Running with a vehicle fleet is a complex business process whether it is to maintain cars or trucks. Apart from the vehicle tracking there are fundamental issues which are to be kept in mind. Organizing performance or monitoring performance and even billing to the customers should also be kept in mind. By using the fleet management software, the job of running a large fleet management is done easily. Before buying a software the management should keep in mind the standards which are taken into account.
The most important part of the fleet management software package is tracking of the vehicles which are on the road. Now-a-days the tracking is generally done by GPS tracking system which sends data to server through the internet. Vehicles which are near the tracking areas are sent without any wastage of time, this gives a rapid response to the customer’s request for picking up.
Maintenance to be done for maintaining a large fleet. They should be maintained on time and a special scheduling time is given for each and every vehicle sends a reminder when the maintenance is under due. Software may contain maintenance inventory for their spare parts.
Billing of the customer is easier with this software. Since the software is given information about pick and drop, fuel costs, etc it is easier to raise invoices without errors.
The points mentioned above results in reduced costs for fleet management.