07/22/2005

Several years ago Eron Iler, owner and president of GPS Fleet Solutions, was working for a large pest control company. He knew there were inefficiencies in the way the company was managing its fleet, but was astounded by the results when the company added a GPS-based fleet tracking system.

"They recovered their investment in less than 90 days, and it was obvious that GPS technology provided insight into two of the most expensive resources of any company, which are the fleet, and people," Iler says.
Iler explains that fleet tracking allows a business owner to see in both map and report form, everywhere a vehicle goes during the day, where it stopped, how long it was there, and how long it took to get from one point to another.

Why is this important?

"Your two most expensive resources are unsupervised for 90 to 95 percent of the day," Iler says. "If you have someone who 'rounds' the time card at 20 minutes a day at $15 an hour, over the course of a 22 day work month, that becomes expensive.

Another advantage is ease and accuracy of dispatch.

"The days of sitting around waiting for the cable guy to show up are over," Iler says. "With GPS technology, companies are able to more efficiently track their vehicles and get to customers in a reasonable service window."

GPS tracking technology knows no limitation by industry; it's useful for anyone who has trucks or other vehicles on the road. And you have to be a huge company to save money. "We have clients with just one vehicle, and many in the five to thirty vehicle range," Iler says. Companies that use this technology include electrical contractors, concrete delivery companies... anyone who has a fleet. "It doesn't matter what you do," Iler says, "GPS fleet tracking can keep you informed about what's going on."

Upon contacting GPS Fleet Solutions, one of the questions Iler is going to ask you is whether you want real time or passive information. "A real time system takes GPS information from each vehicle and transmits it to a local network tower so you can access it from the Internet," Iler says. "That happens while you vehicle is in the field" Passive technology, on the other hand, stores the information until the vehicle returns in the evening. Then the information is transferred via a local wireless network to your computer.

"Real time technology has a monthly service fee that goes with it," Iler says. "With passive technology, there's just a one time investment and you're done." One way in which GPS Fleet Solutions is unique in its approach to fleet tracking is the number of options offered. Most companies that provide GPS tracking offer only one or two GPS systems; GPS Fleet Solutions offers a choice of ten.

"That way we can match the needs of the customer and their budget with the system that will get the job done," Iler says. "As a result, we use a consultive selling approach... we ask the customer how we can help them and we fit the system to their needs."

Iler suggests a visit to http://www.gpsfleetsolutions.com. There go to the left hand column, point your cursor to ROI, and click on Marcus® Real Time ROI calculator to get an idea of what you can save with that system. To see how a passive system can save you money, click on the Passive Systems ROI calculator.

For more information contact Iler at 12108 N. 56th Street, Suites 3 & 5, Tampa, FL 33617 or call him at 813-914-0202?

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