Human demands are directly proportional to technological advancements. As technology grows, so do our wants and eventually, our needs. Ever since Fleet Management Software has come into existence, telematics has grown leaps and bounds. Our expectations from GPS Tracking have also been at the highest of all time.
The most common demand is to see the vehicle activities in real-time without any lag or latency. Earlier live tracking was not really live but used to reflect on screen 10-15 seconds later. Now the vehicle movement reflects in a matter of seconds. Things have upgraded from near-real-time to real-time.
Vehicle activities that you can track in real-time
There are many features that provide a live sneak peek into the vehicle measures or readings that fleet managers can monitor from far away. Let’s have a look at them.
- Vehicle Status
Get real-time status of vehicles around the clock. You may or may not of for alerts every time the vehicle switches the status between Running, Stopped, Idling or unreachable. Not every vehicle is on duty or every vehicle is reachable at all hours. A real-time status check comes in handy when you have an urgent pick-up or delivery in a certain area and you look for a vehicle that’s available.
- Odometer reading
The odometer reading keeps updating in real-time. When you sync the vehicle’s odometer with the software, it reflects the exact reading to you on the software that is showing on the vehicle’s odometer. Other than this, the distance covered by the vehicle that day, on that trip or from the last stop is also updated in real-time.
- Speedometer reading
Speed is one of the primary requirements of fleet managers because other than vehicle safety, consignment safety is also imperative in some cases. Overspeeding can damage the delicate assets in the container. Other than live updates, fleet managers can also opt for alerts in case of overspeeding. The Fleet Management solutions also display the average speed of the vehicle in a day or on a specific trip.
- Location & Movement
What is live tracking? Visual representation of the vehicle on a GPS Tracking software moving from one coordinate to another. You get the live location of vehicles in the form of lat-long. Other than the current coordinates you can check the movement of the vehicle on the map in real-time, proceeding at the same speed on the map as on the road.
- Fuel & other Sensor Readings
The fleet management software received data from sensors such as fuel, load and temperature, massages them and reflects on the software. Vehicle Tracking Software systems are so made to be compatible with all sorts of sensors for fetching live updates without any latency. These updates are further synced with alerts to get real-time heads-up in case of an emergency.
- Battery Percentage
One small but crucial feature is Battery percentage. It updates the real-time status of the battery charge. One may not check it very often but every time the vehicle breaks down without any premonition, it’s then this feature comes in handy. Other than this you get an alert every time the battery is on the verge of discharging.
Wind-up
These are some of the common and significant real-time updates provided by Vehicle Tracking solutions for fleet management. The list can get bigger depending on client to client and their requirements. For instance, fleet management software for agriculture may also offer a real-time update of the total area cultivated. TrackoBit offers all the above-mentioned features and customises more real-time features you require.
