GPS Tracking and Database Connections to Fleet Operations
Effective fleet tracking management uses GPS technology and software driven database applications to effectively track vehicles, employees, and assets.
By tracking your valuables, you can better manage and monitor their whereabouts, cutting down on wasted time or unnecessary fuel. With GPS fleet tracking information fed into a database, you can evaluate performance and cut down on extra costs. This enhances your company’s value by improving the level of service provided, leading to higher profits and customer satisfaction.
GPS fleet tracking in conjunction with software monitored database information lets you monitor your mobile assets and personnel’s movements and activities. With this fleet tracking information, you can reduce unauthorized overtime, find more effective transit routes, and streamline operations. GPS and DBMS fleet tracking saves you time and money by giving you a way to centrally manage your fleet.
If you have a fleet of vehicles that are used on a daily basis, then the use of GPS tracking systems is no longer necessarily optional, it is almost mandatory. These systems can provide you with real-time tracking and feedback into DBMS applications that will help make your operations more efficient and with a greater emphasis on customer service.
GPS Fleet Tracking Features include:
Location Data:
* Latitude and longitude provided in degrees, minutes and seconds.
* Accurate to 33 feet
* Location updates at intervals of 2 - 15 minutes
* Ability to see where all your employees are by checking the map
* Save time and money with a central management system
Speed Calculation:
* Rate of movement in miles per hour.
* Get e-mail alerts if movements exceed a preset speed
* Get speed alerts.
* Save money on gasoline and car wear with Fleet Tracking solutions
Present Direction:
* Directional compass: north, south, east or west
* Is employee ‘X’ en route to the customer or going off track?
Virtual Boundary Use:
* A ‘virtual’ geographic boundary, created by the owner
* Virtual boundary can be 1/4 mile to 20+ miles in diameter
* Is a delivery truck approaching the warehouse? Is the gate open?
Additional features include: Alerts, Fastest Speed Report, Historical Data, Idle Report, Accumulated Mileage Alert, Location on Demand, Map Detail, Landmarks and Historical Trails.
All of these features are possible because the current software technologies reach into electronic areas like GPS and its experience tested ability to code streaming data into database management systems.
Some additional websites that might assist database business designers are:
(1) Can You Anticipate The Cell Phones Of The Future
(2) GPS Cell Phones
(3) 3G Technology
Author: Tom Gruich
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