7 Industries GPS Fleet Tracking Has Expanded Into

By Nathan Todd, Teletrac Navman

For more than 70 years, carriers and their fleet managers orchestrated the intricate process of routing and assigning jobs using only paper and some creative handiwork. Then, technological advancements allowed them to gain more visibility into their fleets and streamline operations. For the past 15 years or so, the majority of carriers have relied on GPS fleet tracking to track their trucks’ locations and assign jobs and routes more efficiently for fuel- and time-savings. 

But today, it’s not just trucks using fleet tracking. Vehicle tracking is also widely used in construction and mining fleets, and is now being applied in new industries, from government and public service, to car sharing, farming and even personal cars. In the future, this technology could potentially be in almost all moving equipment and vehicles, on and off the road. 

Here are seven uses cases that exist today.  

1. Government Fleets: Both townships and federal agencies maintain fleets of general road sedans and SUVs driven by government officials and workers. Then there are assets in government fleets used in the field and even combat zones, like Humvees. In both instances, the government needs a 24/7 view of their assets to help reduce its CO² footprint and manage safety, vehicle utilization and budgets.