Resources tagged field management

Fleet Management Buyer's Guide
Fleet Management Buyer's Guide

Find out how GPS fleet tracking works and how to find the right solution for your business with our Buyer's Guide.

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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.

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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

Government Fleets Transform with Data Insights

Whether it’s for analyzing the effectiveness of programs and activities or making data-driven decisions, access to performance metrics an...

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

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

Report: Embracing Modern Field Service

Field service organizations (FSOs) are facing increased pressure to meet customer demands, improve efficiency and reduce repeat trips. Fi...

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Three Ways Telematics Makes It Easy to Be “Green”

In the face of ever-growing state and federal regulations around sustainable fleet management and carbon emissions, owners and managers i...

Vehicle & equipment management

Webinar: Digital Transformation for Profit Growth

The webinar, “Increase Business Profits with a Digital Transformation,” sponsored by Verizon Connect, focused on digital transformation i...

Business management

Field Service Management Buyer’s Guide

Software can be complex, but the buying process doesn’t have to be. Get our checklists, tips and steps to researching and purchasing the ...

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What Makes a Best-in-Class Field Service Fleet?

Field service management software eliminates the need to make multiple phone call to learn workers’ locations or to get updates on jobs, ...

Business management

2019 Guide to Asset & Fleet Tracking: Construction

Technology can help improve business outcomes and mitigate challenges in construction by addressing the needs of your fleet, drivers and ...

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Nine Ways to Make Truck Fleet Management Smarter

There are plenty of fleet management solutions out there but how many are actually suitable for fleets running heavy-duty trucks? The rea...

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

2018 Fleet Tracking Trends Report

Are you tracking? This informative analysis looks at how companies of all sizes navigate GPS tech solutions—and the positive contribution...

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6 Benefits of Telematics for Public Fleets

From finding fleet funding and streamlining fuel costs to grappling with vehicle utilization and maintenance, public fleets are often for...

Business management

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

Key to Sustainability and Growth: Your Back Office

We’re offering a few suggestions on how using telematics in your home office can help cut costs, while promoting growth and sustainabil...

Business management

Your 2019 Resolution: A Data-Driven Fleet

Explore how the right fleet management software provides reports that can help translate mountains of data into truly actionable insights...

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

Prepare for the Season of Greater Driving Hazards

As colder months and harsh weather creep in and traffic increases due to holiday travel, it’s the perfect time to prepare your fleet driv...

Safety & security

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

Leveraging Tech for a Safer Landscaping Fleet

The latest GPS fleet tracking solutions can help today’s landscapers enhance fleet safety and achieve a more productive workforce while s...

Safety & security

Government Fleets Must Prepare for a Digital Future

The right fleet management technology can help government fleets of any size rise to these challenges and also help them prepare for futu...

Business management

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

Smooth Implementation Part 2: Make It Pain-Free

These five steps will help you manage a smooth transition into a system that affects everyone in your business, including your customers,...

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

What Top-of-the-Line Fleet Safety Looks Like

Take a look at what top fleets are doing in this highly competitive space to implement the latest technologies to enforce safe driving be...

Safety & security

How Government Fleets use Telematics to Help Reduce Costs

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

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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...

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How to Drive New Growth with Your Existing Fleet

Before you invest money in additional equipment or staffing, it’s imperative you explore ways to first improve business efficiency withou...

Business management

9 Mistakes to Avoid in Telematics Implementation

Understanding and mapping out how your team is going to use this new technology, researching options on the market, making a purchase dec...

Business management

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

Fleet Connections 2018: The Data-Driven Fleet

How does your company compare to others when it comes to its use of fleet technology? How might your company take advantage of fleet data...

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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

Signs You’re Ready to Implement Telematics

GPS fleet tracking can provide the data-based insight into your operations that helps you make educated business decisions as you reach f...

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

Smooth Implementation Part 1: The Right Solution

A smooth implementation is key to seeing that ROI quickly. Here are five things you want to do before signing that contract with GPS fle...

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

Doing More with Less

As your business grows you might think the only way to meet the increased demand is buy more trucks and hire more drivers but there’s ano...

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10 Steps to a Seamless Telematics Implementation

There is a best way to choose and deploy fleet management software that minimizes disruption to your business and sets you up on the fast...

