Category: Industries

Transportation Industry Software Management Tools

The transportation industry is able to take advantage of virtually all software management tools that GPS fleet tracking systems have to offer. The benefits are not just for large transportation corporations; small transportation companies can take advantage of all of the software management tools too.

– Reduce operating costs: Software management tools can reduce many unnecessary overhead expenses by eliminating unauthorized usage of vehicles, unnecessary overtime, billing discrepancies and excessive fuel consumption.

– Improve customer service: The software management tools allows transportation companies to provide first class customer service with accurate times of arrival, exact vehicle locations and shorter service windows.

– Superior routing and dispatching: GPS fleet tracking systems provide efficient route planning with predictable scheduling which reduces driving time between destination points. The system also improves dispatching by preventing inaccuracies. It also improves communication between dispatchers and drivers.

– Maintenance management: Software management tools allows fleet managers to organize and stay on top of preventative maintenance schedules. Fleet managers can also set up reminders for all maintenance activities based on engine hours, mileage, engine hours or time.

– Improve driver safety: Enhance driver security and safety by monitoring driver behavior, tracking vehicle activity, and providing direct support and assistance to the driver.

– Competitive advantage: Transportation companies can gain a competitive advantage by implementing a GPS fleet tracking system with software management tools. The company will provide better service, reduce costs and increase the bottom line.

– Vehicle real-time tracking and location information. When a transportation company uses software management tools, they will always know where their vehicles and drivers are. In addition, they will be able to locate vehicles in the event they are lost or stolen with exact vehicle location details.

GoFleet offers a wide range of software management tools for transportation companies of all sizes. For more information about how your transportation company can benefit from a GoFleet fleet tracking system, Contact Us.

Security Services Industry: Fleet Management Tracking System

When you are in the security services industry, you are responsible for protecting your clients, property, vehicles and other valuable assets. Your clients put their trust in you to protect the people, places and things that matter most to them. Monitoring those assets with a GoFleet fleet management tracking system is a cost-effective way to guarantee protection for your clients.

Security services companies are dedicated to providing protection for their clients. A fleet management tracking system is an important tool for your business’ operations. It provides an easy and quick way to monitor assigned assets with a minimum amount of hassle.

Know Your Business Needs

When you are considering implementing a fleet management tracking system in your security services company, you first need to determine your specific business needs. GoFleet uses a flexible software platform that can be used to increase your security fleet’s visibility, provide increased security for your clients, improve staff management and reduce operating costs.
Questions to consider include:

– How do you monitor the location of the assets that you have been hired to secure?

– What types of assets is your company hired to secure?

– Do you need to separate and share assets that you are monitoring?

– Do you provide constant monitoring and security services for your clients?

GoFleet fleet management tracking system was constructed with security in mind. The web-based software is not only secure, it is easy to implement and it can be accessed anywhere there is an internet connection. Automatic alerts can be sent to your email even when you are offline. For example, if your security professional providing protection services to a client and their vehicle goes off the authorized route, you can get an instant notification. That will give you time to make sure your client is safe and secure. GoFleet offers security services companies a wide range of software customization options that can increase the ways companies can protect their clients and their assets.

In addition, GoFleet has many add-on features that can enhance a security company’s operations. For example, a car dash camera can be fully integrated with the fleet management tracking system. Cameras can record and live stream events that are occurring inside and outside of the vehicle. GoFleet’s man down system provides lone worker protection. If your security team is sent out for a dangerous assignment, the manual panic button can be used to alert your office if they are in trouble.

For more information on how GoFleet can be used to ensure the security and safety of the assets you have been hired to protect, Contact Us.

The Moving Industry Finds Many Benefits in GPS Fleet Tracking Systems

GPS fleet tracking systems are going to great use in the moving industry. Moving companies are using these systems to provide the best service to their customers. Customers are truly appreciative of knowing exactly where their belongings are after the moving company picks up their stuff. Gone are the days a customer has so call a moving company frantically because the moving company lost communication with the truck. Also, customers do not have to worry about their belongings being sent to another state or location because routing is automatic.

When you are in the moving industry, the efficient routes you drive go straight to your bottom line. GoFleet’s GPS fleet tracking systems can help you gain control of your fleet of moving trucks and make your drivers more productive. If your drivers make unauthorized stops or drive out of the authorized area, it can take money out of your pocket because money could be made at another job. With GoFleet’s GPS fleet tracking systems, you can eliminate driver behaviors that affect productivity. GoFleet can send your fleet managers automatic alerts when your drivers speed, go off of the authorized route, idle excessively or make unauthorized stops.

Implementing one of GoFleet’s fleet tracking systems gives you the right tools to dramatically reduce fuel costs, labor and vehicle maintenance costs. Knowing where your fleet is positioned at all times can also help you make business decisions that can save your company time and money. With GoFleet, if a new customer calls with an emergency local moving job, you can send your closed driver to the job location to make sure your secure the customer.

When your moving company uses one of GoFleet’s GPS fleet tracking systems, you will be promoting quality and confidence in your company. Using the fleet management tools you can eliminate inefficiencies in order to gain more customers and ultimately grow your business. For more information about how GoFleet can help your moving company, Contact Us

Roofing Industry: GoFleet’s Commercial Truck GPS

Delivering high quality roofing services in the fast passed world we live in can be challenging. GoFleet is uniquely suited to help with commercial truck GPS services for your fleet of roofing work trucks.

Implementing a commercial truck GPS system from GoFleet has many valuable benefits including:

Increase Roofing Service Without Increasing Your Costs

The GoFleet commercial truck GPS system lets you easily manage your drivers, time spent at job sites, on-time arrivals, and dispatching. This allows you to improve productivity and increase efficiency. Experts found that implementing a GPS fleet management system can add an extra 1.3 hours of service time each day per worker. That is time that would have been wasted by inefficiency.

