Once you start to monitoring your vehicles you will be able to reduce vehicle speeds, modify routes taken and control idle times. These are just a few of the things that you can can do once you have a vehicle tracking system to help lower the cost of your fuel expenses.

Everyone knows that the fuel consumption of a vehicle increases dramatically as it goes over fifty miles per hour. It also causes early wear and tear of the tyres due to increased tyre heat. The wear and tear of tyres almost doubles at speeds over seventy miles per hour. Using your vehicle tracking system to report on activities such as driver speeding and unauthorised use of company vehicles just adds to the savings you can make.Our latest New GPS technology can be used to reduces these costs for any businesses:

• Lower fuel consumption and maintenance expenses
• Reduction in overtime of employees – At least one hour of overtime on average can be reduced per week through the use of vehicle tracking systems.
• Increased productivity of employees – With a a vehicle tracking system, you can do much more with an increase in the number of journeys, additional stops and jobs or deliveries every week.

Installing a vehicle tracking system costs around £6 per week and does not take much time to install.

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Afternoon David

Just to let you know that I have been making good use of your engine idling report.

Today I have called in almost every driver as the level of idling last week was at a totally unacceptable level. We have given them a memo highlighting not just the monetary value to the company but possible engine damage caused by this and also the significant pollution problem this can cause.

Some vehicles sat idling for over ¾  hour at a time almost every morning /evening whilst being loaded or offloaded at our depot + additional idling at customer premises, others even more than that

If every vehicle had just an average of ½  hour of unnecessary idling every day  it would be using ½  gallon of fuel which with 22 vehicles would be £55 per day at today’s fuel prices, £275 per week !!. A scary amount of wasted money over a year.

I will be monitoring this over the next few weeks and see if there is any significant decrease but just thought I’d let you know that I have indeed had my eyes opened with this report and think it is a valuable addition to the V-sol programme.

Carolyn

If you employ drivers in your business and would like to enhance the efficiency of your business then you should really consider installing  vehicle tracking systems.

What are vehicle tracking systems

These small black boxes are designed to track the location of your vehicles at all times. The main reasons why many business owners are installing vehicle tracking systems is to help keep on top of the business. V-SOL systems use GPS technology and sophisticated software to collect and analyse all your vehicles movements both in real time and historically.

What will  vehicle tracking systems acheive

This allows you to find out the exact position of their vehicles anywhere, anytime. The mapping software in the vehicle tracking systems allows everyone with access to help keep things running smoothly. This along with the reports on your computer allows you to monitor speeds, mileages and fuel consumption along with productive working time!  All this can be done after hours if necessary so you can make any changes to the business.  Not having vehicle tracking systems can really put you a disadvantage over any of your competitors that do as you can be sure they will tell all of their customers they have it.

If you would like V-SOL to help you please either call us on 0800 093 9034 or email at info@v-sol.co.uk for more information on our vehicle tracking systems.

With the recent fuel duty and oil price increases and with even more to come now is great time for your company to add a tracking system if you run a fleet of vehicles.

A vehicle tracking system can help you to save the fuel used by your company vehicles dramatically so investing in this now is a great idea.
Not only will your company save money now but the impact of the changes in fuel duty to come will be reduced.

Three ways for fuel saving with the help of V-SOL vehicle tracking systems are :

a. Monitor vehicle usage and reduce the amount of time company vehicles are used for personal reasons
b. Plan improved driver routes, providing the most cost effective method of reaching your customers without making countless round trips
c. Track driver behaviour and make sure drivers are trained to not drive in a cost wasting way – such as excessive speed or leaving the vehicle idling

Ways A Vehicle Tracking System Saves Money

Saving money is actually better than making money, and a V-SOL Vehicle Tracking System saves our customers thousands, even hundreds of thousands of pounds per year. Our Vehicle Tracking Systems feature many ways that make tracking vehicles and streamlining operations simple.

Use less fuel and stop speeding drivers

It is a fact that reducing speed by 10MPH increases fuel efficiency by 20%. Many customers report £150 savings per 10 vehicles in one month by keeping their drivers at a maximum of 65MPH. The owner of one company reported saving £4000 over two months just in fuel costs. Do the numbers for your business and add up your possible savings. The pounds add up fast—here’s a simple example with a very conservative estimate: 50 vehicles reduce speed and save £10 each per week in fuel costs. That’s £26,000 in a year. Slowing down a speeding driver can also limit tickets, accidents and litigation against your company.

Limit unnecessary trips and unauthorised use

Customers tell us their employees off-route driving completely ends once they know a vehicle tracking system is installed in their vehicle. No more extended lunches, driving off-route to go home to eat, run errands, etc. How valuable is that?

One customer reported that one driver was travelling home 60 miles per day when they should have been working. That’s a potential savings of £15-£20 in fuel per day. And that’s just for one driver. Imagine what you can save if everyone stays productive.

Ensure proper work hours, lunch breaks and overtime records

This is self explanatory, and another area where you can save thousands of pounds per year. Employees won’t likely record bogus work, lunch or overtime hours if they know their work vehicle is being tracked. If you can gain just 30 minutes of productivity each day could save as much as £1500 per employee each year. How many drivers do you have?

The more your workers actually work and record correct information, the more your business is operating cost-efficiently. The immediate impact V-SOL vehicle tracking system units provide in this category is mentioned quite often by our satisfied customers.

