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By Greg Bartlett

In these times of economic duress, everyone is looking to save money. In addition, companies who have been forced to lay off employees need to find more efficient ways to accomplish the same work with a smaller workforce. GPS vehicle tracking allows companies to maximize the effectiveness of vehicle usage, in turn enabling them to save money, reduce man hours, and help the environment.

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GPS vehicle tracking allows a business owner to monitor the location and routes of each vehicle being driven by company employees. By logging on to a secure website, he can view the current location as well as number and length of stops, speed of the vehicle, idling time, and fuel usage. An evaluation of this information provides ideas on how to be more efficient with the use of each vehicle.

Some employees seem to think that being away from the office or out on call means they have the opportunity to run personal errands on company time. Others simply don’t think through possible shorter routes or ways to conserve fuel. If each company vehicle carries a GPS transmitter, company employees can work together as a unit to create and implement a better fuel usage plan. Habits such as leaving the truck idling while unloading cargo, always driving the same route to a destination, even when a different route might use less fuel, and driving over the speed limit all waste fuel unnecessarily. When employees know they are being monitored, they will be more conscientious about changing these