Fleet Management and Telematics Blog
A place for ideas, insights and practical advice on fleet management and telematics to help expand your business.
Fleet Customer Support: Why Gridline Excels at a Lost Art
Many software companies are scaling back customer support to save money. Gridline offers comprehensive fleet customer support to every client.
Driver Scorecard: Complete Performance with Both Telematics and Dash Cams
Don't fall victim to telematics information overload. Integrate your telematics driver scorecard with your dash camera events for complete driver performance.
Fleet Safety Management: Why and How to Protect Your Business
A good fleet safety management program can help you create a culture of safety that prevents accidents, injuries, deaths, and costly property damage.
Sustainable Fleet Planning: 5 Key Considerations
Are you conducting sustainable fleet planning and considering replacing diesel trucks with electric vehicles? Here are five questions to guide you.
California Clean Truck Program: What It Means for Your Fleet
The California Clean Truck Program takes full effect on January 1, 2024. Here’s how telematics and analytics solutions can help you automate compliance.
How Monitoring Cases Per Hour Can Help Improve Delivery Efficiency
With rich data on their delivery efficiency, distributors can identify their best and worst customers and make more profitable decisions about serving them.
5 Key Takeaways from Geotab Connect 2023
Geotab Connect 2023 was the first such event in three years and attracted a record number of attendees. Here are five takeaways on the future of telematics.
Service Frequency Analytics: The New Key to Distributor Profitability
By analyzing their service frequency, distributors can identify their least profitable customers and make route changes that protect shrinking margins.
Driver Incentive Program Ideas: Five Ways to Enhance Your Program
What are the best ways to reward your drivers? Here are five practical driver incentive program ideas for fleets of all sizes and in all industries.
How AI-Powered Dash Cams Can Help with Driver Scoring, Gamification, and Incentives
Using AI-powered dash cams can help you establish accurate driver scoring so you can identify, recognize, and reward your top performers. Here’s how.
Boost Driver Recruitment with Gamification and Incentives
You can improve your chances at driver recruitment by building a gamification and incentive program and promoting it during the hiring process. Here’s how.
How Gamification and Incentives Can Enhance Your Driver Retention Program
Your driver retention program can use gamification and incentives to improve performance by tapping into drivers' natural competitive instincts. Here's how.
The Future of Telematics: Using AI to Protect Fleet Assets
The future of telematics is here. AI solutions can help you identify potential fleet maintenance issues and service your trucks to prevent costly breakdowns.
AI Dash Cams: Why They May Be a Good Fit for Your Fleet
AI dash cams can make it much easier for your fleet managers to reward good drivers and coach underperformers. Here’s how to choose the right technology.
Improve Driver Behavior with a Driver Incentive Program
Launching a driver incentive program can help you improve your drivers’ behavior dramatically with only a modest investment. Here’s how to set up your program.
Data-Driven Green Fleet Management: How the Wave of the Future Gives a Bottom-Line Boost
Green fleet management should be a top priority for fleets and fleet management companies alike. Learn why ESG is important, plus some tips to get there.
Fleet Asset Management: Maximize Vehicle Performance and ROI
Don’t overlook fleet asset management as you strive to become a data-driven enterprise. Here are the metrics that can improve your bottom line.
Reduce Fleet Costs: How Telematics Can Help You Save Money
Telematics can help you drill down to the root causes behind your biggest expenses so that you can reduce fleet costs the smart way. This article shows how.
Driver Performance: How to See It All on a Single Pane of Glass
It’s hard to improve driver performance when data is scattered across systems. Here’s how to get a consolidated view of what’s going on across your fleet.
Fleet Analytics: Become a Data-Driven Enterprise
When it comes to improving the bottom line, fleet analytics is only the beginning. Find out how to get a complete view of your fleet’s performance.
Fleet Asset Monitoring: Increase Fleet Utilization and ROI
Phillips Connect provides fleet asset monitoring solutions that help Geotab customers locate assets and keep them in use. Boost profitability and end frustration.
Does Your Vendor Take Telematics Data Security Seriously? Here’s Why SOC 2 (Type 2) Compliance Matters.
If you’re interested in building an EV fleet but skeptical that it will pay off, consider these insights from a massive study of the current EV market.
Moving to an Electric Fleet? Don’t Forget About EV Telematics
Don’t overlook the need to implement an EV telematics solution as you build out your EV fleet. Here’s what to look for in a telematics partner.
