Fleet & Asset Management Thought Leadership

81. Measuring Driver And Vehicle Behavior: Why Businesses Are Investing In Fleet Data 8/17/2018

    Data has many meanings. Virtually any business that has invested in a GPS tracking solution can track the location of their vehicles by pinpointing them on a map. But times have changed. The sophistication of data has expanded to deliver the real financial costs of a vehicle and driver behavior on the road. Learn how to improve driver safety with driver and vehicle analytics data.

82. How To Create A Comprehensive Fleet Safety Program 8/17/2018

    Today’s fleets must contend with a myriad of challenges, from maintaining compliance and avoiding violations to efficient driver routing and meeting customer needs (plus everything else in between). Businesses are seeking solutions to these operational issues to ultimately increase productivity and profits.

83. 7 Industries GPS Fleet Tracking Has Expanded Into 8/17/2018

    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.

84. Female Truckers Sound Off On Driver Safety 8/17/2018

    In an industry where the percentage of American female truckers hovers between 4 and 6 percent, we were pleased to see such high representation of women among our safety-conscious participants. 

85. Managing ELD Mandate For Construction And Vocational Fleets 8/17/2018

    Commercial motor carriers are (all too) familiar with the upcoming electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, but for construction and vocational fleets, many find themselves in unchartered territory and wondering, “Do we even need to equip our vehicles with ELDs?”

86. You've Got Your ELD – Now What? 8/17/2018

    After much anticipation, the Dec. 18 ELD mandate deadline has come and gone. While compliance may have been your main motivator behind purchasing an ELD system, ELDs offer many additional benefits. Below are some of the ways ELDs can help your fleet maximize safety, profits and productivity.

87. Top 8 Stats On The Driver Shortage 8/17/2018

    Truckers drive the American economy by holding supply chains together and hauling 70 percent of the nation's freight—about 10.5 billion tons annually.  However, the trucking industry is confronting a driver shortage with many contributing factors making it difficult to find, hire, and retain drivers.

88. How To Manage Your Construction Operations With Telematics 8/15/2018

    Telematics deployments are becoming much more cost-effective and the entire service workflow increasingly connected. Indeed, telematics today can share real-time information and connect mobile workers in the field with the back office, customers and equipment, allowing the entire service workflow to be increasingly connected.

89. Fleet Management Continues To Lift Roadblocks For Demolition Company 8/15/2018

    D.H. Griffin is leading demolition company in the United States. For the past seven years, it has deployed Trimble’s cloud-based Fleet Management solution across its fleet of 500 vehicles, to identify, manage and improve operational areas such as driver safety, customer service, back office administration, fuel use and vehicle efficiency.

90. Service Lifecycle Management Vs. Field Service Management: What Does Your Business Need? 8/7/2018

    The concept of Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) has been around for some time now; however, the platforms to actually make it happen are still relatively new. Not only that, they are continually evolving, and building upon themselves to provide users with more power and flexibility to manage their services operations.