It may seem like increasing the size of your fleet will help you gain more business and serve more customers. Although it is sometimes profitable to increase your fleet size, simply having more vehicles will not achieve this – sometimes having more vehicles than you need can even decrease efficiency and bring on unnecessary expenses. GPS fleet tracking will help you build a quality fleet made up of the right vehicles, and may be able to cut the size of your fleet and increase productivity at the same time.
Fleet Utilization
If vehicles are not being used to complete jobs, they are only increasing overhead costs for your fleet. Why pay more for vehicles that your fleet is not even using? By accessing fleet utilization reports within a GPS fleet tracking software, you will be able to pinpoint vehicles that are being underutilized and that you may want to cut from your fleet all together.
Sample Fleet Utilization Report
Fleet utilization reports also identify if you have the right vehicle types to complete jobs efficiently. Improve dispatching by providing a quality inventory of vehicles to get the job done right the first time. By maintaining a smaller fleet with the best vehicles for your business, you will be able to save costs and serve your customers more efficiently.
Detect Unauthorized Usage with GPS Fleet Tracking Software
Unauthorized usage of company vehicles for side jobs or personal use will increase the wear and tear and mileage on vehicles. Without GPS fleet tracking, you may be purchasing more vehicles than you need to keep up with productivity while vehicles are in the shop for maintenance much more than needed. By letting unauthorized usage get out of hand, you will be spending unnecessary dollars on purchasing new vehicles, maintenance expenses, fuel, and more.
Unauthorized usage can be a problem because your company can be held liable for any activity that happens with your vehicles, even if it didn’t happen on your watch. GPS tracking solutions decrease the risk and liability that could occur during any unauthorized usage of company vehicles.
Building a quality fleet opposed to just focusing on the quantity of vehicles will help you gain the maximum efficiency from your fleet. GPS tracking platforms can help to ensure that you are not spending money on vehicles that you really don’t need, extend the life cycle of your existing fleet, and maximize productivity.
Contact us today to learn more about how GPS fleet tracking solutions can help identify the right fleet size for your business to maximize efficiency!
