Asset Tracking
Monitor your valuable fleet assets when they’re on the road and off with GPS tracking. The ability to locate and recover equipment is essential in protecting your investments. Asset trackers feature a ruggedized design and long battery life, suitable for outdoor use and harsh weather. Solar asset tracking devices are also available.
Why Geotab and TripDAWG
Enhance fleet asset management with deeper insights into how your assets are being used. Report on true asset utilization, dwell time, yard movements and yard entry and exit times. Integration with Geotab and TripDAWG means that you can follow trends on asset usage and location directly from MyGeotab.
Save Time and Money
Know where your assets are when you need them, and limit time spent looking for forgotten equipment and tools. GPS asset tracking is ideal for a wide range of assets and fleets in every industry:
- Transportation and logistics
- Construction
- Landscaping
- Oil, gas, and mining
- Utilities
- Police and first responders
This integrated solution is ideal for helping right size your fleet and cut maintenance costs.
- Rugged design and easy to install
- Dynamic tracking (1 ping per day, ping upon movement)
Power Options:
- Self-sustaining solar power
- Battery powered (USB rechargeable and replaceable battery options)
- Re-chargeable (connection to taillights) Asset Monitoring
Easily monitor the status and condition of your assets remotely. Set up immediate alerts for entering or exiting a geofenced zone, temperature and light change, impact, and other thresholds.
Contact us to see how Fleet Asset Tracking by Geotab and TripDAWG can save you time and money!
Vehicle Licensing Consultants
A Virtual Projects, LLC Company
Fleet & Driver Compliance…Fleet Tracking Software
530-384-3884
Interstate Licensing, UCR registration
Unified Carrier Registration (“UCR”) is a mandatory registration program that applies to all private and for-hire motor carriers that operate in interstate commerce. If you are an interstate carrier and file UCR, you will need to file a non-expiring Motor Carrier Permit (MCP). So remember, the UCR Vehicle deadline is June 30th.
Motor carriers that operate in interstate commerce must register and pay a UCR annual fee. The fee is based on the size of commercial motor vehicles (count only power units) in the carrier’s fleet. Due to a change in the law, trailers are not included in calculating the size of the carrier’s fleet. If a motor carrier operates motor vehicles in interstate commerce but not commercial motor vehicles as defined below, the carrier is still required to register and pay the lowest UCR fee.
Let VLC Help with Your UCR Registration
Our staff is prepared to answer any questions you have regarding your registration and help you with the process. We have many years of experience that will ensure your application is completed correctly and file the correct amount of vehicles.
Feel free to contact VLC to find out how we can help with your UCR registration. Whether you have 1 truck or a 1,000-truck fleet, VLC is here to help with all your licensing, fleet, and driver compliance.
Vehicle Licensing Consultants
A Virtual Projects, LLC Company
Fleet & Driver Compliance…Fleet Tracking Software
530-384-3884
Team Building
Two years ago in September, we bought the house in which we currently live. From the outside, the house was a burnt orange color with the same color trim. Apparently there was a sale on the color, because ours was one of 3 houses in a row with the same paint scheme. Awful!
The yellow/brown tile and oak cabinets throughout were testament to a house built really well in the 1970’s that had seen no updates. Still, we liked the place. Below the house were 12 fruit trees that had wilted in the late July sun with no one to water them. Having always wanted fruit trees, I returned at least once a week while we were in escrow to try and save them.
Last Spring, I watched as the trees began to leaf out. I was disappointed at the lack of fruit. To make matters worse, we were forced to transplant all but 4 trees during the Summer to make way for the pad for our new garage.
I dug the holes extra deep and put in good soil. I soaked them religiously every few days. I pruned them so that they wouldn’t have to support extra foliage. Even then, I didn’t hold out much hope that they would survive because of the time of year we had to re-plant them.
As Winter grew to a close this year, I watched for buds. Our apricot and avocado were both showing signs of leafing, but the others seemed lifeless.
I wasn’t sure what would happen, but one by one, they leafed and blossomed. Every tree is not only carrying fruit, they are absolutely flourishing.
Just like my trees had to fight to survive, I know others are also facing challenges everyday…maybe they are with substances, mindset, depression, relationships, health, and/or finances.
