Here are some of the popular uses for location and reporting technology:

Driver ID - With the input of a pin number you can know who is driving which vehicle on which day. Drivers also like the automation of time sheets. Driver ID is invaluable as part of a driver fatigue management system.

Efficiency - Picture the scenario whereby a truck headed to the home depot alerts the Operations Manager with sufficient notice to call in casual staff, prepare the next load and have it all timed to turn the vehicle around instantly. Tracking software can enable this to happen without someone watching a vehicle's movements.

Nearest Driver - Some organisation's find benefit in being able to redirect a vehicle to a new job, or to cover another vehicle that's behind schedule.

Customer Locations - This can help address issues associated with excessive waiting times or disputes about delivery. You can offer a more personalised service with a clear understanding about the value of the customer to your business. You could choose to give high value customers access to tracking data via a secure Internet log in. By marking regions of interest you can choose to know when a vehicle leaves a region, or arrives, or if it has been there too long. Reports can be run that utilise these markers to help make the reports more meaningful.

Distress alert - You may wish to give the driver a distress button that alerts the Operations Manager to an incident. Tracking can be a very effective component of an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) plan. You can also redirect another nearby vehicle to maintain high customer service standards. You may wish to design a process that might even help you to win more business, for instance, where high security items are being transported.

Messaging - Screens and keypads/keyboards can be installed into vehicles to add messaging to the tracking service. You might use this to notify the driver of traffic problems, job or address changes and other developments of interest to the driver. You could offer email if desired.

Engine Management Interface - the BlackBox tracking unit can be interfaced with certain engine management modules to transmit critical data while the vehicle is on the road. For instance, that coolant temperatures exceeded a chosen threshold, or oil pressure has dropped below normal.