GPS Tracking and Phone Convergence Ever Closer

Even in the worst economic crisis in 50 years, the only way the manufacturer can think of to market this nicely done GPS?GSM/GPRS phone is to use it to store vacation pictures.  Bread and circuses.

How about property appraisers, repo agents, real estate brokers, apartment finders, mortgage appraisers, filed supervisors and everyone else who still has a job trying to work our way out of the recession.  A worthy tool, me thinks:

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Fuel Conservation, Reduced Payroll Costs, and Theft Prevention

How are those for items of interest in your business?  Are you getting enough of any of them to suit you?  here’s an interesting article from one of my former competitors that might be of interest to any businessman or government leader ought to be interested in:

…. advantages of fleet tracking software include fuel conservation, staff management, theft prevention, employee monitoring, and improved response times. “Fleet tracking software provides an all-in-one solution to many very common and costly business management issues,” …

… Fleet tracking software works in conjunction with GPS tracking devices …

… One of the most frequently touted benefits of fleet tracking software is that of fuel conservation due to the fact that dispatchers can easily determine the fastest and most efficient route for any driver…

.. protecting their assets. In the event of theft, ….

… valuable information on the misuse of staff hours by logging the frequency of duration of any stops along the employees’ routes of travel. “Fleet tracking software is the easiest and most reliable way to determine which parts of your business are not operating efficiently… full article on the benefits of fleet tracking software.

Systems like this actually cost your business nothing … that’s right,. nothing, as typical return on investment (ROI) periods happen in less than a year, and they will save you a lot for years to come.

So what are you waiting for?  I’d love to hear some reasons.