Resources tagged data & analytics

How Smart Video Fuels Smart Business
How Smart Video Fuels Smart Business

Learn how video solutions with intelligent analysis capabilities can help benefit your drivers and enhance safety programs.

Ebook Safety & security

More Than Just Dots on a Map
More Than Just Dots on a Map

This eBook guides you through four key reasons to use asset tracking, new technology and different hardware options .

Ebook Vehicle & equipment management

How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Field Service
How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Field Service

The predicted industry shifts that will be made possible by AI and machine learning within the next ten years are leaving many owners wit...

Business management

How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Field Service
How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Field Service

The predicted industry shifts that will be made possible by AI and machine learning within the next ten years are leaving many owners wit...

How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Field Service

The predicted industry shifts that will be made possible by AI and machine learning within the next ten years are leaving many owners with more questions than answers, new obsta...

Business management

Contractors Improve Utilization with GPS Tracking

With the right tools - like GPS tracking from Verizon Connect, contractors can improve fleet utilization and become more productive and e...

Vehicle & equipment management

Telematics Drives Macro and Micro Data Insights

For field service organizations, the ability to learn from statistics, situations and scenarios related to vehicles, drivers and customer...

Business management

6 Common Misconceptions About ELD

There are still many misconceptions about the ELD mandate, who it applies to and what its effects on impacted companies are.

Ebook Compliance

Go from Reactive to Strategic in Field Service

Field Technologies’ special issue “Embracing Modern Field Service” dives deep into how and why a strategic approach that intentionally ca...

Business management

GCI Slingers Grows Efficiency with Fleet Metrics

GCI Slingers and Gravel Conveyors has seen significant improvements in every area they addressed with Verizon Connect, including PTO trac...

Case study Business management

Know Where Your GPS Tracking Solution Comes From

Where you get your technology matters. As a company with extensive resources in research and development, Verizon Connect is able to pay ...

Business management

Resolve to Be a Best-in-Class Fleet in 2019

Looking at the impact of fleet management software on driver behavior and operational efficiency in field service businesses, the Fleet T...

Business management

Protect Your Trailers & Cargo in 2019

Here are some helpful suggestions on how you can prevent trailer theft and protect your assets in 2019.

Safety & security

City of San Jose Closer to Becoming a Smart City

The City of San Jose needed a software platform to improve dispatching, allow officers to easily find an available car and track needed s...

Case study Business management

Crack the Code to Reducing Your Expenses

Visibility and understanding of your operational costs, inefficiencies and other areas for improvement, including safe driving behavior a...

Business management

How Tech Can Empower Next-Gen Police Fleets

Technology and data play an important role in both modernizing police fleets and helping keep officers (and citizens) safer.

Business management

Evaluate Your Year with These Key Fleet Metrics

Evaluate your year in field service with these key metrics from your telematics solution to help you optimize operations for increased pr...

Business management

Get Your Assets Under Control in 2019

In this post, we outline how you can set your business up for success through asset tracking to optimize utilization in the coming year.

Vehicle & equipment management

A Look Back at Trucking Fleet Trends

Let's take a look back at the challenges and opportunities that trucking companies have faced and examine how telematics technology can h...

Business management

HOS Violations: No More Excuses

In this post, we’ll dive into what exactly the HOS rule is, how to avoid Department of Transportation (DOT) violations and how the CSA pr...

Compliance

3 Signs of a Mediocre Fleet

Whether you work in HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, as an electrician or in another service-based field, if you truly want your business to ...

Business management

Evergreen Future of Mobile Workforce Management

GPS fleet tracking solutions have grown to be an integral mobile tool and distinct competitive advantage for managers of fleets of all si...

Business management

How Government Fleets use Telematics to Help Reduce Costs

Lowering operational costs and improving efficiency are two top priorities of government fleets.

Ebook Business management

6 Ways to a Safer Fleet

Every fleet wants to be safer, but what does that mean for your daily habits? How do you implement changes with drivers to encourage bett...

Ebook Business management

Develop Your 2019 AOBRD Strategy

Though the ELD compliance date has come and gone, but what does that mean for AOBRD users? As we approach the new year, now is the time t...

