Driver behavior monitoring: how smart vehicle trackers can give you clues to staff actions

If you work in the logistics sector or deal with the industry, you would have noticed several companies have switched to GPS systems. These systems help the companies track the movement of goods, drivers, consignments, and other assets. They even provide dashboards to all stakeholders, i.e., customers, suppliers, supervisors, and management, for ease of tracking. GPS maps capability also provides geofencing features.

Know the location of company employees and assets

Location tracking is definitely one of the most basic features provided by GPS systems. It also plays an essential role in tracking employees and company assets. This directly impacts employee accountability. Supervisors and other stakeholders can now keep a continuous lookout on their employees to ensure that job work is carried out correctly. IoT devices that work as part of the system help keep track of employee movements and send notification alerts if any irregularity is observed. Geofencing capabilities play a pinnacle role to ensure that supervisors immediately know when an employee steps out of the virtual fences set up around their work area. Alerts are triggered when the virtual fences are breached by employees as they step out of their virtual borders.

IoT technology influence on business and clients

IoT has definitely taken the world by storm. It has made several business operations and processes autonomously. As the human intervention is slowly being phased out, human errors are also getting reduced. Knowledge is the main driver for the adoption of new technologies. Moreover, the pace of the evolution of technologies like IoT has left governments and regulators in limbo. Another ingredient to this recipe is the rapid changes in consumer expectations and behavior.

Use of IoT in fleet management

A fleet may have several vehicles, including trucks, vans, and other vehicles that typically move goods from one place to another. As so many vehicles ply for the company’s distinct works, there is a need for recording and tracing these interactions to ensure regularity. As the events are appropriately logged and monitored, irregularities can be quickly identified and rectified. This is where IoT automates and regulates the critical element of fleet management. There are several sensors, recorders, transmitters that help IoT devices carry out their monitoring. These smart devices can be fitted onto forklift trucks and transport vehicles.

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Driver behavior monitoring

Drivers are the human link in the process of movement of goods across continents. Driver behavior monitoring is made possible with IoT devices. This helps ensure the safety of the cargo and the drivers themselves. So the driver activity is closely mmonitored these devices do help save on costs too. Any halts during driving are reported back to supervisors.

You stand to get following benefits as GPS enabled IoT devices track the behavior of your fleet drivers:

• Abuse of company assets can eb detected
• Regulatory requirements like HOS, etc can comply
• Speed violations can be logged and reported, thereby ensuring safe driving with no fines
• Geofencing with route mapping capabilities

Tracking driver location

As IoT devices keep a continuous lookout on each of the company vehicles, this way company can also track drivers. Drivers can be required to login when they are about to start their driving shift. IoT devices help the company to keep track of each of the vans and trucks in their fleet. And this, in turn, helps in monitoring their shipments. Supervisors exactly know where the goods are traveling and when the shipments are expected to arrive at their destination. Future loads and vehicle movements can be easily planned. Additionally, intelligent maps’ traffic information helps schedule the right times to move vehicles past the crowded areas. Real-time updates on accidents, rollovers, or over-speeding is another useful feature. Any sudden braking can be reported immediately to all stakeholders by the smart IoT GPS tracking devices.

Geofencing virtual location boundary can also be setup. Any breaches of this boundary can be reported in real-time. Company supervisors can also monitor the time spent by drivers on each of the trips. Fleet tracking helps to optimize workflow, reduce layover times, and prevent irregularities in time reporting by staff.

Fleet speed monitoring

IoT devices keep track of vehicle speeds, they can send out alerts to personnel involved in chain of command. The fleet managers and dispatchers are well prepared to handle changing situations. Drivers can be disciplined with speed reports generated by the IoT devices.

Unexpected events monitoring

Accelerometers fitted in the GPS trackers have detection capabilities for sudden braking or rollovers. Such events are critical to maintaining good quality of the cargo (especially if it is sensitive material). Accelerometers provide harsh event monitoring in real-time.

IoT-driven system can provide real-time feedback to drivers on their smartphone or tablet. Real-time notifications can also be customized to send as push notifications. This way any untoward events can be avoided.

Engine Idling and Hours of use

As fleet vehicles are idling or running for no reason, they consume fuel and cause wastage of resources. When an intelligent GPS monitoring device is available on the vehicle, it can provide fuel wastage reports to ensure efficient usage.

Eelinkteck GPS tracker fleet management solutions

Shenzhen Eelink Communication Technology Co Ltd enables an efficient fleet management via their IoT enabled monitoring devices. GPS beacons are an example of extremely suitable fleet monitoring products. They can cover all the major aspects of your fleet. IoT devices report any fluctuations and unforeseen circumstances that pose a risk to your company’s cargo moving capabilities. The beacons are the best GPS IoT devices for fleet managers who need all-round reporting of their fleet vehicles. The software is fully compatible with populay mobile device OS like iOS and Android OS. The devices manufactured by Eelinktech definitely give expensive GPS sensors a run for their money.

Salient features of Eelinktech Fleet Management solutions

·         Multiple connections capabilities – The equipment can work with several connection technologies like LTE/LTE-M/NB-IOT/satellite/Wi-Fi/BLE devices.

• High precision GPS and GLONASS – These high accuracy positioning systems use a 72 channel high sensitivity receiver for pinpoint positioning.
• Full track of historical movements – Tracking items with the added capability to know the variables like temperature and humidity went out of bounds for specified ranges. If there is a dispute with any stakeholder, the variances records can easily be pulled out of the system.
• A multitude of support capabilities of system and equipment – Devices and equipment provide support like tracking of location, temperature, humidity, motion detection, and ambient light intensity.
• Fall or impact detection alerts – Alerts are sent whenever g-forces exceed the set ranges

More benefits of deploying IoT in business operations

Ensure safe patrolling activities

Adding another level to accountability features, GPS systems can be used to make sure mobile patrols are conducted safely. The system can track vehicles to keep track of undesirable events like overspeeding, any hard stops that may cause shock to cargo, and sudden fast acceleration to provide a comprehensive overview of your employee driving habits. GPS systems provide tracking details to supervisors, clients, suppliers, and other stakeholders for an idea about vehicle patrol party location. As the vehicle speeds, stops and haults are records, you can check vehicle speeds at each level. Such type of tracking means that driver behavior is to be monitored and ensures the vehicle fleet’s longevity.

Curtail possibilities of false claims

First off, any reimbursement claims made by the employees or contractors can be cross-checked from the tracking records. In case of receipt of clients’ complaints, you can sift through the employee records and check for compliance. GPS tracking systems can definitely monitor and track the movements of employees. They can even track several company assets’ movements in the form of vehicles, vans, pallets, etc. The GPS systems record l0ocation with each check-in and report. They provide you with a historical view of where your employees were and what time.