GPS Tracking Devices for Transportation & Logistics Industry

Summary

This blog discusses the role of GPS tracking devices in the transportation and logistics industry. 

GPS technology helps to monitor vehicles, optimize routes, manage fuel consumption, improve time management, increase transparency, control theft, evaluate costs, and enhance fleet management efficiency. Overall, GPS devices have become a necessary tool for businesses to improve their operations and increase profits.

Global Positioning System (GPS), it is a worldwide satellite navigation system, which helps to capture the exact location point with time synchronization. The GPS system runs with 3 elements: satellites, ground stations and receiver. 

GPS units are used in many sectors like the aviation industry, smartphone industry, logistics industry, Shipping industry, defence research sector, space research sector, mining sector, even in the wildlife sector and many more. GPS units are used in many different devices but the purpose of using a GPS unit was the same.

Role of GPS Devices in the Logistics Industry

In general, logistics are said to be the management of transportation between the point of origin to point of consumption. Logistical Industry is known for complex operations. To overcome those complex operations GPS is used in the logistic industry.

GPS in the logistics industry leads to the Vehicle tracking system. The fleet tracking system supports for better vehicle management and business growth. A GPS device in a vehicle used to capture the live location of the vehicle and helps in monitoring vehicle performance, driver behaviour to improve vehicle productivity and cost management.

How does GPS Technology work with the Transportation System?

The GPS system has a specific architecture to work with vehicle tracking systems. It needs 3 components:

  • a GPS unit for tracking,
  • a server and
  • a user interface application.

1. GPS unit for Tracking

As you know a GPS unit will capture the exact position or location. When a GPS device is installed in a vehicle it captures the exact latitude and longitude position with time synchronization of a vehicle. The data in the GPS unit will be transmitted to serve with telecommunication technology.

2. Server for Centralized Resource and Services

A server can be a physical or virtual machine, which helps you to store and retrieve information. The data from the GPS tracking unit was stored securely in a server.

3. Web / Mobile Application

An application acts as a user interface to access the data. The data which is stored in the server was retrieved and made accessible for the user in an application.

How GPS Tracking Devices can Help to Transportation & Logistics Sector

Interestingly, a small device GPS plays many roles in the transportation industry that are beneficial for vehicle and business management.

GPS devices help you to monitor vehicles and drivers. It also supports your business in many ways. Listing some of the benefits

1. Improved Fleet Management

This feature is all about effective organizational planning. The vehicle tracking system is a key component in the fleet management system. Apart from using GPS device data for monitoring, that data can also be used to make decisions.  

An advanced GPS system in fleet management leads you to achieve increased efficiency and productivity with a small budget. 

2. Route Optimization

By GPS device we can plan and monitor the route of the vehicle. Route optimization is a technique to control the consumption of fuel, time management, cost management and also the performance of the vehicle. 

Route optimization is a better way to handle fleet in the organization. Route optimization follows a particular algorithm and gives you the best result.

By this method you can increase productivity of the organization by lowering cost in many ways of a fleet management organization. 

3. Fuel Monitoring

Managing fuel consumption is a herculean task in a fleet organization. In transportation and logistics industry fuel spent is around 25% of their business, so managing fuel and monitoring form a prime task for fleet managers.

The GPS devices installed in the vehicle will help fleet managers to guide drivers and mange the vehicle performance.

Fuel management can’t be done alone with GPS devices, for efficient management, fleet managers should go for fuel monitoring solutions to analyse fuel data and avoid fuel theft.

4. Time Management.

Time Management is a basic and important job in an organization. Time management is interlinked with customer satisfaction and company production. 

By using GPS devices we can find the best and short route which helps you to deliver goods on time to the customer. Which brings a positive voice over the company by the customer.

Also, by using GPS devices a short route company can schedule and complete the task quickly. Which increases productivity in the organization.

5. Transparency

Transparency is an element where it also interlinks with the customer satisfaction. A customer can also track the vehicle whether it is on the right route and our goods are safe.

This transparency increases the relationship between the organization and the customer.

6. Theft Control

The rate of crimes is increasing day-by-day. Vehicle thefting brings huge loss to an organization. To overcome this problem GPS devices are used for theft control.

Gps devices can exactly point out the location of the stolen vehicle. Once the vehicle engine stops automatically alerts are sent to the concerned organization via SMS or calls.

7. Highly efficient

GPS device provides real time updates on your vehicle to the organization. In a fleet management organization GPS devices play a major role to increase productivity, performance and efficiency.

Whatever the problems faced by the vehicle on route you can manage those issues with a GPS device.

8. Cost evaluation

By GPS device the cost of fuel consumption is measured and maintained and also we can deduct if any old vehicle performance was bad. 

GPS devices are one of the ways to control the cost in various sectors and help to manage vehicles and drivers.

The GPS system became a necessary one in the logistics industry. The idea of business combined with technology brought GPS; as the technology improves, your business will also improve. This is how GPS devices occupy’s transportation system.

Let your vehicle cross the world and enhance profit; all you want to do is relax in a chair with a remote device to control your fleet.

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