Sunday, April 15, 2012

Resource Scheduling and Software

By Corney S. Richardson


Today, businesses that rely on transportation as critical component of their business operations have to find ways to manage the increasing costs of fuel, equipment, and labor. For this reason, it has become vital for a business to have a fleet of vehicles. Due to the advancements in technology, it has now become much easier to optimize fleet management to reduce operational expenses, improve utilization, and increase customer satisfaction. There are a number of business applications for fleet management that make managing a fleet more cost-efficient as well as improving productivity.

Drivers can drive efficiency right down to the last mile. This one benefit of fleet management which allows business managers to optimize fleet routing and tracking. Fleet management also gives business managers the ability to track the precise location of drivers. Using GPS vehicle tracking they can make routing adjustments if needed. Also using GPS tracking the driver's performance can be tracked and a variety of reports can be generated. Example of these reports are driver speed, instances of braking, and the number of stops made. This could also lead to correcting poor driving practices and eliminating overcharging for fuel.

Fleet management systems that are included with business applications provide the tools to have a better understanding of fleet performance and get the most from their fleet. Efficient capacity utilization, reduced fuel consumption, reduced number of vehicles in operation, more served customers, reduced driving time, and reduced distance time while fulfilling customer requests on-time is ensured with system's load balancing.

Engine monitoring, driver performance, and problems in a vehicle such as low air in a tire are some efficiency reports provided by fleet management systems which allows problems to be fixed before they get worse resulting in expensive repairs. By setting customized alerts, managers can also tell if a driver has exceeded a set speed and when a vehicle has been idling too long.

Computer and GPS tracking can generate tracking reports. This allows a business to make more efficient business decisions because the reports are much more accurate. To reduce costs and boost productivity businesses may want to make sure they have optimized their fleet when managing their fleet of vehicles. You can improve productivity, efficiency, cost efficiency, and accountability by having fleet management solutions that include GPS Vehicle tracking that allows a business to utilize essential business applications for fleet management.




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