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๐†๐๐’ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

By Joby Jose

19 Dec

The GPS technology many of us take for granted on our smartphones significantly impacts logistical companies. Rather than help drivers navigate to their locations, GPS technology has stepped up to provide robust ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ (TMS) for freight companies.

With geolocation in tow, one can locate where a person or vehicle is geographically through his digital device. It can also be used for marketing purposes and to offer customers specialised products and services centered around their locality.

Geolocation integrated with the software for transport companies for fleet management is widely used these days. In this blog, weโ€™ll be going through the knick-knacks of how this works and how freight transportation has changed for the better.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐จ-๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐๐’

Before we go into the details of how transport companies use ๐“๐Œ๐’ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž, letโ€™s first look at how geo-tracking works.

A GPS tracker doesnโ€™t work by itself; instead, it needs to be implemented with a vehicle control platform that allows the vehicle to be tracked and transmit its location data, performance metrics, etc. The data can be transmitted through mobile signals, so its function is not very complex.

When running a business that operates a fleet of vehicles, like storage and logistics companies, it is crucial to keep track of your fleet and know where each vehicle is at any given time. With ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, it is possible to record your fleetโ€™s movements and locations on the map in real-time.

The best ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž can track the vehicleโ€™s speed, routes, engine start-up and shutdown, engine idling, locations, etc. The admin can monitor and determine whether their vehicles are moving in the right direction, whether the correct routes were taken if the vehicle stalled or stopped without intimation etc.

Furthermore, such ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž is extremely helpful in locating stolen vehicles. Comprehensive control over their transportation fleet spells the height of success for freight and logistics companies.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐๐’ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

  1. ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ-๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ 
    Good transportation management software will enable you to track the location in real time and determine where all your fleet of vehicles has traveled to. Having a GPS tracker in each vehicle unit will allow you to garner vehicle data and monitor their behavior.
  2. ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž & ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
    Logistic companies can track the routes of your vehicle, and the distance traveled, and verify whether the deliveries have been done as per plan and within the stipulated time.
  3. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž
    With the ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐Œ๐’ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž, a transportation company can check whether the drivers stay true to their routes, whether they are on the move or stalling, and if they have made any unwarranted stops or deliveries.
  4. ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
    MDM (Mobile Device Management) transportation can be used to keep track of working hours and their history. With a robust control platform that is integrated with GPS, one can check the number of hours a driver has driven. You can mark whether a driver has worked overtime or verify unjustified payments.
  5. ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
    ๐…๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž with modern GPS solutions allows the admin to hold a 2-way communication with your fleet of vehicles. With such constant communication, the admin can reroute any units or assign a consignment on the way or any other task based on the information received from the ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž.
  6. ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ
    The admin will be notified with geofence alerts, sudden braking, turn alerts, over-speeding alerts, etc., which allows the admin to take proper action and warrant safe driving. That ensures there is transparency on the road.

With all these benefits in tow, how easy is it to manage transportation with GPS tracking? Letโ€™s take a look.

  1. The ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐Œ๐’ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž will have an efficient and user-friendly interface that allows the admin to use it without difficulties. It will have all the tools and functions easily accessible on the interface.
  2. Performance metrics data is an important asset to gain. It provides enough insights to make good decisions that will optimise your companyโ€™s processes and provide the best possible results.
  3. ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž delivers essential information about the vehicle fleet, enabling you to understand and determine how they are used, their maintenance status, whether they need servicing, etc. That ensures you get optimum performance out of your fleet.
  4. It is imperative to have robust security over the information gathered from your fleet of vehicles. Your company might be dealing with restricted or private data, and limiting access to the data is essential. With robust transportation management software, you can up your company's security standards, ensuring complete data protection.

The ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž integrated with an efficient geo-tracking application will allow the fleet manager to monitor all aspects of the fleet and keep that data confidential if needed. Moreover, this increases delivery efficiency and punctuality of consignments. Such software for transport companies also allows the fleet manager to take activity reports, plan tasks, optimise routes, manage delivery points, etc., all from a single place, remotely, no matter where the fleet is being directed geographically.

๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

While logistics services have been using GPS tracking for their fleet for quite some time, the truth is that their union is a relatively new thing. But though it has taken time to integrate fleet management software in logistics, their marriage has been fruitful. The following are the results of such integration:

  1. ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
    ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž provides a higher efficiency rate in real-time updates on your digital devices. That allows for quicker decision-making that optimises the process appropriately. Minimal paperwork involved means there is more time to focus on the job at hand. Additionally, fixed routes and detours over road works allow the drivers to drive without any worries about the mileage. Having the best TMS software custom-made to your requirements will enable you to promptly and efficiently handle any technicalities that may arise.
  2. ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
    Having your fleet management software compile stats and mileage reports allows you to pull back on human resources to do those jobs. Apart from the drivers, there needs to be less deployment of men on the road to compile such reports.
  3. ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
    The fleet manager can analyse the fuel cost and assess how much it will affect the companyโ€™s offers. Moreover, they can keep a tab on the fuel used and prevent drivers from consuming extra fuel for personal gains. Additionally, through fuel assessment and vehicle tracking, old vehicles that consume more fuel and add more costs can be eliminated, bringing in better vehicles.
  4. ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ
    ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ Helped the fleet manager keep track of the vehicles and send alerts in case of any robbery or hijacking attempts. Freight companies might have expensive consignments, which, if stolen, can cause massive losses to the companies financially and cause considerable dents to their reputation. ๐“๐Œ๐’ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž allows you to take appropriate actions with timely alerts.
  5. ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž
    Proper planning allows you to make a more significant number of daily deliveries, which translates to better services. Additionally, it will enable you to accurately give a time of delivery to the clients and notify them of any delaysโ€”better service results in maximum profitability for transport companies. Robust ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž can help transport companies save time and money. MDM transportation is also implemented to increase security and data control, allowing the smooth running of day-to-day business. GPS technology is an asset that should be used to its total capacity, especially when you own a logistics company. The plethora of benefits of such technology will give you a holistic approach to your business, welcoming increased efficiency and profitability.

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