In general,
PURPOSE and EXPECTATION
1. Provide users real-time position of vehicles.
2. Changes in a part of work procedures.
IMPACT of CHANGE
+ Reduce cost of making phone calls to truck crew, internal and external customers.
+ Minimize time of checking location of the trucks.
+ Reduce time to check job status.
+ Can ensure internal/external customers of estimate time of arrival.
+ Can help navigate the new driver to customers’ location on time.
+ Minimize fine payment in case of delayed pickup/delivery.
+ Can focus more logistic management. Planning for best routes, monitoring truck crew performance, controlling timetables.
+ Statistically support decision making in case of new customers, new route and new trucks.
+ Help management in case of urgent pickup/delivery/accident/broken down truck.
- Operators need to learn and adapt to changing procedure.
- Take some time in the beginnings.
- Acceptable inaccurate position of trucks. (nature of civilian GPS)
- Obstacles in programming and interface with GPS data.
- Cost of system development.
Please kindly consider.