- Maintenance plan scheduled by the real time fleet tracking will increase the safety of the freight. Driving a semi truck not maintained properly is like a ticking bomb ready to explode at any time. Only a small malfunction of the truck can cause catastrophes on the highway.
The OSHA regulations exist to protect the truck drivers and by keeping the truck well maintained you will ensure your drivers are protected.
- GPS tracking will also reduce the downtime of the trucks which will be your way of increasing the productivity of the trucks and by that the company profit. Major defect on the road means that your truck will get trapped in a repair shop few days together with the freight that needs to be delivered on time.
Idling Elimination
For the trucking companies idling is one of the top 10 enemies and one of the reasons why most of the companies can’t increase the profit. Don’t be one of these trucking companies that are not able to find the expenses that are killing their profit.
Every drop of fuel that is wasted without purpose cost you money. Idling time is wasting a lot of fuel if you are not able to control. According to Ford Motor Company with 1 hour of idling, you will spend the same amount of fuel if the truck was driving 25 miles.
Source: itbrief.co.nz
The cost of diesel fuel varies and that is nothing that we are able to control. However, we can control the idling and by that, we can save money on fuel.