Monitor company fuel purchases

Let’s face the facts–fuel will only ever get more expensive, and some employees try to cut corners and cut money out of your bottom line. Can you afford even one employee stealing £20 in fuel every week (£1040/year) from your fuel account? That’s £1040 you could keep in the business! This is another area where questionable purchases can be tracked and verified with our easy-to-use Vehicle tracking software.

Theft prevention

Track all your vehicles and know whenever your vehicle is started or moved outside of your rules. This feature gives you peace of mind 24/7/365.

To summarize, the above, many companies find a return of their investment of over 5 times the cost of implementing a V-SOL vehicle tracking system.

If you have not yet fitted vehicle tracking because of employee resistance the spending review give you an opportunity to make the change.

All employees know of the impending cuts and armed with this you can reasonably justify fitted tracking as means of identifying essential savings as failure to do so could well result in having to lay people off for a period or even worse make them redundant. A really good way to focus the minds of employees

For help in making the change contact V-SOL @ info@v-sol.co.uk and quote spending review in the subject line and we will help you.

Are you looking to streamline your business? Perhaps you want to save expenditure? If you have a fleet of vehicles then a vehicle tracking system might be right for you.

We will look at how commercial vehicle tracking can help you find the savings you need.

Vehicle tracking system savings

The first area of savings is in operational costs. Drivers will have to work more efficiently because you will see any wasted time. aggressive driving or those who speed. It is possible to save up to 35 percent on fuel when you track a vehicle’s speed, idle, and routes. Other savings can be made in operational areas such as wage claims, penalty payments, and communication costs. With tracking you know where your drivers are at all times because you have real time vehicle visibility.

A real time vehicle tracking system allows you to know exactly where each vehicle is and get data regarding their speed, route, and time to their destination. You also take reports to see if they are off target or stopping at an unscheduled location. Since you do not have to use mobile phones as much to ask where your drivers are and can use communication as part of the tracking device you save revenue there as well.

A Vehicle Tracking System is about more than saving money It is also about protecting your employees. There are times when vehicles are targets of hijackings or inappropriate behaviour can lead to safety issues. In fact in 2007 the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act was changed stating any company employee could be found guilty of manslaughter and face prison time. With tracking you are able to enforce responsibility behind the wheel and send help when it is required. Even if your driver has a flat tyre or a heart attack you can get them help faster with tracking systems.

About the V-SOL vehicle tracking system

V-SOL have been providing live real time GPS vehicle tracking system longer than any other company in the UK and have helped hundreds of companies over the years achieve the above.

On the other hand it is guaranteed that the productivity of mobile workers will drop considerably.  The best way to deal with this is to mange the costs.  It may even allow some businesses to see this as a way of saving money.

With 2 games per day the savings could be as high as 20 hours a week per person during the early stages.  After all if you cant stop them you may as well save the cost of paying wages.  In fact I would guess most employees will not even complain to much as long as they are not disciplined further than wages. If business is slow at the moment it could even work to your advantage in that in place of stopping wages you could offset the lost hours by accepting  the lost time as overtime  at standard hourly rates when you need!

On the face of it the employees most probably thought it was just a harmless bit of fun. In today’s climate businesses are providing staff with more and more tools to help them do their jobs. The problem is that these tools are becoming more and more distracting and there is no doubt that productivity is dropping because of these distractions. At least if you are in an office it is possible to wander round and monitor activity, but with a mobile workforce out of sight it is pretty much impossible. With the pressure of work staff often lose themselves for hours at a time often without thinking they are costing the company money.  This is where using vehicle tracking pro-actively can make a real difference. With sales and service staff up to 30% of a working day can be spent idle.

V-SOL specialise in helping businesses turn this lost time back into productive time and that what’s makes us different. V-SOL are probably the only company still able to offer this help to customers.. Having a tracking system does not make the difference to your business, however using the information and knowledge it can provide to help employees use their time better can and generally will produce significant results.

V-SOL GPS vehicle tracking technology is constantly evolving. By keeping our products up to date with these advancements and maintaining the highest levels of service, we help ensure that clients recognise the true value of what a quality vehicle tracking system can deliver.

If you would like to know more about how we are different have a look at our case histories or give us call to discuss how V-SOL will work with you to help you get the e best value from your investment in all of the tools you provide.

Vehicle tracking will allow you to make significant improvements to operations, by generating cost savings and boosting employee performance – the key to getting these improvements comes generally not from installing the systems but from analysing and understanding the captured data. V-SOL provides consultancy as part of our service and with many years experience can help you identify where improvements can be made. V-SOL are probably the only company still able to offer this coalition of service.

V-SOL GPS vehicle tracking technology is constantly evolving. By keeping our products up to date with these advancements and maintaining the highest levels of service, we help ensure that clients recognise the true value of what a quality vehicle tracking system can deliver.

If you would like to know more about how we are different have a look at our case studies or give us call to discuss how V-SOL will work with you to help you get the best value from your investment.

With tracking it seems that for those that have it manual record keeping is no longer required. It does not matter what the vehicle is used for the information recorded can pretty much answer most questions. The thought of using diaries for noting addresses, time spent on appointments, mileages for each and every journey seems archaic. If you were to ask drivers who have had a tracking system for more than a year if they like to go back to the old way you generally get a resounding NO! The fear of big brother has all but disappeared. If you still don’t have vehicle tracking and need more convincing have a look around the V-SOL Website for more examples of how much help vehicle tracking systems provide or call us on 0800 093 9034 to discuss your requirements.