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Construction equipment is expensive and crucial to many in the construction industry. Installing a simple GPS tracking system on your fleet should be something that needs no explanation. But other than just tracking the location of your construction assets, there are a lot of things tracking can do for your construction fleet.
There are a couple of reasons why you should install trackers on your equipment. Not only will you always know where your assets are, you ensure that you oversee all your assets and prevent unnecessary losses.
1. Reduce Theft
Knowing where your assets are also means you won’t be susceptible to losing your equipment. You will be notified when your equipment leaves the workplace and nothing goes unnoticed with the tracking installed in your fleet.
2. Clean Assets list
Tracking your assets makes sure that your asset list is updated all the time. “Ghost assets” such as out of commission equipment can be removed from the list to accurately reflect the current assets you have.
3. Enforcing Accountability
Assigning employees to certain assets while tracking them makes sure that employees are held accountable for the equipment they are responsible for.
Other than the benefits listed, trackers can track anything from idling time and fuel consumption to monitoring equipment health. Fleet managers can then use this information to decide whether they need to buy new equipment or change the workers’ behavior when utilizing the equipment at work. Tracking location history also gives fleet managers an idea of where their equipment went and provides the peace of mind that fleet managers have an eye on every equipment on the fleet.
When there are so many options to choose from, it is important to choose trackers that contain the following features:
● User friendly software
● Easy and straightforward installation
● Accessible on different platforms such as mobiles and laptops
● Comprehensive reports but easy to read interface
● Automated alerts
● Maintenance insights
When choosing the right tracker for your equipment, it’s important to consider other features that may come with your tracker, For example:
1. Starter interrupt devices
Essentially a kill button, fleet managers can disable the equipment with a push of a button if something happens, ceasing all operations at once.
2. Tamper alerts
This feature alerts fleet managers when equipment or the system is being tampered with.
3. Address verification
Some trackers can store information on the locations equipment stayed stationary in. It also tracks locations where usage is approved.
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