Usage Of Gps Fleet Tracking System To Monitor Fleet And Fuel Consumption

Posted by ERM Advanced Telematics on December 5th, 2016

GPS tracking devices have simplified fleet management so proficiently; that now fleet management companies, monitoring agencies, and departments of logistics who manages have really got a great relief from the timely tracking they get. In fact with the right use of a fleet managing system and associate software, you would get instant and timely updates of the fleet.

What does a fleet management system tells you

You would know where the fleet is located at current time, and would also be seeing the pathway of it drawn through satellite imaging system. This is a real boon for logistics companies and businesses, which have to send their cargo daily overseas. And there is always a huge change that much of the cargo is lost in fleet mismanagement, tracking failure, and smuggling attempts. However, all of that can be controlled and stopped, when you know to use the right technology at its best, and that is the GPS fleet management system.

In the same way you can also monitor the pathway of a moving vehicle, and know when the vehicle is stopping, when it’s moving, and when going off route. And most importantly when this system connects to the fuel tank monitor in the vehicle, you would also know the status of fuel in it.

Fuel tank monitoring

Most GPS trackers now come with this additional Fuel tank monitoring system. As car owners and car service agencies always want to track the behavior of their drivers they are also concerned about the proper fuel usage. What if someone takes away fuel out of the tank? Or what if the car has a leak in the tank? In all such cases, only properly working fuel tank monitoring equipment can save you from havoc and great losses.

There would be no extra running cost for the fuel tank monitoring system though. It can simply be hooked onto the car’s dashboard using wires to get power supply from the car battery. Then it will start monitoring the car position, and send you reports in any mode you prefer like sms or email or software etc, and also will tell you about the car’s fuel status. If the fuel levels are drastically dropping then the monitor will show that, and you may take steps.

Regular monitoring of the fuel tank will help you get a good idea of the driver’s behavior and attitude too. If you often see the fuel dropping before time, you may question the driver based on solid proof and statistics of geo tracking you get from the GPS tracker. And if you find the driver guilty you may change the person.