What do you want for 2022 in your fleet management? Among the biggest goals for the year are safety for drivers, fuel economy and reduction of fines and accidents. But to get there, you need smart, organized and innovative management.
That is: you need to know the main trends for light fleet management!
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Monitoring the location of fleet vehicles
Integration of telemetry with fueling to save fuel
Facial recognition and artificial intelligence as technological trends in management
Intelligence in fleet control, focusing on indicators and Big Data
Valuing the driver as a partner in fleet management
Delimitation of control areas with specific rules
Close monitoring with automatic alerts to the manager
Focus on driver behavior behind the wheel, for more safety and economy
Monitoring the location of fleet vehicles
The first major trend in fleet control for 2022 is a technology that has been on the market for years, but is still not properly exploited by many companies: monitoring of vehicles during the journey.
After all, successful management needs to be able to tell where its vehicles are and identify that all drivers are safe and on track.
Good monitoring also allows you to assess which routes are most interesting and to know if your drivers are following these paths, saving time and fuel, as well as preserving vehicles.
This year, which promises to be full of opportunities and challenges, having this confidence in your management can make all the difference.
To keep track of fleet cars, you can rely on different systems. There are simpler programs, focused only on pointing out the location of vehicles, as well as more complete ones, but focused on telemetry and driver behavior (as we will see later).
Finally, there are those who balance these two trends, bringing together tracking and data collection in a smart and productive way in fleet management:
Integration of telemetry with fueling to save fuel
With fuel prices skyrocketing, the consumption reduction needs to be a goal for 2022 in light fleet management. However, it is not enough to focus on reducing expenses: it is also necessary to have adequate and well-planned strategies for this.
Therefore, many managers are looking for technological solutions that allow save fuel smartly and efficiently, without damage to the fleet.
This is the case of the integration between telemetry and supply presented by Golfleet Telemetry: the pioneering system in integrating fuel cards with management data.
The system integrates all the main players in the fuel market and allows the manager to consult and control all fueling information through the software, with simple and accurate management.
The Telemetry Fuel Module can track metrics such as:
- Precise cost in reais per kilometer driven;
- Average consumption per vehicle;
- Average price per liter and type of fuel;
- Possible fraud, suspicious supplies and vehicles below or above the normal consumption average.
This integration facilitates the manager's work to reduce the fleet's fuel consumption, improving its finances and taking the lead in 2022.
Facial recognition and artificial intelligence as technological trends in management
The focus on driver safety is an inescapable trend for smart, conscientious and results-oriented fleet management.. And technology is an excellent way to achieve this goal, also taking protection to the entire fleet!
Therefore, we indicate the trend of facial recognition for fleets, which has grown significantly in recent years. With artificial intelligence and photos taken when the vehicle's ignition is turned on, it is possible to identify whether the person driving the vehicle is the authorized driver.
This technology offers the manager control of the fleet with reports of vehicle use and even violations committed. Like this, your management will never have to worry about lost or misplaced ID cards again.
Not to mention that the manager will have all the necessary support in security and audits of infractions and use of vehicles. This facilitates the recovery of stolen cars, prevents application of inappropriate penalties to drivers and provides more security for the entire fleet.
Intelligence in fleet control, focusing on indicators and Big Data
Increasingly, success is reserved for managers who know how to work with data and indicators. A management that takes this as a rule knows exactly what its problems are, is able to identify opportunities and has everything it needs to evolve.
Hence, Big Data technology is such an important trend for fleet management in 2022. And you need to know this important concept.
Big Data focuses on the collection, organization and use of large volumes of data involving management and performance. With this, it is possible to use the numbers to extract the best results for the fleet, in an intelligent, sustainable way and with an eye on the future.
Of course, to have all this information at hand, you need the right technology to collect the data. The Golfleet Telemetry fleet management system is an exceptional tool for that.
In addition to collecting information, he works with Business Intelligence for fleets, concentrating the data in advanced reports and customized dashboards, which offer all the necessary support for decision making.
Valuing the driver as a partner in fleet management
Managers who treat their drivers as simple employees tend to have difficulties when it comes to reaping good results. Therefore, valuing the driver needs to be a central trend in your fleet.
That's because drivers are fundamental to all the company's work. They are primarily responsible for keeping the cars in good condition, for saving fuel and even for offering a fast and quality service to their customers.
Thus, an adequate work with its conductors, valuing their work, is a strategy that increases productivity, improves the relationship in the company, reduces costs and even avoids fraud and other problems.
Read more: Drivers as allies in fleet management.
Delimitation of control areas with specific rules
In 2022, it will be necessary to have a more efficient management, and this involves working on the routes of its fleet with specific rules for each location and the delimitation of control areas.
With this technology in your telemetry system, you get much better results, saving time, reducing fuel consumption and even increasing safety for drivers and vehicles. All with a focus on having a more appropriate direction for a specific area.
If you have the right technology, it's even possible to have a lane speed control, which further improves its performance.
Close monitoring with automatic alerts to the manager
Another technological trend that reinforces the definition of control areas is the use of automatic alerts for the manager. One telemetry system such as Golfleet, allows you to configure automatic alerts for events or infractions, such as:
- Ignition on or off;
- Speeding;
- Battery disconnected from the vehicle;
- Entrance/Exit of control area;
- Vehicle without tracking position;
The system also allows for specific alerts per driver, so that the manager can measure when he commits speeding violations, when he leaves the scheduled route and when he enters or leaves the control areas.
All of this helps create more efficient and intelligent management, including a focus on driver behavior: another important trend for 2022.
Focus on driver behavior behind the wheel for more safety and economy
We've already talked about the importance of ensuring driver safety and fleet efficiency. And, in the end, all this involves a lot of driver behavior behind the wheel.
That's why it's so important to value it. But efficient management goes further: with technology, the manager is able to measure the behavior of this driver with metrics and indicators, knowing if he has risk attitudes or if he maintains a conduction focused on the best performance.
With this measurement, present in telemetry, it becomes possible to focus your strategies on creating a team of high-performance drivers, with economy and intelligence.
The manager can take another step towards an even more robust technology, video telemetry, to offer tips and improve driver behavior even when he is on the route, using automatic messages.
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