GPS Tracking – Newly-Installed GPS Tracking Devices Reveal Slacker Truckers
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
In a tight economy, anyone lucky enough to still have a job is probably being asked to tighten his belt and keep his nose to the grindstone.
It doesn’t seem too much to ask, especially in a municipality, which operates off public monies.
The mayor’s attempt to run a tight ship in Dyersburg, TN almost ended up with a sinking ship. GPS tracking devices were installed on city vehicles, to see if departments could be run more productively. What the vehicle tracking reports revealed was embarrassing gaps in service, laziness and wastefulness.
People in the GPS tracking business are always extolling the benefits of their vehicle tracking devices. One application is in small business. GPS tracking can greatly increase efficiency. Vehicle tracking receivers capture satellite signals and determine an object’s location exactly, within feet or inches of accuracy. GPS tracking updates position every few seconds or minutes, depending on the vehicle tracking device. With that GPS tracking data, a business owner can “see” where any vehicle is, its direction, speed, and every stop.
In a business sense, GPS tracking can also reveal where employees are wasting time, and therefore money. (more…)
