Record Fuel Costs Attacking Your Budget?
Then Let GPS Come To Your Rescue!

Budgeting for fuel costs is always a major concern with any company that has vehicle fleets. Coming off a year of record high oil prices and faced with steep fuel bills for 2005, businesses need savings solutions now more than ever.

In 2004, skyrocketing fuel costs busted the budgets of service, sales and delivery companies nationwide. Airlines went bankrupt and even municipalities suffered debilitating shortfalls. The Police, Fire, Parks and Public Works departments for the city of Houston, Texas exceeded their fuel budgets with six weeks left in the fiscal year. In contrast to these high fuel casualties of 2004, a towing company in Orlando, Florida actually decreased its fuel costs by 15%, creating an annual savings of over $11,000! This company can expect similar savings in 2005.

The reason for these dramatically differing results?
The Orlando company uses a GPS solution for its fleet operations.

A Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) fleet management system uses signals and data from multiple satellites in space to determine a vehicle's location anywhere on Earth. GPS fleet management begins when a vehicle-mounted device receives satellite signals and calculates a vehicle's position on the ground. This device then relays the vehicle's position as latitude and longitude coordinates to a database computer at a business' home base. Software on this home base computer lets a fleet manager view valuable operational data on each of his vehicles.

Depending upon the GPS system used, a combination of wireless technology and the Internet allows a company to receive GPS information and store, collect and organize it according to categories.

By focusing just on those categories that monitor vehicle idle times, speeding and service call maximization, a business can experience typical annual fuel savings of at least 5%. In the case of FleetBoss clients (such as the Orlando towing company mentioned above), many GPS solutions users have achieved fuel savings reaching 15%, 20% or more.

When high fuel bills are your problem, let a GPS fleet management system come to your rescue!

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