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Vehicle Tracking
Vehicle Tracking Can Boost Employee Productivity
Just imagine that you are able to sit alongside your employees in the passenger seat of every one of your fleet vehicles. You are probably imagining that the picture you observed is one of somewhat greater productivity than normal. If so, then you are probably not alone.
Traditionally, fleet owners had little idea of what actually took place beyond their office walls after their employees had driven away to work off-site. Businesses had no clear or accurate way to measure job performance and accountability, nor could they verify a driver’s whereabouts at any given time.
Neither could owners ensure that employees only used vehicles for authorised uses.
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Without the direct presence of a supervisor being felt, many employees are naturally not as productive as they should be. A number of studies estimate that it is perfectly normal for employees to be unproductive for anywhere from one to two hours per day.
For mobile employees, then the figures may well be towards the top end of the range. Extended breaks, unauthorised side trips during business hours and inappropriate routing to job sites all contribute to further non-productive time on the job.
In addition, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that SMEs with remote or unsupervised employees face an additional challenge. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 59 percent of employees outside the office lie about the number of hours worked.
Of course, you cannot realistically accompany your employees apart from very occasionally, but you can get relatively close by using GPS tracking systems to track the vehicles. Psychologically, an employee whose vehicle is being tracked is very aware that their movements can be observed by their supervisors, which can lead to very noticeable changes in habits. One client reports that soon after fitting tracking, employees were suddenly asking in advance if it was alright to pop home to collect something that they had forgotten for the day, so even legitimate departures from the journey to and from the place of work were being carefully thought about.
Independent studies have gone some way to quantify the benefits in terms of productivity, simply through investing in vehicle tracking. For example, the Aberdeen Group reported that organisations experienced a 23 percent increase in the total number of service call completed per day per technician once GPS vehicle tracking was installed in their fleets, as well as other more directly attributable benefits such as a reduction in fuel costs and travelling times.
So, although you can't physically travel alongside your employees, having a gps vehicle tracking system fitted is the next best thing, and to a large degree changes the mindset of many employees to believe that their every move could be observed.
When employees know that their driving habits are monitored, they comply more readily with cost-effective driving policies and increase productivity.