GPS Tracking Is Unnecessary I Can Keep Track of My Fleet Well Enough Using Cell Phones/ Handhelds.
Though useful as communication tools, cell phones/handhelds cannot provide the kind of information that's really useful to security and fleet managers: real-time vehicle location, engine status, history of stops and stop times and other metrics security and the business needs, such as mileage, fuel consumption or speeding patterns.
In fact, cell phones and handhelds have proven to be an inefficient way of managing a mobile workforce because they can so easily be turned off, left at home or somewhere else, dropped/damaged, etc. And when they are functioning correctly, they are usually with a person, so the security or fleet manager ends up tracking people rather than mobile assets.
"With the handheld GPS cell phones, we were not able to track vehicles. We had some instances where employees would just simply turn the phones off. If the phone is turned off, you can't track the trucks. The system becomes totally ineffective," pointed out John Bouchet, founder and owner, Boucher Real Estate Co.
All GPS Tracking Systems Are Essentially Equal You Experience the Same Benefits Regardless of Who's Providing the Data.