{"id":41767,"date":"2021-11-29T23:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T23:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/?p=41767"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:27:26","slug":"help-your-fleet-navigate-the-holiday-travel-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/blog\/help-your-fleet-navigate-the-holiday-travel-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Your Fleet Navigate the Holiday Travel Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Help Your Fleet Navigate the Holiday Travel Landscape
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With the economy booming, supply chain issues still in full swing, and consumer demand at an all time high, the 2021 holiday season is expected to be far busier than last year. According to Deloitte<\/a>, holiday sales are expected to rise for 2021, estimating growth of 7% to 9% over 2020 to upwards of $1.3 trillion over the November-to-January holiday period. Travel increased from 2020, as 53.4 million Americans<\/a> hit the road for Thanksgiving, and 42% planning to travel<\/a> over the course of the holiday season. That means fleets will have to deal with greater traffic and more potential delays as they seek to make deliveries, stock shelves, and complete jobs this holiday season.<\/p>\n

Here are some important tips to help your fleet avoid problems (and maybe a Grinch) and navigate a safe, joyous holiday.<\/p>\n

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The Weather Outside Is Frightful<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Late year weather can be amongst the most dangerous for drivers, and lead to significant road delays. GPS tracking tools<\/a> can help fleets increase driver safety by planning routes and providing updates in real-time for bad weather and other hazards. Passing up-to-date information to drivers to avoid roadblocks or severely congested routes can reduce fuel, labor costs, and improve on-time deliveries.<\/p>\n

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Be Prepared<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bad weather and freezing cold temperatures can wreak havoc on your fleet. Ensuring proper vehicle maintenance is critical to travel during the holiday season. Combining GPS Tracking and maintenance software allows fleet managers to automate schedule maintenance, incorporate work completed and track repairs, removing the guesswork and manual process of keeping different vehicles ready to go to keep drivers safe and deliveries on-time.<\/p>\n

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Eliminate the Paperwork<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A staked delivery schedule means more paperwork, lost time for drivers, and more stacks of paper for fleet managers. The right Field Service Management<\/a> solution reduces time spent on manually filling out forms or collecting receipts from customers, increases dispatching and scheduling efficiency, improves communication between driver and office staff, and ensures technicians have the most accurate and up-to-date customer information.<\/p>\n

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Avoid the Grinch<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fleet vehicles make a tempting target during the holiday season. Fleets must be extra vigilant to better plan routes to avoid dangerous spots and use effective tech solutions to increase security. Tools such as geofencing help avoid unauthorized vehicle movement and create alerts for unexpected vehicle movement after hours. This also improves security for fleets. If a thief succeeds, GPS tracking can provide valuable tracking information data to law enforcement and help recover stolen goods.<\/p>\n

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The holiday season is here, and that means frazzled nerves, crowded stores, and packed roads, which places additional burdens on fleet services and the transportation industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":41826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

\"\"<\/a>For the most part, companies with outside sales teams, such as pharmaceutical companies, have not adopted GPS tracking software to monitor their reps. There have been a number of reasons as to why they haven\u2019t, two of which being privacy issues and the hardwired installation of the devices. These are two legitimate issues that we have the answer to.<\/p>

GPS Insight has been selected by Garmin to integrate with the fleet 590 device, which is a portable device that combines GPS tracking<\/a> capabilities for fleet management and the simplicity of Garmin navigation.<\/p>

Problem #1: Invasion of Privacy<\/h2>

Since outside sales teams are typically given a company leased vehicle, reps use them for work and for personal use. The issue lies with tracking their employees during off hours and weekends. Sales reps understandably don\u2019t want their employer having insight to what they do with their personal time.<\/p>

The Garmin fleet 590<\/a> device can be taken out of the vehicle on evenings and weekends so that the invasion of privacy conversation goes right out the window.<\/p>

Problem #2: Installing a GPS Tracking Device<\/h2>

The fact that the majority of GPS tracking software providers sell hardwire installed devices is a problem for companies with outside sales teams, like pharmaceutical companies, seeing as they usually lease vehicles. Fleet managers do not want the hassle that comes with messing with wiring on a vehicle they do not own. This would also make it cumbersome to move the devices from vehicle to vehicle as new reps leave and come on board or as vehicles get traded in.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_1989\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]\"Garmin<\/a> Garmin fleet 590 GPS tracking device[\/caption]

The Garmin fleet 590 device plugs into the cigarette lighter for power and ignition on\/off recognition. This device works perfectly for companies with leased vehicles, because all professional installation costs and downtime are eliminated.<\/p>

How GPS Tracking Benefits Outside Sales Teams<\/h2>

With those 2 obstacles aside, GPS tracking software provides not only fleet managers with an array of benefits, but it also supplies sales managers of outside sales teams with powerful information, they wouldn\u2019t otherwise have, to help optimize sales operations.<\/p>