Upgrading Fleet Safety
Upgrading Fleet Safety in 2020: The Best Tech for Accident Prevention There are plenty of challenges facing fleets this year. From preparing for upcoming changes to regulations, to the ever-present spectre of driver shortage — we’ve all got a lot to think about. Some of these challenges are positive; our digital landscape has changed shopping [...]
Toromont CAT Cast Study
The Challenge: A Disconnected Service Network Before implementing Geotab telematics about three years ago, Toromont CAT hadn’t used this type of technology for the dealership’s service trucks. Appointed with the task of seeing if telematics would help the company improve routing service calls, Dave Dyer, fleet manager at Toromont CAT, needed to find a [...]
Predictive Maintenance
When you get sick, your symptoms tell you something is wrong — headache, nausea, weakness or trouble concentrating. Like a truck or bus driver seeing a dash-light, that’s when you become consciously aware of a problem. When the illness gets really bad, you’re out of commission. Imagine how great it would be to be [...]
Case Study
Case Study: Food Bank of Madrid The Challenge: Connecting to the Community, Safely and Efficiently The Food Bank of Madrid Foundation is a non-profit organization that receives and distributes food donations within Madrid’s community, and is dedicated to assisting people in need. With a fleet of 12 different vehicles, the Food Bank of Madrid gave out [...]
Telematics System Integration for Truck Fleets
Telematics System Integration for Truck Fleets Disruption in the trucking industry was a key theme that emerged at the recent North American Commercial Vehicle Show. One of the ways that carriers are responding to industry change is through connected vehicle solutions. At the conference, the CEO of Navistar International Corp., Persio Lisboa, shared how [...]
Boost Fleet & Driver Productivity
Boost Fleet & Driver Productivity Real-time Tracking on a Map Simply open the map and select the vehicles you’d like to see. It’s easy to view your vehicles with Geotab: hover over the vehicle location and you’ll see more details like arrival times and the speed while driving. Manage Your Trips, [...]
Information Graphics
Information Graphics When you’re trying to share information, data alone isn’t enough. Charts, maps, dashboards, and information graphics help communicate the value or lessons in the data to others. Translating data into imagery — this is known as data visualization. In addition to traditional management skills like communication and negotiation, data visualization is now [...]
Implementing Telematics into your Fleet
Implementing Telematics into your Fleet Dealing with change can be difficult in any type or size of business. In fact, with rapid evolving technology and drastic shifts in company cultures, “change management” is even popping up as a focus in business management degrees. If you are hesitant to roll out telematics technology to your company, don’t [...]