AVL Systems: Why They Are a Must in Fleet Management

Posted by Reza Tavassoli on 28-Jun-2021 10:00:00 AM

As a fleet manager, you either use an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system as a tool in your fleet management utility belt, or if you don’t, you are at least generally aware of what such systems are about.

Regardless, it would benefit all to go over how an AVL system can help optimize your fleet’s operation. Even if you already use one, the odds are you may not be using it to its full potential. And if you’re pondering whether such a system makes sense for your company, then you have come to the right place.

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Topics: AVL, fleet management solution, automated fleet data, fleet productivity, fleet efficiency, fleet safety, fleet cost management, fleet GPS tracking, fleet telematics

Out of Sight MUST Not Mean Out of Mind—AVL in Fleet Management

Posted by Reza Tavassoli on 11-Jul-2019 6:49:00 AM

Asset tracking problems = lost revenue

As fleet operators, companies acquire various mobile assets for various reasons. For all the benefits those assets bring, their increased quantity means that fleet managers are also increasing the risk of loss through operator theft and/or misuse. According to automotivefleet.com, there’s an average of 2,248 vehicles stolen each day in the United States alone, and these numbers increase on holiday when the majority of vehicles are supposed to be out of service due to holidaying drivers. Fleets contend with many related asset-tracking problems regularly, which ends up all but stalling productivity.

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Topics: fleet maintenance, vehicle data, fleet management, AVL, vehicle tracking, real-time data

We're Not Cave People - Automation in Fleet Maintenance

Posted by Reza Tavassoli on 13-Jun-2019 7:21:00 AM

Are you still using manual entry and relying on paper agendas to remind you of important fleet management details, like Preventive Maintenance check-ups? Or are you having to look for information in so many different places you aren’t sure how they connect? Have you lost a few along the way? In today’s business settings, everyone has many more tasks to attend to, and some things will slip through the cracks when we don’t use some simple tools to help us along. For instance, advanced fleet maintenance software (e.g. SM2- Maintain) and GPS tracking data have replaced the manual and time-consuming processes traditionally associated with managing your fleet maintenance. Since most of the other areas of fleet management are automated under your Fleet Management System software (FMS), automation should also be part of your maintenance management program.

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Topics: maintenance management, preventative maintenance, AVL, vehicle tracking

Big Data, Big Deal: Real-Time Data In Fleet Management

Posted by Reza Tavassoli on 14-Feb-2019 7:28:00 AM

Across industries and markets, we hear the call to real-time data collection and its importance to profitable big data analytics. Companies with fleets to manage have known this for a long time and continue to partner with fleet management system (FMS) suppliers to improve business practices and outcomes. 

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Topics: fleet fuel management, maintenance management, maintenance software optimization, vehicle data, fleet management, AVL, real-time data

A Very Liquid Asset: Your Fuel Management System's Role

Posted by Reza Tavassoli on 31-Jan-2019 7:30:00 AM
Where Your Fuel Management System Makes You Money

When discussing the high costs of fleet management, our customers often tell us fuel consumption is on par with expenses related to labor. In fact, they tend to complement each other in transparent and trackable ways. The most obvious is when your fleet increases in size, so do labor and fuel expenses. However, the relational increase isn’t always a one-to-one ratio. The question is why it sometimes seems to increase exponentially.  

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Topics: fuel management, maintenance management, fleet management, AVL, driver behaviour, vehicle tracking