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  For most fleet managers, reducing collisions is a high-priority goal. Fleet telematics software is a good start and helps managers identify drivers with habits that need improving. Adding video telematics offers an even better chance at effecting positive change in driver behavior. Video telematics lets fleet managers see the full context around driving incidents such as harsh braking or swerving and gain insights into the reason behind them. In addition, if a road-facing dash cam is AI-enabled, it can capture video of behavior you wouldn’t otherwise know about, such as driving past stop signs without stopping. CalAmp’s new e-book, “Enhance Your Fleet Safety Program with Video Telematics ,” delves into exactly how video telematics can take your fleet safety to the next level. In it you’ll learn:  What a video telematics solution entails You’ve heard the term, but how exactly does video telematics work? And what’s the difference between a basic stream-and-store dash cam and a...

Fleet management software is an obvious answer to more efficient, effective fleet management, which can yield significant cost savings for companies and organizations. Yet in a recent survey of fleet managers conducted for CalAmp by James Brehm & Associates, fewer than half of respondents reported using a fleet management solution. If you’re in the market for one, you may already realize that not all fleet management solutions are created equal. Any GPS fleet tracking solution allows you to track the location of your vehicles, and the better ones provide real-time location data. But a full, top-notch fleet management solution can also help you enforce company policies and achieve business goals such as reducing crashes, improving utilization, saving on fuel and cutting emissions. A solution with the following features adds more value and provides an unprecedented level of control over your fleet operations. A robust menu of customizable alerts and reports Customizable alerts deliv...

  Fleet telematics data is essential to effective fleet management. But too much data is paralyzing. A fleet manager bombarded with reports and alerts can end up missing real problems that require attention. The answer is managing by exception. By focusing on outlier information, fleet managers can stay on top of critical issues without spending hours plowing through reports at the expense of completing other tasks. Was a vehicle’s ignition turned on at 2 a.m.? Did a driver exit a geofence unexpectedly, blow past the speed limit or idle for an egregiously long period? Chances are, you’ll want to know. A fleet telematics solutions that offers the ability to generate exception reports (or filter reports by exception) and set custom alerts makes it simple to manage by exception. Decide which reports you want to generate, then establish a cadence for reviewing them. It may not pay to review idle reports daily or weekly, for instance, but if you review them monthly, drivers will reali...

  You’ve heard the term “telematics,” but what exactly does it mean?  The word “telematics” is a combination of “telecom” and “informatics.” “Telecom” refers to data transmission in real time, usually over cellular network or satellite. Informatics is the science of storing and processing information. Thus, telematics involves remotely transmitting streams of data to be mined for relevant information. The most popular application of telematics today is vehicle telematics, which enables more efficient and effective fleet management. A telematics system can track vehicles and also provide visibility into driver behavior, vehicle health and collisions, helping organizations reduce operating costs, improve fleet safety and minimize liability exposure.  Telematics Devices At the heart of any telematics system is the telematics device that collects, processes and transmits data. In mobile applications (cars, trucks and construction vehicles), telematics devices can be factory i...

  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...

  Your fleet management software does a lot — probably more than you realize. If you’re not leveraging these seven features, or if your fleet management software doesn’t offer them, you may be missing out on easy ways to manage your fleet more efficiently and effectively. Find Nearest Need to send someone to take over another driver’s route, or retrieve an asset for service? Use the Find Nearest feature in iOn to locate the vehicle in your fleet that’s closest to the asset in question. In addition, if a water pipe has broken or a utility pole is down and you need to dispatch a worker ASAP, you can enter the location and find the closest fleet vehicle within a 20 miles radius (search distance is user definable). Toggle to the street view to get a sense of the location in advance.   Geofencing Easy-to-create geofences have multiple applications. For example, create a geofence around the depot or a parking lot to automatically check in staff or contract crews, or around a custome...