Vehicle Tracking is top of the Christmas shopping list.
On: 01/12/2011 16:36 In: Experts Corner
It has been a phenomenal year for vehicle tracking technology, with companies the length and breadth of the country increasingly acknowledging the benefits that tracking can deliver. As a result Remote Asset Management has continued to grow, as has the number of customers working with the tracking specialists.
And even though there are only a few weeks of 2011 remaining, the RAM phones just keep ringing. Of course organisations are continually striving to increase efficiencies and reduce costs without compromising customer service, and vehicle tracking provides a management tool to enable them to do just this. But one particular reason for an influx of enquiries in the last quarter of the year is the need to protect assets over the Christmas period.
Many organisations close for up to two weeks whilst the festive celebrations are underway, during which time vans and plant are often left parked in the yard until the first working week in January. Vehicle tracking technology helps to protect such assets because RAM's live GPS positioning technology can immediately pinpoint the vehicles' location in the event of theft.
Tracking also proves beneficial when monitoring employees' personal use of company vehicles over the Christmas period. Agreements between employer and employee will vary from organisation to organisation but the reporting functionality within our sophisticated tracking system can provide you with the vehicle usage information that you need, at the click of a button. This could prove helpful for example when differentiating between the mileage undertaken during business hours and personal time - the appropriate costs can be deducted from employees' pay which saves time for staff and payroll alike.
It's important to remember though that vehicle tracking can be for life, not just for Christmas. The technology can offer businesses a range of benefits including increased productivity, reduced fuel costs, more efficient planning and resource allocation, streamlined administration and enhanced environmental credentials. So if you think vehicle tracking needs to be at the top of your company's Christmas shopping list then speak to a member of the RAM tracking team today, to find out how we can work with you to improve your organisational performance.
Or, to find out how one of our clients has experienced a number of benefits as a result of their investment in vehicle tracking please read the short testimonial below from Cary Burwood, director of Mulberry Group...
"Back in 2007, we decided to invest in vehicle tracking. Because our business revolves around customer service we felt it was important to utilise a tracking tool to help us work smarter. We fitted the devices to five of our vans and experienced savings almost immediately.
We service such a large geographical area and the tracking allowed us to improve fuel and operational efficiencies thanks to our improved planning and resource allocation. We were also able to start giving customers a more accurate indication of when one of our guys would be with them to help them with their problem.
One of the most immediate benefits though was a reduction in the private mileage undertaken in our vans. We actually had the tracking technology fitted on Christmas eve, and were able to monitor personal use of the vehicles whilst our business was closed for the festive period. This meant that on the first day back after New Year, the information was at our finger tips and we began to save approximately ?400 per month on recouped private mileage. Had the tracking not been fitted there is no way we could have seen this financial improvement. Now almost four years later we have tracking fitted on 13 of our vans, and we will never introduce another vehicle to our fleet without having the technology fitted to that too."
