Running a fleet sometimes means using technological assistance to respond quickly to issues that come your way, whether from customers waiting or from deadlines looming.
With an advanced fleet management system, you can prevent breakdowns, optimise routes, and stay on top of your fleets’ every move in real time!
But wait, does your old system offer these features?
Dive in to discover how upgrading to a modern FMS with smart features can do for your fleet operations.
Fleet management software (FMS) is seen as the right-hand man beside many businesses that run fleets. It provides managers with increased visibility to all their fleet activities, allows managers to easily manage their vehicles and drivers, and gathers all vehicle data for you to use however you see fit to improve your fleet.
The gathered data is served to you on a silver platter through a fleet management platform— the ultimate fleet management tool that gives you instant access to all the vital information of your fleet. With a click of a button, you’ll feast your eyes on your fleet costs, how much fuel it uses, a full list of your vehicle inventory, vehicle usage ratings, the driving behaviour of your drivers, and more.
As amazing as this is, some fleet management systems can’t keep up with your business. Some Legacy fleet systems may not be able to collect such a large amount of data from your fleet or not be updated to run as fast or offer as many solutions as the modern FMS would.
Legacy fleet systems are usually the classic or original fleet management systems that have been around since the early days of fleet management. These systems don't have the latest features or technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) or telematics, but they still assist in managing fleets to some extent.
While these systems have served their purpose, they come with limitations and challenges that can interfere with how the modern manager efficiently oversees their fleet.
If your goal is to run an effective, productive fleet that you can monitor and track easily, then using an FMS and its amazing features is exactly what your business needs.
Fleet management software provides features that can provide valuable insights into a fleet. Five of them can change the way you manage your fleet.
With the help of GPS technology, cellular networks and tracking units, fleet management software can gather real-time vehicle location information along with the vehicle’s odometer reading and speeding, allowing managers to have increased visibility on the whereabouts and activity of their fleet and equipment.How does knowing the location of your vehicles help your business?
Every smart fleet management software should be able to read your entire fleet, track usage and mileage, and inform you when your vehicles need a touch-up, either through regular maintenance checks or full vehicle servicing.
Fleet management software tracks maintenance schedules and notifies businesses when it's time for essential tasks like oil changes or inspections. This proactive approach prevents breakdowns and expensive repairs, ensuring reliable fleet operations.
Cartrack’s proactive maintenance feature can schedule fleet maintenance by generating reminders for essential services based on mileage or manufacturer recommendations. This ensures your vehicles stay in tip-top condition, reduces downtime and extends the vehicle's lifespan, all these support growth in a company.
This FMS feature focuses on your drivers and ensures their safety, whether driving within a site or on the open road. It does this by observing driver behaviour and monitoring factors such as speeding, abrupt braking or turning, idle time, fuel usage, and wear and tear.
Managers can then use this information to identify areas for improvement in driver training, encourage them to drive safer and implement driver safety protocols.
Cartrack can lend a helping hand here through its reports, alerts and driver scorecards. These risk reports and driver scorecards monitor driver behaviour and detect risky actions like speeding or harsh braking. These valuable insights into fleet performance and driver behaviour can enable informed decisions towards optimised operations as the company expands plus help you effectively train your drivers to promote safer driving habits and mitigate the chances of accidents, saving your business thousands in costs.
Fuel management is one of the biggest responsibilities for fleet managers (and one of the costliest). FMS provides fuel tracking and analysis tools to help businesses monitor fuel consumption, identify inefficiencies, and implement strategies to reduce fuel costs.
No matter the size of your fleet, Cartrack assists in tracking its fuel consumption through fuel level monitoring. This can detect fuel theft and also allow you to track fuel costs through MiFleet, our cost management system that provides a full list of all fleet transactions, including fuel.
This doesn't just show you how much you spend on fuel but also helps validate transactions by showing where transactions occurred, the location of your vehicle when transactions occurred to correspond, the litres poured and the vehicle's tank capacity. For growing companies with ever-increasing fuel transaction receipts, a tool like this is extremely valuable.
Take ‘gut feelings’ out of the equation and trust in accurate fleet data and reports that show real-time information about your fleet. Through FMS’s telematics, data is automatically taken from your vehicles, encompassing fuel consumption, engine performance, and driver behaviour.
For further comprehension, this data can be split into customisable reports for you to easily analyse and identify areas for enhancement and make smart informed decisions regarding your fleet operations. As your business grows it sometimes gets harder to follow and understand incoming data, Cartrack’s fleet platform has more than 40 reports that can compile all your information into easy-to-understand reports for your convenience.
After seeing what more smart FMS systems like Cartrack can do and how you can use these five amazing features to improve fleet operations, the question remains, ‘Do you want to stick beside your legacy fleet system or upgrade to a system with more muscle on its bones?
Fleet management software is one of the most popular software in the fleet industry.
Many businesses gravitate towards modern fleet technology because of the efficiency it offers, the scale it can operate in (taking in information of whatever the size of the business), the ability to adapt and grow with your business and the ability to assist businesses in transitioning from manual fleet management to automated fleet management.
From the small bakery down the road with 2 vehicles that transport their confectionaries to local supermarkets to the global vehicle tracking company that is Cartrack with its large fleet, fleet management systems are used across the board to track vehicles, monitor drivers, scale operations, improve safety measures and so on.
If all this doesn't convince you of the global use of FMS, I’ll leave it up to the numbers.
The global fleet management market size has been reported to reach an estimated $34 billion by next year (2025) at a CAGR of about 11.3%.
If the compelling words of ‘fleet efficiency’ or ‘streamlined operation’ aren’t enough to sway you to upgrade your system from a legacy fleet system to an advanced fleet management software to experience the five essential FMS features, then maybe these benefits will push you to take the first step in investing in a smart fleet management system that can propel your business towards the future.
Need a business that can help you track your fleet, manage your drivers and scale your operations with these five features and more? Look no further than Cartrack.
When one thinks about the future of their business, they often think bigger, better, and more efficient. Planning to scale your business and reach new heights requires years of dedication, a strong commitment to boosting your business operations and smart tools that can handle your growing business.
Cartracks fleet solutions are all built to handle your growing business, and even encourage it.
Let me explain, Cartrack provides industry-leading products that offer proven fleet solutions with flexible packages that fit any business and industry. Even if you're planning to grow your business over the years, Cartrack solutions can accommodate the positive change and grow with you.
To follow the changing times, Cartrack fleet software can be integrated with other systems, from dispatch management software to electric vehicle systems, if you run an EV fleet, opening a world of scalability.
As seen in the video, Cartrack provides businesses with all they need to lead a thriving business in the 21st century and beyond. With new cutting-edge softwares being invented year by year, FMS have to be able to keep up, adapt and further provide value for businesses.
Ease your fleet management woes and lead your business forward with Cartrack as your fleet management partner of choice.
