02/12/2005

Fleet maintenance is always an important part of a business owner's normal upkeep. Regular oil changes, tire changes, the 50,000 mile check ups. Using a GPS tracking system with a fleet maintenance application built in makes keeping up with these routine necessities easy. By adding a GPS tracking system to your fleet, not only can you track billable hours and service calls, but you can also set up fleet maintenance reminders that look at the mileage data from your fleet, and will automatically remind you when time has come to service a vehicle.

Systems such as the Geotab passive GPS system and the new version of the Marcus® real time fleet tracking system offer an easy to use fleet maintenance section.

The administrator simply uses the application to set up all the vehicles in the fleet with their current odometer readings. Then choose between the pre-loaded options like Oil Change, Tire Change, or Lease expiration and set the software to remind you when any of these events come due based on either recorded mileage or elapsed time since the last event. The administrator can also add events not already loaded into the system, making both of these fleet maintenance sections configurable for any fleet owner.

Other uses for the fleet maintenance report includes:

Brakes

Transmission fluid

Air filter

Oil filter

Radiator flush

Vehicle registration / renewal

Lease expiration / turn in

Take the guesswork out of fleet maintenance while improving your fleet's efficiency with GPS employee and asset tracking. All over North America fleet operators are taking advantage of this new technology. To find out how Fleet Maintenance software with GPS vehicle tracking can help you, please contact us, and one of our representatives will help you decide which system is best for you.