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by James Neely - freelance writer for hire

Payroll and benefits are two of the biggest business expenses by far. Payroll costs include a 30 to 40 percent premium from the benefits. If you factor that in with having to provide for vacation days, sick days and other non-productive events, the cost becomes out of reach for many smaller business.

And while avoiding adding employees means that your profitability remains high, the other side is that if you are growing, how do you maintain control and high levels of customer service?

Enter GPS Tracking systems. If your business is heavily involved in managing and maintaining assets, then GPS Tracking devices added to your operations can help you.

Asset tracking. Attaching a GPS Tracking device to major assets allows you to track movements in real-time or by periodic scheduling. Just knowing where things are located and to be able to pull them in with one call is invaluable.

Asset locating. If an item becomes stolen, then the location can be forwarded to the authorities for almost instant recovery. This beats having the item being out of your use which affects efficiency and the ability to get jobs done in a timely manner. It stalls your operations indefinitely. Also, having to deal with an insurance claim takes valuable business time.

Lower insurance costs. Insurance premiums go down with the use and implementation of GPS Tracking systems in your organization. The lower risk factor is worth a lot of money and soon you could see mandatory implementation by insurance companies of certain business assets.

Asset management. A centralized PC can be used anywhere to keep track of your assets. One person can easily manage many assets at a time with little effort. Real-time tracking can be viewed during the day with instant adjustments made to schedules on the fly. All of this is very valuable to businesses that have time-sensitive deadlines to keep.

Geofencing. This feature gives you alerts whenever a device is moved outside of the parameters set for that asset. This is valuable for tracking of not only business hours usage, but off-hours as well.

All of this adds up to having GPS Tracking systems doing the work of generating reports and information for better, easier management by fewer individuals. That keeps your payroll costs low and your profitability high. Doing business with your company becomes easier as well. These benefits and more can be yours with the integration of a GPS Tracking system.