Real life examples of how telematics has improved the operations of other companies is a great way to evaluate your own company goals. If you want to grow your brand and your fleet, look at what others have done in implementing technology into how they operate. Your questions about telematics are about to be answered, so keep reading.
Well-known telematics use cases for fleet management include Concord Cranes, The Courier Guy, and Avis car hire. These South African companies implemented real-time data into their fleet analytics and managed to transform their operations and grow their companies with better efficiency and savings techniques.
For small logistics companies in South Africa, the best telematics solutions are scalable ones (solutions that grow with your company). It’s also best to choose a fleet logistics solution that makes good use of AI technology, since this automates many of the tedious processes that come with managing a smaller fleet.
You don’t need to look any further than Cartrack for your telematics needs, since our solutions are predominantly focused on real-time data—especially when it comes to vehicle tracking. But remember that you can also combine vehicle tracking with other useful telematics like video footage, vehicle maintenance, driver coaching, and collision or proximity alerts.
Telematics features that work to reduce fuel consumption focus on highlighting waste so that you can make corrections to these wasteful habits. This includes trip data, fuel monitoring with IoT sensors, vehicle performance monitoring, and route optimisation. All these techniques work well together to save a large chunk of your fuel bill.
There are various telematics devices for personal vehicle security, but the most apparent one is dashcams. Why? Because dashcams have built-in AI that can detect suspicious behaviour while you’re parked, and record important footage while you drive. Other vehicle security telematics devices include a tracking device, a virtual car guard, and an anti-hijacking panic button.
The reason Cartrack’s telematics system is so successful is because it’s super flexible. Not only do we tailor our solutions to suit your exact needs, but we’ve also designed our system to grow and adjust according to your fleet size. Other success factors include gold-standard AI integration, great service, and a customer-focused business model.
Future trends in telematics include EV fleet management, greener fleet management solutions, and more advanced AI abilities in fleet technology. Cartrack is driving at the front of the pack when it comes to these future trends, and makes the transformation seamless for companies that want to follow them.
Telematics in fleet management is really just the data you get from your vehicles. But this data needs to be gathered using IoT devices like tracking devices, sensors, cameras, etc. Then that same data needs to be translated into insightful information that affects the way you make decisions regarding your fleet.
Different categories of telematics often include:
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A telematics strategy starts by asking what you want to achieve within your company (growth, cost saving, EV transformation, etc.). From there, you can work your way down and identify what you need to reach that goal. Telematics is almost always the answer, because indisputable data and facts should be driving the everyday decisions you make within your company.
In many instances, telematics can be derived with the help of AI (as is the case with camera footage), but most of the time, AI is used to translate and organise that data. AI is used extensively to make sense of telematics so that it’s more relevant to fleet managers and can assist in their decision-making.
The only disadvantage to telematics is not using the information wisely or not translating it properly. As is the case with most technology, what we do with it dictates the outcome. Telematics is raw data that can be organised to give you valuable insights into where your fleet company is doing well, and where it needs improvement. That’s where Cartrack shines: we’ve optimised telematics to make it truly valuable to your company.