Distributors: Is Your EV Fleet Worth the Investment?
If you’re interested in building an EV fleet but skeptical that it will pay off, consider these insights from a massive study of the current EV market.
Can Dash Cams Lower Insurance Costs for Your Fleet?
With video telematics technology, your dash cams can lower insurance costs for your entire fleet. Ask our experts what to look for and how to deploy.
Dash Cams for Safety: Reduce Risk for Your Fleet
Enhance your dash cam safety strategy by using technology that combines video capture with GPS. You’ll be able to pinpoint the causes of bad driver behavior.
Telematics Data Analytics: Enhance Decision-Making by Combining Data Sets in One Place
Taking the right approach to telematics data analytics can have a major effect on your business performance. Here’s how to get an integrated view of data.
Fleet Driver Safety: 5 Easy Post-Pandemic Tips
The world is opening up and the roads are getting busier—so fleet driver safety is more important than ever. Here are five ways to keep your drivers safe.
Leverage Delivery Fleet Tracking and Telematics to Improve Your Fleet’s Time Window Compliance
Delivery fleet tracking focused on plan vs. actual analysis can help improve the profitability of product distribution companies.
Delivery Performance Analysis Helps Lower Your Overall Mileage Cost
Delivery performance focused on plan vs. actual mileage analysis can help increase the profitability of product distribution companies.
Analyze Service Time Data to Improve Your Delivery Fleet Performance
Fleet performance improvements can increase the profitability of product distribution companies when service time efficiency is measured and analyzed.
Resolve Your OTR Trucking Challenges with a Telematics Solution
Implement a telematics solution to retain top drivers, avoid regulatory violations, and keep trucks on the road. Here’s how.
How Distributors Can Leverage Route Plan vs Actual Analysis to Boost Profits
Route plan versus actual comparisons can be surprising in a pandemic-changed world. Here’s how to get the valuable insights you need to optimize your routes.
For Higher Driver Retention, Adopt a Comprehensive Driver Workflow Solution
The right driver workflow solution can help you increase driver retention by providing a better overall work experience. Find out what to look for.
Get the value you expect from fleet telematics
Support for 3G fleet telematics is rapidly coming to an end. Learn how to make the most of this situation and put your telematics analytics in a better place.
Telematics Hardware: Plan now for the 3G network sunset
Wireless companies are shutting down the 3G network. Find out why now is the best time to plan an upgrade of your fleet telematics technology.
Fleet Risk Management: How to Keep Your Fleet Safe During COVID-19
Fleet risk management can help you protect the safety of your drivers—especially with the increased workloads during COVID-19. Here’s how to stay safe.
Social Distancing for Truckers: Eight Ways to Keep Your Drivers Safe—and Efficient
While everyone else is social distancing, your drivers keep delivering. But there are common-sense ways to protect your drivers without slowing them down.
Why Now Is the Ideal Time for a Plan vs Actual Delivery Data Audit
A “Plan vs Actual” delivery data audit will identify your profit leaks. Decisions you make today will help you run more profitably as the economy opens up.
Thank You, Truckers: You’ve Kept America Going During COVID-19
Thank you, truckers for putting yourselves in harm’s way to keep our nation moving during COVID-19. Here’s how you can join Gridline in saying thank you.
Fleet Maintenance Costs: Are You Wasting Money on Filters?
Want to reduce your truck fleet maintenance costs? Following the recommended intervals for filter replacement may actually be wasting your money. Here’s why.
Why Distribution KPIs Matter: A Sales-Driven Company’s Story
Everyone says they’re a sales-driven company. Back up that statement by monitoring and acting upon the right distribution KPIs...
Get a Clear Vision of Your Fleet Operation with Video Telematics
More and more corporate fleets have decided to implement video telematics systems to monitor their drivers’ safety performance throughout the day. Here's why your fleet should, too.
Optimizing Distributor Profitability: How a 360-Degree Customer View Can Help You
If you’re serious about optimizing distributor profitability, build a 360-degree view of each customer.
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ELD Regulations: Why Compliance Could Actually Expose You to Legal Action—and How to Fight Back
Here’s how to avoid having your own data used against you.
Geofencing for Your Vehicle Route Optimization Software
Learn why your vehicle route optimization software is only as good as your geofencing.
Driving the Fleet Safety Movement
Practical Use of Telematics to Save Lives and Reduce Costs
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