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  Fuel is the number one operating cost for most fleets. Every dollar your organization saves by improving fuel efficiency is a dollar that can be spent on something else. Fleet telematics is the answer to driving fewer unnecessary miles and making fuel go further. By using telematics-based fleet management software such as CalAmp iOn™, you can generate small changes in daily operations and driver behavior that reduce your fuel use and, over time, turn into significant savings. Here are six ways to shrink your fuel budget with the help of a telematics system. RELATED: 6 Tips for Adding Electric Vehicles to Your Fleet   Minimize idling Some drivers have a bad habit of idling the engine more than necessary, which increases emissions and eats up gas or diesel. Depending on the size of the vehicle and whether or not the air conditioning is turned on, idling can waste as much as a quart of fuel per hour for a sedan and nearly a gallon per hour for a heavy-duty truck.[1]Long ...

  A fleet manager has two main jobs: Managing the fleet for maximum safety and performance and maintaining the fleet to keep vehicles and assets operational and optimize their life cycles. The best fleet management solution serves both goals. At its core, a telematics-based fleet GPS management solution helps managers track vehicles, improve dispatching and route planning, monitor utilization, drill down into driver safety issues and, with the help of video telematics, view near-misses and reconstruct crashes. For organizations that use a dedicated fleet maintenance application, a telematics-based fleet management solution adds value by automatically collecting telematics data and transferring it through an application programming interface (API) to the maintenance software, which seamlessly ingests it. This telematics data drives just-in-time preventive maintenance, which can save organizations money and reduce asset downtime. Drawbacks of time-based maintenance Performing time-b...