A small business always has many factors working against any sort of possible growth. Such was the case of Applied Building Technologies, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland. The company had doubled in size in just several years and turned to the Fleetmatics vehicle tracking solution to help manage the growing fleet.
For more than 14 years, Applied Building Technologies, Inc. (ABTI) has been serving Mid-Atlantic organizations such as restaurants, hospitals, colleges, government agencies, property management companies and more. The business helps its customers keep up with ever-changing environmental and energy regulations. The solutions provided by ABTI help its customers balance energy efficiency and the ever-present risk of liability in their buildings. The company operates across two divisions: one industrial-centered division focuses on cleaning commercial kitchen exhausts and HVAC systems, and the other is dedicated to energy management.
President Anne Levine was simply looking to monitor her vehicles when they were out on the road. The call from a Fleetmatics rep came at the perfect time for Levine- an employee had stolen one of the company’s vans a few days before. She knew that a vehicle tracking solution could help with day-to-day operations by providing real-time monitoring and vehicle locating services. Since installation, Levine has realized that the solution provided more value than just track and trace functionality, as it has also helped cut back on excessive speeding, aggressive driving and unnecessary idling.
“Our business is a service business and revolves around traveling to and from jobs, so being able to manage all aspects of our fleet from gas usage to real time locations has become vitally important to our growth,” says Levine.
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