GPS Tracking System For Fleet Operators
 With gas prices going through the roof, you cannot survive as a fleet operator unless you come up with innovative ways of controlling your costs. GPS Tracking helps you cut costs in the following ways, among others:
- GPS fleet tracking helps you make smart operational decisions. If you know where your vehicles are at any time of the day, you can quickly respond to market needs or in a crisis.
- Employees will also know that their movements are being recorded with GPS tracking. Small fleets that used some type of GPS device saw an uptick of work orders completed per day of 25% over a two year period, according to a consultant research study on the impact of the GPS technology in businesses. It further confirms that workers who know that they are being watched are more productive and impact the businesses bottom line.
There are several studies that report significant savings in a very short period. Here is an article that describes three cases of significant fleet operator savings using GPS Tracking.
GPS Tracking Systems Are Expensive
Commercial GPS Tracking systems are expensive. Now, there is a free open source GPS Tracking system available.
OpenGTS
Being a free open source software, you can implement this even if you are a small business with a single vehicle.
- OpenGTS works with popular map programs such as Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth.
- OpenGTS works with most popular GPS devices such as Sanav, iCare, and OpenDMTP capable devices.
- Geofencing is the ability to divide a map into a series of zones. These zones can be given custom names (such as "Home Base" or "Sales North"), making tracking service calls easy and effective. You can even set up arrival and departure notifications so you know when a vehicle enters a certain zone.
You can see more details of open source OpenGTS software here. You can see a demo of open source OpenGTS software here.
You can download OpenGTS software free of charge from here.
Please read our Precautions FAQ before downloading.
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