Compliance

Fleet Connections Report: The Data-Driven Fleet

In the new edition of Fleet Connections, our analysis of report utilization by 720 fleets comprising 27,347 vehicles in the United States...

Business management

3 Routes to Fleet Manager Failure

Though the core duties of a fleet manager range from vehicle maintenance and driver safety to overall organizational compliance, with so ...

Business management

Achieve More: Invest in Asset Tracking Technology

The ability to track asset-specific metrics is crucial to productivity, efficiency and cost control. An integrated asset tracking solutio...

Vehicle & equipment management

Post-ELD: Speed Bumps Mixed with Smooth Passage

The ELD mandate has impacted both productivity and costs since going into full effect. Fleet owners are beginning to recognize the benefi...

Safety & security

Landscapers: Weather the Risks of Snow Removal Season

As landscaping organizations prep for the winter season, they face business model changes, rising insurance premiums and operational risk...

Business management

Leading the Way in Fleet Management

Berg Insight names Verizon Connect as the clear leader in the fleet telematics space both from a global perspective and in the Americas s...

Business management

3 Signs That Your Vehicle Needs a Sick Day

Staying on top of vehicle care can be hard if you don’t know how to recognize the signs of a problem. Here are 3 ways to tell if a vehicl...

Vehicle & equipment management

Technology Innovation Driving Fleet Modernization

businesses that use data in an actionable way will be the survivors and those who ignore industry progress through technological integrat...

Business management

Why Safety Will Never Be Fully Automated

Contrary to the belief that driver assist technologies will make human attention unnecessary, it’s imperative every driver, professional...

Safety & security

[Webinar] Recap: Orchestrating the Supply Chain

Transport Topics hosted a webinar led by Senior Features Writer Daniel Bearth and Associate News Editor Dan Ronan, with a candid convers...

Business management

Save Time and Money with Automated IFTA Reporting

Let’s take a look at the mounting obstacles IFTA reporting presents to any size fleet operation and see how businesses can use the fuel c...

Business management

Building the Case for Construction Asset Tracking

Construction companies, equipment leasing firms and equipment manufacturers can also benefit from installing GPS devices on non-powered a...

Vehicle & equipment management

How Technology Transforms Supply Chain Trucking

Fleet management software is playing a critical role in the key goals of streamlining operations and optimizing productivity in the suppl...

Business management

Moving From Reactive to Proactive with IoT

Technology continues to break down geographic barriers, making it easier for businesses of all sizes to participate in the global marketp...

Business management

Why It's Critical to Stay on Top of Fleet Technology Trends

Small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as enterprise-level fleets, must look toward the future if they want to be prepared to keep u...

Business management

The Trends Transforming On-the-Go Business

How to position your business for success in a connected, mobile, data-based world.

Ebook Business management

TSI: Is Doing Good Good for the Bottom Line?

Telematics software offers two key ways—safety and compliance—oil and gas businesses in particular can demonstrate a positive impact.

Business management

Florist, Nursery, Landscape: Prep for Peak Season

Peak season for florist, nursery, and landscape companies is approaching and with heightened competition, local businesses must find the ...

Business management

ELD Compliance: Where We Are and What’s to Come

Now that the mandate has been official for a month or so, let’s take stock of where things stand and where ELD compliance is heading.

Compliance

Data Privacy Day: Focus for Fleet Managers

In a world where we’re more connected than ever in our private as well as professional lives, phrases like “Big Data” and “data privacy”...

Safety & security

Winning with ELD

While many view this transition to ELDs as a burden, others have found the silver lining. In addition to being compliant, there are other...

Ebook Compliance

Productivity Matters

The human race is doing just that…racing. And when you race around trying to do 100 things at the same time, productivity often takes a b...

Ebook Business management

7 Benefits of Field Service Management

What exactly is field service management? And why is it so important? Field service management (aka workforce management) solutions help ...

Ebook Business management

National School Bus Safety Week

Last week was annual National School Bus Safety Week, meaning the safety of students traveling to and from school was top of mind for sch...

Safety & security

Subcontractor reduces monthly fuel, maintenance costs

United Subcontractors uses GPS tracking solution with their existing platforms and is more efficient with resources, improved operations ...

