Lawn Maintenance Services – Do you know where your equipment is located?
Business TipsPublished March 16, 2009 at 10:28 pm No CommentsBy James Neely
Along comes another story which is proof that GPS tracking systems can be a major asset to a local business. Three men were arrested in a Wisconsin community for attempting to steal a John Deere lawn mower valued at more than $10,000. This attempt was thwarted by some who saw the activity and reported it right away to authorities. But, the question is: what if there had been no one to see and report what they saw?
In your business of lawn maintenance services, managing the equipment is a full-time job alone. Not to mention the cost of purchasing a new unit. That is why you should strongly consider a GPS tracking system to be attached to each piece of equipment that you own and use to run your business. That includes any trucks or other vehicles in your fleet as well.
Equipment break-downs can be the death of your business. Preventive maintenance needs to be scheduled on a per-hour basis for your mowing systems. A GPS tracking system can deliver the data that can show you what lawns you have visited and how long it took to complete a job. You can also better schedule your jobs based on the time it takes to complete them.
Find Your Equipment. Knowing where your mowers are located at all times is an imperative for your business. If anything is ever stolen, you will have a system that can deliver the exact location which the authorities can use to execute a search warrant. Getting your equipment back quicker will allow this to be just an inconvenience rather than a serious blow to you business.
After your season is over, you will have time to sit down and analyze the data from your system to give you a better idea of where you worked and how long it took you to perform jobs. This will help you in scheduling customers for the next season. It will also provide you with information on what customers are worth keeping and which ones you can let go because the time may not be worth the money.
What better way to gain control over what you do in the lawn care business? Keeping track of your assets and managing your fleet are immensely easier with a GPS tracking system. You will not be sorry that you made the small investment in your business for this purpose. It will pay off, you will see.
