The Importance of Location

Utilising GPS and mapping services is now well established in a diverse range of industries from transport to asset management and service management. The real key to tapping GPS information is to integrate and make use of this within a business application. Making use of GPS information in a relevant manner unlocks the potential of Location based services.

Location services provide the ability to perform simple operations such as locate vehicles and track journeys. Simple operations are also catered for such as ‘Where is my vehicle’ and ‘Where has my vehicle been’ as well as visual maps of locations of the entire fleet. More importantly Location services are used to add location information into say Transport jobs to allow automatic initiation of transport events. For transport operators this provides significant value by removing the need for drivers to verify transport events such as Arrival, Departure, Loading etc as these events are now processed automatically based on the location of the vehicle and the particular ‘job’ the driver is undertaking.

The use of Location services also verify where an event occurred. In Transport examples it can also assist in providing a verification of location for Proof of Delivery and all associated transport events. In asset management examples, assets can be located and managed and detailed geographical history can be recorded.

Tracking break-time, down-time and demurrage can is also made available and integrated into the business application. As an example, contracts for transport services are becoming heavily KPI based and Location services provides even greater capabilities to assist operators in meeting and reporting on their KPI’s.

Importantly, location services provides the ability for ‘pro-active’ services such as pre-warning a client that a delivery or service technician is imminent based on their current GPS location. There is therefore capability to provide automatic ‘events’ based on GPS location including services such as sending an SMS to a client of the approaching delivery or technician. Business owners can significantly reduce revenue collection times, reduce demurrage and delays and virtually eliminate ‘lost jobs’ and the revenue associated with that job.

Xmotion Transporta is an example of a business application taking advantage of Location services. Contact InterDev for further information.

Further information contact:
InterDev Australia Pty Ltd
Tel: 03 9886 8736
info@interdev.com.au
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