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VIDEO: How Telematics with Fleetistics Can Improve Government Fleets
Webinar Watch: Telematics Improves Fleets
It’s no secret to fleet and operations managers alike that telematics is vital to improving their fleet, whether it be an HVAC company or pest control or even a fleet of government vehicles. Telematics can provide efficient and effective data to improve fuel economy, driver behavior and even safety in the community.
How Can You Get Telematics on Your Government Fleet?
At Fleetistics, we can install GPS Tracking with our GeoTab trackers, which will give you a full array of telematics, even if your fleet is fully electric.
- How to structure an RFP to get more responses and better solutions
- Introducing vehicle tracking and telematics to employees
- Tips on deploying telematics
To learn more about this solution and how it could benefit your fleet visit fleetistics.com or call us at 877-467-0326.
Fleet Dashcams In Tampa
Tampa’s #1 Fleet Dashcam
Fleet dashcams are an essential part of fleet management. Fleetistics has been offering fleet dashcams in Tampa and Florida since they came out. Dashcams can be used to reduce insurance premiums and are sometimes needed to avoid being put out of business due to high accident rates.
Some companies use fleet dashcams for training and to avoid accidents, others use it to simply make the insurance company happy. Fleet managers wanting to get ahead of fleet safety issues will want fleet dashcams with AI or artificial intelligence. AI identifies driving behaviors that may be unsafe so fleet managers do not have to view hours of video to spot unwanted driving behavior. Fleetistics offers several fleet dashcams ranging in price from basic and affordable, to advance AI technology.
Get Fleet Dashcams in Tampa
Fleetistics started in GPS vehicle tracking in 2001. As fleet management has evolved, Fleetistics has incorporated new technology such as telematics and dashcams. Fleet operators in Tampa have the advantage of being able to meet face to face to meet Fleetistics’ team members and to review progress.
“False Positives” With Fleet Dashcam
One challenge with fleet dashcam AI is dealing with false positives. A false positive is when the AI incorrectly determines the driver is exhibiting unwanted behavior. False positives happen with all fleet dashcams but some have better AI than others. You can imagine how hard it is to determine if someone is scratching their head or holding a cell phone to their ear.
False positives consume time and make using a fleet dashcam without AI less efficient. It takes time to develop AI and because it saves fleet managers time, it simply cost more.
How To Address Video False Positives
Reducing the number of false positives is a challenge. AI is not perfect and people are unique. This makes it extremely difficult to for AI engineers to get 100% accuracy. In fact, there is not a fleet dashcam that is 100% accurate. To minimize the time needed to review the fleet video, fleet managers have a few options.
- Outsource the video review – Third party companies can review your video for you and flag the videos which are true vehicle safety issues so you can only a address accurate videos.
- Different Dashcam options – Find a fleet dashcam that has a lower false positive rate.
- Driver Dashcam Education – Work with the drivers to reduce unwanted behavior by frequently addressing it and making it a priority.
If you are looking for fleet dashcams in Tampa, Florida or anywhere in the United States, contact Fleetistics to learn more.
OEM Telematics Fleet Solutions Increase ROI
Manage Your Fleet Using OEM Telematics
OEM Telematics Fleet Solutions are now available on many new vehicles. It is no secret that GPS/Telematics solutions help fleet managers across the world in improving safety, fuel efficiency, productivity, and maintenance just to name a few. An embedded device is a GPS tracking and telematics device installed at the time of manufacturing by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
With embedded devices from the automobile manufacturers, OEM Telematics Fleet Solutions provide features such as remote diagnostics, and GPS tracking. Recently they have expanded these telematics devices to include OEM-specific information as well as telematics data with consent from the customer. This makes this technology cost effective and convenient to fleet managers. Many OEM GPS/Telematics devices integrate with the Geotab platform used by existing customers.
What Do OEM Telematics Fleet Solutions Mean for Your Fleet?
All newer makes and models of most major fleet vehicles have this technology built in as of 2020 and others are following their lead. Soon all OEMs will have this capability. This includes vehicle manufacturers as well and equipment manufacturers CAT and Komatsu. The great thing about taking this third-party OEM data into existing telematics solutions is all the data, no matter what OEM, can be brought into a single web portal allowing you to manage all assets in a single sign-on platform.
Benefits of Using an OEM Data Platform:
- Cost advantage – No device or installation costs.
- Device comes equipped on vehicle – No moving devices as your fleet turns over.
