How does GPS Asset Tracking work?

1. Why GPS Asset Tracking is Important?

Your fleet and the asset they carry are valuable for your business. Recognizing where they are at any specific moment is of first importance to operating efficiently. Using GPS tracking devices and tracking system so fleet and asset managers know where and how their equipment is working. This makes sure even properties in remote places or areas without cellular service can be tracked.

From a small fleet to hundreds of trailers fleet, fleet and asset GPS tracking solutions will always let you know their accurate location and vital data. GPS tracking devices and systems also support collecting data of engine, asset utilization and idling, driving speed, driving behavior and more. Tracking worksite and assets on the road give the operator a deep insight into their efficiency and take action for better project management.

2. How Asset Tracking works and Benefits

Easy Track Asset Anytime

A GPS asset tracking device allows you to see the location of your trailer and equipment in near real-time. The benefits of GPS asset tracking solution are reducing the risk of theft and the associated asset loss losses.

Total Visibility

The great part about GPS Tracking devices and systems is that the technology does not just mention location tracking, it also gives you full visibility into the condition and activities of your trailers. All these help a lot maximize using efficiency and improve chauffeur security, and reduce idle times.

With Gosafe GPS Asset Tracking device, you will collect the information including geofence alerts, speeding up alerts, door condition and real-time tracking you can have full visibility of your valuable asset from start to finish.

Using GPS asset management system, you will not only get benefit from a reliable asset tracker, but you also benefit from alerts in time. For example, when a driver exceeds speed in a specific zone you draw, you will get an event on your computer or mobile. Then managers can act quickly to protect their valuable assets.

Security and recovering stolen assets

GPS asset tracking has improved fleets’ ability to secure and recover. The fleet manager can know accurate trailer location, assets stop disappearing. Whether they’re on the road or in the working site. This helps a lot for security.

Tracking trailer location also helps you in recovering losing assets, since you can use that data to react and inform law enforcement authorities swiftly and accurately.

Geo zone alerts & geofencing

Another useful function in GPS asset tracking devices and system is Geo zone alerts. It can send alerts information about the arrival and departure times when your cargo enters the specific zone. Then you know when the trailer is delivered and if there is any issue.

Another function calls geofencing, assure your asset is in the correct area. If any assets leave that area you set, such as outside of specified working hours, you receive alerts.

Improve asset utilisation

GPS asset tracking lets you know precisely how your assets are being used. You can get full asset data trailer locations, door status, temperature changes, load capacity and changing. You can therefore get a better sense of fleet and asset productivity and efficiency. These multiple data allow you to automate tasks and improve efficiency.

Decrease Dwell Time

When you have hundreds of trailers needed to track, it can be a chance to know if things really are working on schedule. A asset usage tracking solution benefits you to know the location and dwell time of every trailer in your fleet at all times so you can take action when they are stalled for longer periods than necessary.

Improve customer service

Serving quality still plays an important role in the transportation business. GPS asset tracking devices and system helps you know when a load is outbound, where it is at any time en route, and when it will be delivered, allowing you to estimate highly accurately the deliveries and progress of shipments.

3. What Does the Fleet Manager Do？

Fleet Monitoring

Real-Time Tracking: All companies want a keep following their asset to know a vehicle’s location and speed. Telematics GPS Tracking technology allows you to track its location and speed in front of your desktop. With Gosafe GPS tracking device and cooperate tracking system, you no need to wait until the asset returns and download the data from the onboard GPS device into your computer, you can monitor your asset at any time.

Driver Management

With Driver driving behavior management, you can track idle time, speeding and accelerating. With the GPS Asset tracking device and system, the driver manager can simplify your driver management procedures to help you enhance safety and compliance throughout your whole fleet.

Fuel Management

Fuel management is an essential area for fleet management currently. Through the data collected by GPS tracker, you will identify the difference in fuel consumption in different driving behavior. Then you can have the driver course and improve driver compliance to improve fuel usage effectively.

4. Track Every Assets

Gosafe GPS Tracker support tracking any kind of asset.

• Dry Van Trailers
• Flatbed & Box Trailers
• Intermodal Chassis
• Intermodal Containers
• Rail Containers
• Refrigerated Solution
• Frac Tanks
• Powered/Non-Powered Equipment