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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

[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

5 Signs You're Ready for Telematics

You’ve looked into GPS fleet tracking, and you’re on the fence for one reason or another. You’re not sure your business is large enough t...

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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

Solving Common Trucking & Distribution Business Problems

Some of the best business lessons come from seeing how companies like yours handle the same challenges you face every day. Download this ...

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Landscaping Contractors’ Greatest Challenges

Landscaping contractors face many challenges but I believe the three major ones are, recruiting quality employees, retaining those employ...

Business management

Government Fleet Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Government fleets face many of the same challenges and concerns other fleets encounter; and conversely, government fleets can benefit in ...

Business management

The Trends Transforming On-the-Go Business

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

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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

Transport Companies Differentiate with Technology

Luxury coach and transport businesses can see enhanced efficiency, customer satisfaction and driver safety with GPS tracking technology.

Business management

Ask the Expert: Service and Support

Verizon Connect discusses service and support to help customers maximize ROI on fleet or field service management.

Business management

What You Should Know About Rising Fuel Prices

Gas prices are already on the rise across the country in the first few weeks of 2018, and it's unknown how high they'll reach. For carri...

Business management

New England vs. Philadelphia: Winners on the Road

Just in time for the Big Game this Sunday, our infographic compares these two cities side by side to determine who takes the lead on 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

Bill Howe Plumbing Reduces Annual Accidents by 87%

Bill Howe Companies (plumbing, HVAC and flooding and restoration services) improved safety scores and productivity with GPS fleet trackin...

Case study 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...

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What Is Telematics?

Telematics is the technology of sending, receiving and storing information related to remote objects, such as vehicles, via telecommunica...

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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...

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BYOD: Friend or Foe?

Technicians without the right technology readily available in the field can cause more challenges than you’re prepared to deal with. Equ...

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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 ...

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6 Benefits of GPS Fleet Tracking for Professional Contractors

Learn what unique benefits professional contractors can experience with GPS tracking to take your business forward and ahead of the compe...

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5 Ways to Optimize Your Fleet

These 5 tips can help you optimize your fleet to maximize revenue growth and reduce operational expenses, putting and keeping more money ...

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9 Secrets to Reducing Operating Expenses

Hidden and preventable expenses may be hurting your bottom line. We can help you reduce costs of operating your business with these 9 sec...

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Tales from the Road: Driving Time Remaining

Much of the industry has been in an uproar ever since the adoption of the Final Rule back in late 2015 that the implementation of electro...

Compliance

Life After the ELD Mandate

If you’re still hoping the ELD mandate will be delayed or overturned, then American Trucking Association (ATA) President and CEO Chris Sp...

Compliance

Landscapers Tackle Their Challenges on the Turnaround Tour

During the recent National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) LANDSCAPES 2017 conference and GIE+EXPO, attendees were treated ...

Business management

Winning with ELD: Going Beyond Compliance

If the attendance at our recent ELD-focused webinars is any indication, many of you are still in investigation phase of finding the right...

Compliance

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

Winning with ELD: Customers Cut Costs with LogBook

The phrase “pinching pennies” can sometimes have a negative connotation. Some may read it and immediately think of “cheap” or “frugal.” B...

Compliance

One Hour Heating uses GPS fleet tracking to serve more customers

Verizon Connect Customer One Hour Heating Uses GPS Tracking and improves use of time and driver behavior. The company saved $750 per wee...

Case study Team management

Leading Medical Device Manufacturer Benefits from Fleet Software

Download this Medical Imaging Company's Fleet Telematics Case Study and Read How This Leading Medical Device Manufacturer Benefits from F...

Case study Team management

DiPinto Brothers Transportation slashes payroll costs with GPS flee...

By improving its ability to plan routes, keep track of vehicle activity and better respond to customer demands, DiPinto Brothers has save...

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

Deep South Equipment Makes Seamless Switch to Verizon Connect Reveal

Deep South Equipment installed GPS tracking on their industrial equipment fleet and reported an easy switch and enhanced capabilities wit...

Case study Team management

Dallas Plumbing Company Slashes Costs by Switching to Verizon Conne...

Dallas Plumbing uses GPS fleet tracking from Verizon Connect to lower costs, increase efficiency, and grow in the competitive Air Conditi...

