A Guide To Vehicle Tracking With Fleet Management Software

Vehicle tracking system is more powerful and useful business market. It is a technology that combines tracking the location of a vehicle along with a software interface that displays vehicle data. This data can be utilized in making informed decisions. The Vehicle Fleet management software acts as virtual ride-along; t enables you to keep track of everything from any place you are. The vehicle data is collected with the help of black box or asset tracker or the OBD installed on the vehicle. The hardwired black boxes are positioned under the dashboard. A 3-wire installation is required to connect power, ground and ignition of the vehicle to the tracker. It can be easily carried out by your maintenance department.  

The OBD trackers on the other hand, are plug-and-play tracker which does not require any installation. The black box is plugged into the OBD II diagnostic port of the vehicle, the tracker starts collecting data and is later reported in the software system. The asset tracker works with a battery and are designed track mobile assets. No antenna or external wires are required; they also ensure protection against temperature, water spray and dust. Main features offered by a vehicle tracking system are driver messaging from the software, customized location on the map with special icons, alerts, set-up, fleet summary reports, driving history and real time locations.

Several add-on features are also available like- identification of drivers, panic button in case of emergency situations, API and PTO. Fleet management systems also offer advanced features like- driver behaviour monitoring, driver challenges based on safety or fuel consumption reduction, fleet maintenance management, fuel management, compliance suite, vehicle checks/ walk around checks and fuel card integration. The vehicle tracking addresses and solves several problems fleets commonly have by automating compliance, work organization, checking on vehicle use, getting genuine fleet information, cost reduction and less paperwork.