GPS vehicle tracking systems make it easier for businesses to manage costs as well as their drivers and technicians. A GPS tracking system can reduce fuel usage and help servicemen, field salespeople and technicians, (plumbers, electricians and other service repair technicians) work more efficiently on the road and in the field.

GPS Tracking can be used for other businesses not in the service repair field. It can be used with food vendors, ambulances, cleaning services, outside sales people, delivery trucks, virtually any business that sends its employees out on the road.

A high end GPS tracking system will tell where your drivers are currently, where they’ve been and how long they are at any stop. A business owner or manager can tell if a driver has left a predetermined route, is using the vehicle for personal use, has shut the vehicle off, has left the vehicle idling, is speeding, etc.

The system can even be used to help settle customer disputes, e.g., the customer complains that the service repair person was 30 minutes late, but the GPS tracking system software can verify precisely at what time the vehicle arrived.

A GPS tracking system has even been known to be used to help police recover a stolen vehicle. The tracking modules can easily be hidden somewhere in the car and thieves (or employees) will not know they are being tracked.

GPS fleet tracking works by placing a tracking and monitoring module in each vehicle. The modules rely their location coordinates to satellites to track vehicle location. The GPS modules can also be used to calculate important vehicle information like speed, idle times, and engine start up and shut down. A GPS Tracking system with sophisticated software compiles and computes this information into management reports that business owners or managers can use to encourage fuel efficient driving habits as well as determine employee accountability for their whereabouts and actions while in the field.

The fuel savings alone can enable a business to more effectively weather the current economic downturn.

Jamie Sene has over 20 years experience in marketing and transactional sales from working in the private sector, public companies and his own businesses; he has a broad and proven track record both in marketing and sales. Jamie started his business career in sales in his early twenties, selling in various direct sales and telesales companies. This is where he learned the fundamentals of selling. Later on Jamie got deeply into sales management, becoming Vice President of Sales for a national consulting firm. After years of successful selling Jamie moved over into marketing where he established and successfully ran marketing departments for several publically held international companies (SmartForce, SmartCertify, Skillsoft, FleetMatics).