While GPS's consumer popularity took off, with more and more models of cars offering GPS, at least as an option, and Vancouver car rental companies increasingly choosing GPS equipped models, Vancouver's business fleet tracking services were a little slower to emerge.

One of the first sectors to put fleet tracking systems and software to work for them was courier companies. In a very natural match of technology and need, courier services, who had made very public commitments to on-time delivery, began using fleet tracking systems to keep track of their vast network of vehicles. It didn't take long to realize that fleet tracking offered many more benefits. When combined with barcode reading systems, courier companies cold suddenly pinpoint the location of any package and give very accurate delivery information. Each time a package is placed on a vehicle in Vancouver, its barcode is scanned to indicate it is on that vehicle. As delivery rounds are made in the vehicle, the fleet tracking system traces its location and the barcode system knows which packages are in the vehicle. Customers are able to enter their waybill number online and get the precise location in Vancouver of their packages. Instead of a fleet tracking system, it could be called a package location service.

This fleet tracking service helps courier company's in a number of ways. First, they are able to track their vehicles and, by analyzing usage reports, get more use out of each vehicle. Courier companies could also keep track of driver locations and deploy their drivers more efficiently around Vancouver. But, perhaps best of all, fleet tracking systems allowed courier companies to improve their customer service. Using fleet tracking software, courier companies made it far easier for their customers to do business with the courier, especially when they combined the tracking service with other online features, like ordering and billing. What's more, the increased customer service that fleet tracking systems offered courier clients allowed those clients to, in turn, offer increased customer service to their clients. Courier customers were able to offer their clients increased on-time performance and inventory tracking because courier companies were using fleet tracking systems. Who'd have thought fleet tracking would have so much to do with customer service?

Fleet tracking can benefit many other areas of your business. Closely related to tracking vehicle location is being able to better manage vehicle servicing and maintenance. Any company that maintains a large fleet of vehicles in Vancouver knows how important, time consuming and costly vehicle servicing can be, especially when it's emergency maintenance. With fleet tracking systems and software being able to track distances that each vehicle has travelled, very detailed and accurate vehicle maintenance records and service schedules can be maintained. Even in an emergency situation, a breakdown can be detected and addressed faster with a fleet tracking system. The larger the fleet, the larger the benefit. Even small percentage increases in fleet lifecycles, due to better maintenance and service tracking, can save companies substantial amounts of time, effort and money.

Clearly, the benefits of fleet tracking systems are not limited to tracking vehicles. They are also not limited to Vancouver companies with large fleets of vehicles. Shipping containers are being equipped with fleet tracking systems so their owners can track their locations with fleet tracking software. For container owners, gone are the days when complete containers were lost in shipping. Many Vancouver construction companies have on-site equipment that is moved from job site to job site. Not only is the location of this equipment shown in real time by fleet tracking software, but, when left on-site unattended for extended periods, fleet tracking offers security against theft of this often valuable equipment.

The uses and possibilities for fleet tracking systems and software continue to be explored. Rest assured, if your company has any sort of fleet of vehicle or assets, fleet tracking systems will help in many ways.

Nero Global is your partner in Vancouver for fleet tracking systems and software and they are committed to customer service.