Fleet management is crucial to manage daily operations

An economic scenario characterised by inflation, recession and constant fluctuations in fuel prices has posed a major challenge to fleet operating costs, requiring businesses to become more efficient.

In this challenging scenario, technology proves its position as one of the best allies for businesses to obtain results and build resilience. In fact, the last Fleet Technology Trends in Australia and New Zealand 2024 survey shows that 82% of fleet managers using fleet management software rated it as “extremely or very beneficial” when it came to managing their fleets.  

Additionally, the report reveals that GPS tracking is, for the second year in a row, the top fleet management technology most utilised in Australia and New Zealand. Business owners trust fleet management technologies to help them manage their operations in a smarter and more efficient way.

The 371 fleet managers, mobility professionals and business owners who participated in the Verizon Connect 2024 Fleet Technology Trends study shared powerful insights and future trends for fleet-based businesses to transform their operations.

Fleet management to raise the bar on daily operations

1. Using insights as real-time triggers to improve daily efficiency

Using fleet management insights as real-time triggers, such as distance travelled, idling time, long or unauthorised stops, driver behaviour and a breakdown of daily costs, provides a detailed overview. This can help you analyse the best way to improve these key areas of your business to get more out of your resources, while reducing costs and improving efficiency at the same time.

Our fleet management software provides key information such as: 

• Daily report - Breakdown of your vehicles’ daily movement.
• Distance travelled report - Breakdown of total distance travelled. Can be filtered by location, vehicle, or geofence. 
• Geofence report - How much time your vehicles spend at identified geofence locations.
• Travel and stops report - Complete history for vehicles over a specified time.
• Cost analysis report - Breakdown of total daily costs. Includes driving time, time on-site, and wasted fuel.
• Return trip summary report - Summary of return trips to selected geofences, including on-site time per stop, and per day.

Download the Fleet Technology Trends Report in Australia and New Zealand 2024 to learn more about how fleet management software can help businesses like yours improve fleet operations, reduce fleet costs and contribute to a healthy bottom line. 

1. Monitoring driver behaviour to boost team safety 

Powerful fleet management solutions provide key insights about driving behaviour that can help improve this important area. Information about when hard braking, quick starts and harsh cornering occurred are reported and rated as moderate or severe.

Our Verizon Connect fleet management solution provides key reports and information about:  

• Speeding report - Speeding violations over specified speed limits.
• Driving style summary report - Summary of harsh driving violations. Includes hard braking, cornering, and quick starts.
• Harsh driving incident report - Breakdown of harsh driving violations. Includes hard braking, cornering, and quick starts.
• Exception report - Breakdown of driver violations such as excessive idling, out of hours driving, and unauthorised stops in a given location.
• CANbus driving style summary report - Summary of fuel consumption, distance travelled, engine hours, and harsh driving events.

Download the Fleet Technology Trends Report in Australia and New Zealand 2024 to learn more about how fleet management can help businesses like yours boost fleet safety and operations.

1. Improve your office team’s productivity

Digitalisation can transform not only your daily fleet operations, but also your entire business. 

Your office staff can benefit from all the information available within the GPS fleet management solution such as a team’s work hours, when they started and ended their working day as well as any overtime they do. This helps to calculate payroll and simplify the process so you spend less time working it out yourself.

Our Verizon Connect fleet management solution provides key reports and information about:  

• Daily timecard report - Breakdown of employee’s daily hours. Based on your company’s work hours.
• Weekly timesheet report - Summary of employee’s daily hours over the week, including start and end time, and overtime. 
• Payroll summary report - Summary of employee’s daily hours for a specified period. Based on your company’s work hours.  
• User activity report - List of all active users. Includes login stats and reports run.

According to the 2024 Fleet Technology Trends Survey in Australia and New Zealand, 51% of businesses have improved office staff productivity since implementing a GPS asset tracking solution. 

1. Simplify compliance with ease 

Roadside checks carried out by Safe Work Australia revealed that “20% of those who work in the transport industry break safety rules to meet deadlines. Truck drivers in particular, state they are under pressure to break the law, with the biggest problems being skipping rest breaks”. With that in mind, it is key to manage compliance for your business. A fleet management system can help. Here’s how: 

• Drivers’ time - Monitoring the drivers’ driving times to confirm that they are complying with current regulations.
• Rest periods - Check that the driver takes the stipulated rest breaks to promote safety.
• Remote electronic working diary data downloads - Remotely download electronic working diary (EWD) data to analyse the development of the day and that the driving times and rest periods established by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulation (NVHR) are being complied with. In addition to data collection, it retains information on the activity of each driver and truck so that it is always available and archived in case it needs to be shared with the authorities.

According to the 2024 Fleet Technology Trends Survey in Australia and New Zealand, 54% of businesses improved EWD and regulatory compliance since implementing GPS fleet management software. 

Download the 2024 Fleet Technology Trends Report in Australia and New Zealand to learn more about how GPS fleet management solutions can help simplify compliance with the electronic working diary (EWD) regulation.

Advance your fleet-based business with fleet management.

The 2024 Fleet Technology Trends Report in Australia and New Zealand uncovers even more ways fleets are using technology to overcome business challenges, achieve their goals, improve operating efficiency and drive down costs. 

Download the new 2024 Fleet Technology Trends Report in Australia and New Zealand.

Sources: 

(1-2) https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/brown/media-release/response-national-truck-crash-accident-report-2022 )