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Archive for March, 2006

The ROI of GPS … Are My Drivers Arriving on Time for Their Deliveries? (Part 7)

March 15, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Tutorials, GPS for Business

The ROI of GPS … Are you Hesitant to answer these questions? (Intro, Part 0) How much time and how much fuel am I losing from idling engines? (Part 1)Are my drivers speeding and where? (Part 2) Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets? (Part 3)How much is asset abuse really costing my company? (Part 4) When are my drivers starting work and when are they completing their shifts? (Part 5)How many minutes of pre and post trip time are you paying for? (Part 6)(Today’s Topic) Are my drivers arriving on time for their deliveries?Are my drivers making unauthorized stops?How productive are my assets?Are my sales representatives making their required customer calls?

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Are my drivers arriving on time for their deliveries?

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A Word About Time

March 14, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Curmudgeon

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Just a quick note to answer a question or two on the time stamps of posts to this blog. 

Since I have visitors from six of the seven continents, I run the blog server on GMT or UTC, World Coordinated Universal Time (Zulu Time).  The actual postings are made in US Mountain Time here in Colorado Springs GMT -7. 

This post, for example is going up at 0847 MST on 14 March 2006.

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The ROI of GPS …: How Many Minutes of Pre and Post Trip Time are You Paying For? (Part 6)

March 14, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Tutorials, GPS for Business

How much time and how much fuel am I losing from idling engines? ( 9 March 2006)Are my drivers speeding and where? (10 March 2006)Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets? (11 March 2006)How much is asset abuse really costing my company? (12 March 2006)What time are my drivers starting work and what time are they completing their shifts? (13 March 2006)(Today’s Topic) How many minutes of pre and post trip time are you paying for?  Are my drivers arriving on time for their deliveries?  Are my drivers making unauthorized stops?How productive are my assets?  Are my sales representatives making their required customer calls?  Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets?

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Need a Little Help Here

March 13, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Help or Hurt, GPS Successes

The response to my 10 part tutorial on the ROI of GPS Tracking has been phenomenal … thanks to my loyal readers and welcome to the new folks who dropped by and started to read.  Part 6 will be out on the blog in about an hour.  If you missed any articles, just click on the category of GPS Tutorials over on the Archives Bar you see directly to the right of this message. 

Now, what about my heading, Help? I need  fodder for the blog mill:

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Workers Object to Babylon’s Tracking System

March 13, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Help or Hurt, GPS for Business

We interrupt our regularly scheduled 10 part series on the return On Investment (ROI) of GPS for a timely news article that is very appropirate to GPS ROI.  Our regularly scheduled series will resume next post.
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BY BRANDON BAIN
STAFF WRITER   

March 13, 2006

When the Town of Babylon installed global positioning system technology in most of its fleet of 250 vehicles in January, officials touted it as a way to improve efficiency, particularly during emergencies such as snowstorms. However, the system also is being used to monitor worker behavior — a realization that has left town .employees increasingly nervous … “If they are not doing their job, they are hurting the town,” Town Supervisor Bellone said. “I’m not running a day care.”… 

 

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The ROI of GPS … What Time are My Drivers Starting Work and What Time are They Completing Their Shifts? (Part 5)

March 13, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Tutorials, GPS for Business

How much time and how much fuel am I losing from idling engines? ( 9 March 2006)

Are my drivers speeding and where? (10 March 2006)

Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets? (11 March 2006)

How much is asset abuse really costing my company? (12 March 2006)

(Today’s Topic) What time are my drivers starting work and what time are they completing their shifts?

How many minutes of pre and post trip time are you paying for?

Are my drivers arriving on time for their deliveries?

Are my drivers making unauthorized stops?

How productive are my assets?

Are my sales representatives making their required customer calls?

Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets?

 

What time are my drivers starting work and what time are they completing their shifts?

 

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The ROI of GPS … How Much is Asset Abuse Costing? (Part 4)

March 12, 2006 By: Mr. GPS Category: GPS Tutorials, GPS for Business

How much time and how much fuel am I losing from idling engines? ( 9 March 2006)

Are my drivers speeding and where? (10 March 2006)

Where are my miles going? Am I making full use of expensive assets? (11 March 2006)

(Today’s Topic) How much is asset abuse really costing my company?

What time are my drivers starting work and what time are they completing their shifts?

How many minutes of pre and post trip time are you paying for?

Are my drivers arriving on time for their deliveries?

Are my drivers making unauthorized stops?

How productive are my assets?

Are my sales representatives making their required customer calls?

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