add to this the potential for text and email alerts and you have multiple ways to be alerted to the status of your vehicles at all times, or as fits your needs.

Features of a GPS tracking system

Our GPS tracking software allows you to see where your vehicle is at all times - on your phone, tablet or computer. When you add in text and email alerts, or even push notifications in your app, you can set up alerts for just about any circumstance you can imagine. Want to know if one of your employees stops at your favorite sandwich shop? You can be alerted via text, so you can call him and make sure he brings something back to the office for you! (Or any number of more productive uses of the alerting functionality.) Want to know every time one of your employees brakes harshly, takes a hard turn, sits idling for over ‘x’ amount of minutes, sits idling over ‘x’ amount of minutes within a certain geographic location? There's almost no limit to the customization you can achieve with alerts.

Aggressive acceleration and braking are going to wear out your vehicle faster, and use more gas. That’s going to cost you more. So imagine being easily able to see how your drivers are doing. You can even show them what you’re seeing and advise them on better driving habits as needed. Your GPS tracking data takes any opinion about a drivers habits out of the mix – you just have exact and precise data and that means you can work with your drivers to prolong the life of the vehicles they drive, save gas and cut down costs.

It’s also a powerful tool where it comes to traffic events – accidents, reckless driving etc., You can easily establish the facts of a traffic incident and establish responsibility. This can save you serious money on insurance, fend off false claims and keep your premiums down. Insurance costs need not be out of control when you have GPS tracking.

The next benefit of tracking mileage is that you can schedule maintenance very precisely. Depending on the configuration this can be automatically set up, saving you more money on vehicles by keeping them to scheduled maintenance cycles, warranties – you get the idea. Please contact one of our associates at One Step GPS to find out about how deeply you can integrate GPS tracking, they can fill you in on all the options available.

How else can you cut fleet expenses?

With GPS tracking you can easily spot and curtail unauthorized vehicle use. Without a tracker you really don’t know where your vehicle has been and frankly that means a less than honest employee can take advantage. You would not want your vehicle being used for your employees ‘moonlight’ activities. Perhaps you don’t mind a little bit of personal use , but enough is enough, right?

If your vehicle carries tools or valuable equipment knowing where it is at all times is vital as the first deterrent to theft is keeping it away from would be thieves. Keeping that vehicle away from locations where it might be vandalized or robbed is vital. And when your employees know that the location of their vehicle is being tracked in real-time they are going to want to help you, and your tracking data can be easily shared with law enforcement should the need arise.

It goes without saying that the security of your fleet has everything to do with keeping your costs down and real peace of mind.

Ok, so you have some idea about how GPS tracking can help lower your expenses. How easy is it to get set up? Different providers have different standards. At One Step GPS we offer a comprehensive range of hardware solutions to meet your specific needs.

What does a vehicle tracking device cost?

Every company has different pricing, most charge for the devices on top of a monthly tracking fee. Device costs can range from $60-200. Each of our solutions is offered with a no-contract, low monthly payment and you never pay equipment fees. Our GPS service cost is very reasonable, but what makes our company a stand-out operation is our commitment to excellent and complete customer service. Our job is to get you set up with the solution you need – let us help you today.