Case study Team management

Fleet Tracking Keeps Drivers Safe and Helps Deliver More Packages O...

Delivery truck tracking helps DR Sherry save on fuel & increase the number of deliveries trucks can make per day. GPS has helped their tr...

Case study Business 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

Verizon Connect GPS Fleet Tracking Helps Concrete Coring Company Be...

Concrete Coring Company needed a way to reduce costs during the economic recession

Case study Business management

Camping Companies, Inc., Controls Its Mobile Workforce

Camping Companies was looking for a GPS Tracking System to better service its clients and manage employees in the field

Case study Team management

B C S Fence Builds Customer Service Reputation with GPS Fleet Tracking

BCS Fences Improves Customer Service with GPS from Verizon Connect. The company relies on customer referrals to grow business, learn how ...

Case study Team management

ACRT Leaves Previous GPS Provider for Verizon Connect Superior Feat...

ACRT Leaves Previous GPS Provider for More Features, Increased Reliability and Superior Customer Service With Verizon Connect.

Case study Safety & security

Winning with ELD: Driving revenue with Logbook

Cash. Pocket change. Benjamins. Moola. Bacon. Paper. No matter what you call it, it still means one thing—money. And without money, busin...

Compliance

Winning with ELD: Improving Your Productivity

Does this sound familiar? It’s 8am at ABC Trucking Company, and there’s already a flurry of activity going on. Drivers are milling around...

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

Countdown to ELD with a Trucking Expert

We chat with the Heavy Duty Trucking Experts prior to our August 29 webinar “Countdown to ELD: Get Your Burning Questions Answered.”

Compliance

Countdown to ELD with a Compliance Expert

The countdown to ELD is definitely on, and the chances are that you have a lot of questions about what the ELD mandate means for your fle...

Compliance

[Webinar] 4 Myths and Bundled ELD Solutions

In this webinar, learn about 4 ELD Myths and everything you need to know, fact and fiction, about the mandate and how our bundled solutio...

Compliance

Avoid the Trickle-Down Effect: A Broken-Down Fleet

Do you know the impact on your fleet of having just one broken down fleet vehicle? Learn how a GPS tracking solution can help you stay o...

Vehicle & equipment management

Eliminate Paperwork to Get More Done

Using field service software eliminates paperwork tasks that suck up so much of the workday, giving you time back in your day for the imp...

Business management

Effects of Harsh Driving and Missed Maintenance

Read how harsh driving costs your business & how GPS fleet tracking helps you monitor driver behavior and fleet maintenance needs, saving...

Vehicle & equipment management

Do More with the Fleet You Have Now

Wish you had more vehicle or more time? Make the most of your assets and learn how GPS vehicle tracking can help you get more done in a ...

Business management

Are You Doing All You Can for Fleet Maintenance?

Are you doing all you can to keep up with fleet vehicle maintenance? Learn how keeping current on maintenance can help costs, productivit...

Vehicle & equipment management

Rescue 911: Create a Stolen Asset Plan

Explore fundamental concepts of loss control. This essential article will teach you the sound principles to keep your fleet moving.

Vehicle & equipment management

Dispatch Without the “Crazy Wall” of Sticky Notes

A GPS vehicle tracking solution can help you eliminate job dispatch whiteboards. Our field service management software keeps all your jo...

Team management

The Effects of Harsh Driving on Fuel and Vehicles

Learn the effects of harsh driving on fuel and vehicles. And, how GPS vehicle tracking can help by monitoring driving styles to point out...

Safety & security

Scheduling Snafus: Avoiding the Domino Effect

GPS vehicle tracking eliminates scheduling and dispatch problems, such as helping you understand how long each jobs take so dispatching t...

Business management

Helping BMC focus on safety and service

"We service our customers better than anyone in the industry," says Dan Daly, director of operations support at BMC. It is this mantra th...

Case study Safety & security

Quick ROI on field service software for Zayo Group

Zayo Group manages more than 350 vehicles in the field with mobile workers spread across the US and Canada. As Zayo Group provides vital ...

Case study Business management

Billing and Invoicing Made Easier and Faster

It’s tough to ensure everyone and everything gets paid on time, from employees to utilities to rent? Here are the best ways to manage bil...

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

Workforce Management for the Digital Age

Erase that whiteboard and learn more about how the Work platform can help your business run smoother. See how we can Make Scheduling and ...

