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Fleet Management System & Route Optimization<\/h2>\n

Original Article Written by: Thomas Jiang, Geotab Senior Developer<\/em><\/p>\n

It wasn’t that long ago drivers of fleet were using paper maps with directions on paper. They would rely on their own memory to come up with the best route for reaching the destination. With the introduction of advanced fleet management technology, organizations and companies with large fleets have recognized the significance of route optimization for improving the efficiency of an entire fleet.<\/p>\n

Routing<\/a> has proven to be one of the most important parts of fleet management, especially in an economy with rising fuel prices. Routing can significantly increase productivity and efficiency of the fleet while reducing costs at the same time. Route planning is especially important to fleet managers; for example, a fleet manager at a delivery company would be responsible for setting a delivery plan each day for every driver using the best possible route. The driver would then be required to follow this route. While this may have proven to be somewhat efficient there was room for improvement and simplification to further increase productivity. With the integration of routing into the always advancing fleet management systems, drivers now follow pre-scheduled routes that have been put into the system and directly sent to the driver. The fleet managers can then review at the end of the day whether the driver followed the provided route and can determine the productivity of each individual.<\/p>\n

Users can easily create a route consisting of multiple zones on a map in the My Geotab fleet management system<\/a>. Drivers can then see the routes from their GPS device.<\/p>\n

The fleet management system also provides an easy way to compare actual routes versus planned routes, as well as other important information such as:<\/p>\n