PUTTING TELEMATICS INTO PRACTICE

摘要

Just a short time ago, fleet management could aptly be described as more art than science, but, thanks to telematics, the pendulum is swinging more to the science side. As the following case studies illustrate, telematics is giving fleets powerful tools to effectively solve some seemingly insurmountable problems. Safety is at the forefront of most fleet policies today and telematics is one of the tools fleet managers can use to increase the safety of their fleet. One such fleet was Tolt Solutions, a South Carolina-based IT Services company, which operates a fleet of more than 450 light-duty service vans. The company was looking for a solution that would help it lower its accident rate. To do this, it chose a telematics solution that would allow it to monitor trending data on driver behavior, including down to the exact day and time an individual driver was speeding or engaging in other unsafe activities.