Making sure you nourish yourself with water and good soil is crucial. The people and situations who you surround yourself with makes a huge difference. Trimming those pieces of you that drain your resources, so that you can focus on those pieces that you want to grow is also important. In this way, you can focus your growth. Just as my fruit trees are reaching toward the sun, you can reach toward your potential growth.
I am under no impression that growth is easy. If it is too easy, the growth may not be genuine or lasting. But I do have faith that every person has an area that deserves attention, and that every person has the strength to affect change.
- What are your challenges at this point in your life?
- How can you view these challenges as growth opportunities? And, how can you make this mindset consistent?
- What is a piece of you that needs to be pruned? How could you redistribute this extra energy?
As my mentor Paul Martinelli says, “Your dreams can’t grow in infertile soil.”
Have a great week,
Chuck Ross
John Maxwell Certified Coach, Trainer, Speaker, and DISC consultant
chuckross.net
Author: Change? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?
530-277-6161
“They themselves are makers of themselves.” James Allen
Employee Spotlight
The VLC employee spotlight for June shines on Jannell Groundwater. According to the staff at VLC, Jannell is a customer service hero! She is a FTR (Fuel Tax Reporting) expert coupled with a caring personality aimed at customers and co-workers alike. We are happy to have her working for us at VLC and we extend our congratulations to her on being this months “VLC Rockstar”
Vehicle Licensing Consultants
A Virtual Projects, LLC Company
Fleet & Driver Compliance…Fleet Tracking Software
530-384-3884
Telematics
Vehicle telematics provides an abundance of useful data that can be collected, combined, and reported on from one convenient, easy-to-install piece of technology. When most people talk about telematics or GPS, they think navigation. This is certainly an important aspect, but only a small slice of what this technology has to offer.
Vehicle Tracking
Collect accurate data on vehicle location, speed, trip distance, overall trip time, engine idling, and so much more. Know when that vehicle will complete its current assignment and ready for its next schedule.
Vehicle Health
Extract valuable data on your fleet vehicle’s health and status. VIN, odometer, engine faults, and more help you prioritize maintenance and identify risky vehicles and driving habits.
Collision Detection
Telematics devices can detect exceptional events such as acceleration, hash braking, cornering, and other data points that can help with collision reconstruction. Alerts (both email and desktop) can keep fleet managers notified in the event of a collision, providing early signals and help for the driver.
Route Optimization
Reduce vehicle mileage and fuel consumption by optimizing routes for your drivers. Find the right route, the right time, and compare planned vs. actual so you can fine tune your schedule and driver routes.
Secure Data Collection
A good telematics device will use encryption, authentication, and verification when sending data from the device to the network. It is important to collect good data from your fleet vehicles; it is even more important that the data is secure and that all updates come from a trusted source.
Driver Coaching
Immediate feedback can help improve fleet safety. In-vehicle driver coaching can alert the driver with spoken words or an audible alert when driving behavior is unsafe. Reinforce your company policies and encourage your drivers to obey the rules of the road.
Benefits of Telematics and Fleet Management for Home Services
Home services companies such as HVAC, plumbing, etc. are turning to telematics and fleet management to help reduce their fleet management costs. Fleet management solutions give managers a opportunity to improve their fleet operations and are increasingly embracing this technology to save money and improve customer satisfaction. Here are a few specific benefits for home services companies:
- Reduced fuel costs
- Optimized dispatching
- Improved vehicle maintenance
- Optimized driving behavior
- Improved driver safety
- Enhanced customer satisfaction
Measurement and Management
Collect the events that matter most to your business. Collect the data that can help you measure and improve productivity, safety, asset utilization and optimization, compliance, and growth. Be armed with data and make informed decisions.
The most important choice in a telematics solution is growth and expansion. Choose a tool that will not be outdated next year and avoid solutions that cannot expand to your fleet size and business needs. At VLC, we have been helping businesses grow their telematics solutions and keeping them on top of the latest technology advances. We know telematics; let us share our knowledge with your team.
Vehicle Licensing Consultants
A Virtual Projects, LLC Company
Fleet & Driver Compliance…Fleet Tracking Software
530-384-3884
