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How To Roll Out GPS Monitoring To Your Staff We have written other articles about how GPS Tracking systems can increase productivity and reduce costs for almost any business with vehicles in the field. The key benefit for the business owner is the added layer of supervision that the system provides, which has been shown to eliminate bad behaviors from the day the system is installed.While the benefit for the business is clear, getting the field staff on board with the change…

GPS Geofencing: A Powerful Supervision Tool The concept of geofencing is pretty simple. Think of it as an invisible, electronic fence around a region of interest. Common geo-fence locations include the office, a customer’s location, a city, or even the something as narrow as a highway corridor.One example application is a customer of ours who runs a boat-sharing club. All of his boats are harbored in the same marina, and when a client takes a boat out for the day,…

Bluetooth Beacons: Cheap, Versatile, and Limited By now we’ve all seen the tags and tiles that help people keep track of their stuff, and it’s hard not to be impressed by these little devices. The manufacturers want you to think of them as a small gadget that will show you exactly where your keys, wallet, luggage, car, whatever, is located at any time. And while it’s true that these devices have the capability to do exactly that, it is also…

Bad Habits Are Easy To Make. And To Break. Every time one of your drivers starts a vehicle, it is costing you money.  Think of it as little dollar bills floating away into space.  And as long as the work being done is of value, everything is fine.Field staff can, however, develop some bad habits, taking advantage of their freedom to slack off on the job. But when they know that their every move can be verified, a lot of…

The 3G Cellular Sunset Is Here 3G cellular technology has had a pretty good run. In 2001 the service began popping up in limited areas, and shortly thereafter the demand for 3G allowed the carriers to build the service out quickly. Along the way there were plenty of upgrades to the service that extended its life while allowing us all to get connected to our cellular service in a way that was completely unheard of before. People began using the…