One of the most important applications of the popular GPS tracking device is its use for the transportation industry, among a slew of other personal and commercial applications. With its capability to track the location of an asset, vehicle, or any item every two minutes, you can imagine what this does for a business when time is of the essence.

While you can use individual units to track the whereabouts of your personal car, this technology has advanced to the point where fleet tracking systems can be put into place in order to track the location of several vehicles at any given point in time.

Since the unit on each vehicle captures the location and time and sends it back as data to a fleet manager or a business owner, that person  can then view a combined report by means of specialized software that has been created for this very purpose.

Here are a few ways by which real time GPS vehicle tracking can improve your business:

#1: Increased Productivity

Prior to this system being released for commercial use, fleet managers or business owners had no way of telling whether their drivers were being productive or not.

Unauthorized breaks, side trips, and other routing that was anything but efficient were considered to be a part of the entire process. But all that has changed now, since GPS can not only track vehicles, but the data can be used to prepare efficient routes to save time and money.

#2: Greater Accountability for Employees

If your employees knew that they were being monitored while they were on a particular route, do you think that they would dare to take liberties at the expense of the company they work for?

The obvious answer to that question is a no. A study recently showed that with employers being able to do this, employees began to abide by cost-effective policies in order to maintain productivity.

#3: All-Round Efficiency

If employers know where their vehicles are at any given point in time, it becomes easier to dispatch a vehicle closest to the location of the job site. Not only do you save on fuel, but you make customers very happy.