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By Greg Bartlett

GPS tracking systems have been steadily improved since the technology first became available to the general public in the 1990s. Devices have been created that can be installed in vehicles and are small enough to be hidden well from the prying eyes and tools of thieves looking to steal a vehicle. The use of GPS vehicle tracking has proven to be an aid to businesses for several reasons.

Businesses that have implemented GPS vehicle tracking systems have been able to save millions of dollars collectively through the use of these systems. Dispatchers can locate the vehicle that is closest or is routed to pass closest to a point when a pick up or service call comes in. This has resulted in extensive savings on fuel costs since the implementation of these systems began.

Businesses making use of these vehicle tracking systems are able to manage their employees’ time and solve disputes over the amount of time spent at a particular location quickly and easily by pulling up the data log from the GPS tracking device in the vehicle and checking how long the vehicle was at a particular location. This has resulted in many withdrawals of customer complaints about overbilling for time on the job and saved thousands of dollars for many businesses that, in the past, would have been forced to charge less to keep customers satisfied.

Vehicle tracking allows business to monitor the speeds at which employees drive their company owned vehicles and how much they are used for personal rather than business reasons. Both of these features have resulted in drastic savings on fuel and maintenance as well as a reduction in the number of moving violations charged to employees in company vehicles. If an employee is caught speeding by the GPS data, the employer can contact the employee and order him/her to slow down before the police get involved.

In addition to all of these savings, insurance carriers offer discounts on many policies for vehicles equipped with GPS. This is a direct result of a steep drop in the number of claims for damages received as a result of theft and the decline in moving violations charged against drivers in company owned vehicles that are so equipped.

The growth of GPS vehicle tracking technology has resulted in several different uses for the vehicle tracking systems by businesses to streamline their fleets and save a great deal of money. This makes GPS vehicle tracking an aid to business on several fronts.