Case study Business management

Logistics company focuses on safety and compliance

Using a combination of Verizon Connect's Reveal and LogBook solutions helped them monitor driver safety, productivity and fleet compliance.

Case study Compliance

Midwest-based trucking company stays compliant and productive with ...

Midwest-based trucking company, R&M trucking, has improved their safety scores with Verizon Connect Logbook. Verizon Connect helps them s...

Case study Compliance

Plote Construction uses Verizon Connect to win court case and impro...

Plote Construction realized that the business could boost its bottom line by installing a reliable vehicle tracking system.

Case study Business management

Di-Tech International uses Verizon Connect GPS fleet tracking to im...

Di-Tech International decided they needed to better service clients through improved dispatching and routing efficiencies.

Case study Team management

Crane Transport Enhances Customer Service and Improves Compliance w...

Crane Transport improves driver visibility, customer service and compliance with the help of Verizon Connect. They have since become safe...

Case study Compliance

Winning with ELD: Improving Safety and Compliance

Imagine this scenario. One of your veteran drivers is driving cross-country, hauling some rather fragile freight. Knowing the customer an...

Compliance

5 Ways Companies with Truck Fleets will Use Drones

The rise of drones, both in the air and on the ground, promises to reinvent freight logistics across the U.S. – and eventually the world....

Business management

Drone Fleet Management Increases Efficiency

For companies that operate fleets of trucks, small gains in efficiency translate to huge savings when scaled across an entire operation. ...

Business management

How Data Can Help You Tell the Full Fleet Story

Fleet tracking technology constantly collects information on vehicle and drivers, if it has to do with a trip, a truck or a driver, you g...

Business management

Track Driving Behavior Without Riding Shotgun

Are your drivers engaging in risky driving behavior? Learn how to track your business fleet’s driving behavior with GPS vehicle tracking.

Team management

Busting the Myths About GPS Fleet Tracking

GPS Fleet Tracking Myths that can impede a company’s progress and success. Too many myths have grown up around it, and we are here to off...

Business management

Safety in the Age of the “Connected Truck”

Connected vehicles use different communication technologies to make driving safer and more efficient. Read how telematics helps you have...

Safety & security

A Look Into the Future of Fleet Management

Do you want to know what is the future of fleet management? Here are three trends you might see in fleet management in both the near and...

Business management

Introducing New Technology Into Your Business

Check out some tips on how to comfortably transition employees into new fleet technology. You can help make workplace technology less int...

Business management

Optimize Operations with Workforce Management

Employees are our biggest expenditure, why not ensure they are operating at the most efficient level possible? One benefit of a workforce...

Business management

Making GPS Work Underground: The Ford Story

Near Kansas City in Missouri lies SubTropolis, an underground business complex (potentially the largest in the world) covering more than ...

Business management

Top 8 Challenges Enterprise Fleet Managers Face

Large enterprise companies that cover a vast area, own thousands of vehicles, and are responsible for a huge number of drivers across sev...

Business management

How Does GPS Tracking Report on Speeding?

As part of our basics of telematics series we’re looking at the connection between how GPS data is used to track and report on spee...

Business management

Decoding All Those Telematics Acronyms

Acronyms. Love or hate them, they’re here to stay and there’s every sign that we will see their numbers growing, particularly with the sp...

Business management

Enterprise Fleet Management Dashboard: Tame Big Data

As telematics enters the era of big data and the connected Internet of things, fleet managers are staring down the barrel of an informati...

Business management

6 Advantages of Working with a Single Vendor

Like the universe, the enterprise software marketplace is expanding rapidly. More and more vendors are entering the market, often with a ...

Business management

How Do Construction Companies Use GPS Tracking?

When we think of GPS, we generally think of portable devices found on the dashboard of a vehicle, guiding the driver with turn-by-turn di...

Business management

What Is Telematics?

The word “telematics” stems from the combination of telecommunications and informatics, and it was the joining of these two s...

Business management

GRITIT streamlines its operations in the field and provides additio...

While most Britons are enjoying their summer holidays, GRITIT is hard at work getting ready for the long, cold winter months ahead. It's ...

Case study Business management

Making Your Fleet Solution Fit: API Integration

When you buy software off the shelf, it doesn't always fit your organization's IT infrastructure exactly. You may need it to integrate, o...

Business management