Business management

What Is a Connected Vehicle?

As the IoT revolution gains momentum, one phrase you’re likely to hear more often is ‘connected vehicle’.What is a connected vehicle, how...

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

Eliminate Process Gaps to Cut Operational Costs

Increase savings and efficiency for your business with these cost cutting ideas. Learn more about how to cut operational costs.

Business management

Smart logistics give Alliance Radiology a reputation for reliability

Alliance Radiology has been supporting healthcare providers for over 30 years and they know well that the industry demands special attent...

Case study Team management

Accurate, Efficient, Simplified Timecard Reporting

Discover the benefits of employee time reporting systems with tips. Increase data accuracy and revenue while decreasing labor costs.

Business management

5 Tips for Effective Fleet Maintenance Planning

Developing and implementing an effective fleet maintenance plan can be easy. When developing your fleet’s maintenance plan, ask yourself ...

Vehicle & equipment 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

Is Fleet Management Scalable for Small Fleets?

Most small business owners think of a GPS vehicle tracking solution as a great tool for the “big guys”. Here are a few tips on business c...

Business management

Monitoring More Than Just Vehicles with GPS Asset Tracking

GPS tracking is an indispensable fleet management solution that can help to boost efficiency and improve fleet safety. However, the resou...

Business management

Why Are Metrics So Important to Your Fleet Safety Program?

Measuring fleet safety can seem more art than science. How do you know your fleet is safe? Is it merely the absence of accidents? Is it j...

Safety & security

Improved Fleet Management With Telematics Reports

Fleet managers have a lot on their plate and, as a result, often lack the time and resources necessary to monitor their vehicles and driv...

Business management

2015 Fleet and Vehicle Management Survey Findings

More than 1,100 business owners, fleet operators, and general managers participated in a recent survey about their biggest fleet manageme...

Business management

Geofencing: Reduce Cost and Simplify Fleet Service

Learn these Key Details About How Geofencing Can Streamline Productivity & Reduce Costs. Not Sure What a GPS Geofence is, Click to Learn ...

Business management

Enterprise Fleet Management Solutions

The larger your company, the more important it is to track the location of your vehicles and equipment. Through GPS tracking and wireless...

Business management

What Do Fleet Managers Do?

Learn what fleet managers do and how tools like GPS fleet monitoring software help them cut costs, increase productivity and improve safety.

Business management

5 Elements of an Effective Fleet Safety Program

Our guest blogger Brad Penneau brings nearly 30 years of motor carrier safety, compliance, risk management and operations experience. Bra...

Safety & security

The Evolution of Fleet Managers

It'۪s becoming increasingly common to see tasks traditionally performed by humans now done by technology or computers. Many fear that som...

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

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

GPS vs. Telematics: How Do They Compare?

You are probably familiar with the average GPS device; maybe it’s a Garmin, a Navman or even a smartphone running something like Google M...

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

5 Best Truck Stops in America

See our lists of the 5 Best Truck Stops in America and why. Valuable information for truckers and road trippers. See which provide the e...

Business management

Common Costly Mistakes in Fleet Planning

Fleet planning, like a lot of business planning, can be a hit OR miss affair. It’s not always an exact science. But there is a big ...

Business management

Manage All Your Mobile Assets on One Dashboard

How many of your mobile assets are you managing using location-based software? None, a few, or the whole fleet? One thing is certain: it ...

Business management

Driver Scorecards Improve Safety and Reduce Operational Costs

If you collected baseball cards as a kid (or maybe still do), the most distinctive attribute of that baseball card after the picture on t...

Safety & security

Driving: One of the Most Dangerous Oilfield Jobs

You might think there are jobs on an oil or gas field that are a lot more dangerous than driving.These guys are working with menacing equ...

Safety & security

Telematics Solutions for New Fleet Vehicles

In the past getting telematics for your fleet was often a complicated process. Aftermarket hardware installations, rewiring vehicles, dow...

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

How Telematics Can Improve Your Construction Business

Construction can be a tough industry to succeed in — tight project deadlines, demanding work conditions and challenging building projects...

Business management

Do You Know How Good Your Drivers Really Are?

Do you know how good your drivers really are? Here are ten performance indicators you should watch!We all know there are challenges with ...

Team management