Improve Safety

Improve driver safety and the risk of lawsuits when you manage your drivers with a commercial truck GPS system. When your drivers drive poorly, it can damage your reputation. Remember, their driving behavior is a reflection on your business. Even more importantly, they could be putting their lives and the lives of others at risk by driving in an unsafe manner. GoFleet’s commercial truck GPS system provides reports on drivers’ habits so you can identify problems and immediately fix them.

Managing Your Fleet Is Easy

When you install commercial truck GPS devices in your work trucks, you are providing your managers with all the tools necessary to properly manage their team of drivers. Managers can easily configure fleet management reports so they get all of the relevant information they need. Even when your manager is not online, automated SMS text message or email alerts can be set up to notify them of any driving issues. Alerts can be set up for driver speeding, excessive idling or route deviation. When your managers have the tools they need to succeed, your business will succeed. Running an efficient fleet can cut your operating costs, reduce labor, increase productivity and improve customer service.

Vanishing Water Monitored With Global Positioning System

For years, small movements in the Earth’s crust have been monitored, using the Global Positioning System, to help provide warning of developing earthquakes. Researchers were surprised to discover that the GPS is also recording data in relation to the vanishing water in the western United States. Throughout the region, the landscape has been drying out massively due to the intense drought over the past year

Geophysicists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported in Science Magazine that the GPS measurements indicate the loss of water from streams, lakes, groundwater, and snowpack total approximately 240 billion metric tons. This is the equivalent to 4 inches of water covering the western United States from the Pacific to the Rockies

The water loss measurement principle is simple. The weight of the Earth’s groundwater and surface water deforms Earth’s crust similar to the way a person’s weight deforms a mattress. When the water is removed, the Earth’s crust rebounds. The water levels on Earth vary with the seasons causing the Earth’s crust to move up and down. The movement is only fractions of an inch; however, the Global Positioning System is able to measure these small shifts

Since early 2013, researchers noticed that there has been a tremendous uplift signal (rise) in the Earth’s crust. The current uplift pattern is consistent with the declines in precipitation, groundwater levels and stream flow. Without the water, the Earth’s crust is elastically rebounding over the entire region

The Global Positioning System data complements observations from NASA’s satellites. NASA has an ongoing experiment, GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), which is measuring small changes in the gravity field on Earth caused by water movement under and on the Earth’s surface. This experiment allows researchers to estimate soil moisture and groundwater conditions all over the world. The GRACE experiment is able to operate in areas around the world where Global Positioning Systems do not exist yet, such as South America and Africa

The new Global Positioning System data may prove vital as the climate changes worsen. This finding makes GPS data is useful to a wider group of scientists and researchers.

Increase Profit In The Construction Industry With A Vehicle Tracking System

In order to have a successful construction company, you must run your business efficiently and show up at job sites on time. You rely on your construction fleet to make that happen. With GoFleet’s vehicle tracking system, you can stay ahead of your competition with valuable fleet management tools that will help you improve customer service, reduce costs, optimize your fleet’s productivity and ultimately increase your bottom line.

Reduce Labor Costs:

When you use GoFleet’s vehicle tracking system, you can improve dispatching and routing for your construction workers. By providing efficient routing, your workers will arrive at job sites earlier and spend less time on the road. In addition, you will know where your workers are at all times. You will not have to worry about a worker making authorized stops while they are on the clock. This improved productivity will reduce expensive overtime and labor costs.

Lower Fuel Consumption:

GoFleet’s vehicle tracking system provides your fleet managers with the tools they need to lower fuel consumption. For most companies with fleet operations, fuel costs are the single most expensive costs relating to the fleet. This cost can be reduced because fleet managers are able to monitor driving speeds, aggressive driving behavior and idle times, all of which increase fuel consumption.

Improve Customer Service:

When you use GoFleet’s vehicle tracking system in your construction fleet, you can drastically improve your customer service. Your customers will be astonished when your construction company actually shows up at the scheduled time. If a driver happens to be late, you will be able to let your customer know an accurate time of arrival. They will not be stuck waiting around for your construction workers to show up on the job site. Furthermore, your customers will be happy with the fast response time. With a vehicle tracking system, you are able to send the closest workers to your customers’ locations.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Uses GPS To Enhance Experience

According to Cleveland.com, Cuyahoga Valley National Park will soon use GPS to provide a virtual park ranger on visitors’ smartphones. Researchers at Kent State University have received a National Science Foundation grant in the amount of $952,000. This grant is to be used to create a free mobile application for the park with many interactive features including information about the park’s history, geology, scientific park features, and habitat.

Park visitors will be able to log in anonymously and provide valuable information to the park scientists and rangers to help them learn more about Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s ecosystem. They will also be able to save specific information about their park experiences. Visitors will be able to easily interact with the park staff from the convenience of their mobile device. The park staff will also be able to see the visitor’s exact location via GPS in the event they need help.

There are other mobile applications with information about the national and local parks; however, none of them have nearly as much detail as the proposed application. It is more of an augmented reality then a virtual tour. It provides many tools that will enhance the visitors’ experience. The prototype should be ready within 6 months and the application should be fully functioning within a year. The application could eventually be used by parks around the world after they build the databases of content.

As part of this project, funding will also be provided to Cuyahoga Valley National Park for 2 seasonal employees that will help implement and test the new mobile application using GPS data. The users will be surveyed to find out what they learned, their interests and their attitude on personal learning. There are over 2.5 million people who visit the Cuyahoga Valley National Park each year. The visitors make approximately 11,000 requests for information about park resources and wildlife. The new app should reduce the number of requests because visitors will have all the information at their fingertips.