- Ease of use – Use the same MyGeotab portal and UI for tracking. Use the existing database to view devices from several pre-integrated OEMs alongside GO devices.
Faster time to market – No delays related to device shipment or installation. - Access to additional data – OEM and sensor data is sent directly by the embedded OEM device such as tire pressure.
How can you use the OEM Telematics Fleet solution?
The process is simple and Fleetistics will walk you through it. You will need your FIN, or fleet identification number, and web portal credentials. With a few clicks and by selecting Geotab from the telematics provider list, one, a few or all of your vehicles will report into your current Geotab account once configured by Geotab and Fleetistics.
Once the devices are added to a new or current Geotab account, your vehicle will appear as any other vehicle or asset. As the OEM device data is captured from third-party source, some built-in reports rules and exceptions may not be useful if the OEM data is not as rich as the data from a GO device. Geotab is building additional software capabilities to bridge this gap where possible and working with OEMs to help them improve their data. This will enable customers in deriving insights from the third-party vehicle data.
Current Integrations
We are working with several OEMs to pre-integrate their APIs on our platform. You can find out more about these solutions on our OEM Platform Page. To learn more about this solution and how it could benefit your fleet, please call us at 877-467-0326 for more information!
Tampa’s Main Source for Fleet Management and Telematics Solutions
Tampa’s Top Preferred Choice For Fleet Management and Telematics Solutions!
Fleetistics has been the Tampa GPS Tracking and Telematics authority since the technology was in its infancy. We are recognized as a leading provider of fleet management technology both locally and nationally from Tampa since April 2001. Fleetistics was formally known as GPS Fleet Solutions for the first 15 years of operation. Over time the industry focus shifted from GPS tracking equipment to data-driven solutions. To reflect that shift GPS Fleet Solutions became Fleetistics (Fleet – Statistics).
At Fleetistics, we pride ourselves on our abilities to individually review and make recommendations for the challenges different companies face with their fleet management. Not all companies are looking for the same fleet solutions. Because of that, our team of professionals here are equipped to properly assess the state of your fleet and make recommendations that align with your company’s goals and initiatives.
Along with appropriately identifying your needs and developing a comprehensive plan to provide you the potential solutions your company seeks, Fleetistics continues to be an industry champion of providing options to help improve efficiencies and increase your company’s level of customer service, while prioritizing and assisting with ongoing safety and sustainability efforts and initiatives.
- Fleet Management Platforms – Select Fleet Size & Requirements – Enterprise | Medium | Small
- GPS Trackers – Vehicle Trackers & Asset Trackers
- Dashcam Video – Click here
What the Future Holds
The long-term goal of Fleetistics is to translate data from any source and process it into readily consumable information. Data that comes from GPS tracking, dash cameras, sales reports, and other IoT devices provides a clearer picture when viewed contextually as part of a larger puzzle. We can leverage more out of every system when we use them together.
Additionally, the information provided at the right time, and in the right format, increases ROI. It enables fleet managers and field service operations to make good decisions quickly. By knowing the historical trend, a future trajectory can be projected. This allows fleet operators and other Tampa GPS tracking consumers to visualize where their business is going in the next 30 to 90 days.
Simplifying Complex Integration
When data is transmitted by an IoT device (Compare GPS trackers) the data is sort of like a VIN. The entire GPS coordinate, battery voltage, and other status data are not clearly included in plain language. Instead, the data is put into a code string and each letter or number, or combination, in the string represents something. It is very much like the VIN on a vehicle but more complicated.
The reason it is done this way is to minimize the number of kilobytes being transmitted. Sending a complete latitude and longitude + other data might be 10 kilobytes but the same data when encoded in a string may be just 2 kilobytes. Over the course of a day or month, an 80% savings is reflected through a significant reduction in the amount of data provided by cellular carriers like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Telefonica.
World-Class Solutions and Customer Service
Fleetistics has a team of professionals in place and ready to assist when questions or concerns arise for your company and it’s data. Data can be a very broad term, so whether it be related to cost savings with route optimization, company sustainability, or increasing your company’s safety awareness and measurements, Fleetistics is able to assess many different data points, with constant incoming data traffic.
Depending on your company’s initatives and goals, this allows our team the ability to gain a full understanding of what data is coming in, convert and present it in a way your company easily understands the data provided, and continue providing our World-Class Customer Sevice as your personal hands-on walkthrough where needed.
Call us to learn more.