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Introduction:
Having a mobile workforce for any type of business requires more effective
management skills than those required for office management. Employees and
steady assets in the office are in a controlled environment with managerial
observation, but for your employees and assets in the field you may not know
where your vehicles are and what the current progress is for your work and so
on.
Is your business having late deliveries? Do you have new orders? Do you worry whether your drivers are implementing your regulations?
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Were you alerted because
your driver left or entered a route or region not designated? Did he lose his
way or take a break during an urgent delivery? And the list of questions goes
on… These questions are answered usually with what drivers report in log sheets
to their managers at the end of work when the assigned job was uncompleted for
any reason. Such a case usually ends up with unexpected costs for most
businesses. Thus, considering the risks of your mobile business, as they
increase, so will the operational costs and the relative price of service you
provide.
Vehicles carry valuable and time-sensitive assets. Vehicles are valuable
themselves whether you haul your own cargo or someone else's. Knowing
where your vehicle is, what it is doing, and when it is due to arrive at its
destination is indispensable for your business. It is not just a matter of
freight transportation. Tracking an ambulance and guiding it through busy
streets or slow moving freeways can literally be a matter of life and death.
From rent-a-car agencies and police patrols, to yachting teams in the high seas;
from school services to express delivery vans, vehicles in almost every
imaginable situation can be implemented for effective fleet management.
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Vehicle Tracking Systems (SVTS):
Recent developments in the Global Positioning System (GPS) and wireless
communication technology have been integrated together under SVTS trademark by
Teknobil, Istanbul, Turkey. With this cost-effective technology, it has never
been easier to monitor vehicles and get information. SVTS gives a great
opportunity to managers to manage their fleets. This intelligent system works
like an agent of your business, tracking all activities of your fleet vehicles
such as speed, location, traveled distance, trips, routes etc, and reports
automatically to your computer. The system will recognize and report to you all
these events automatically, even if you are on a business trip or vacation.
With SVTS, organizations have at their disposal an effective tool for the
control and tracking of their vehicle fleets. SVTS brings measurable time and
cost savings. It also promotes fair employee management, the prevention of
misuse, and employee safety. SVTS can support bi-directional communication
between vehicles and a control center. This communication can be in the form of
data line, text messaging, and SMS or voice communication.
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How does the System Work?
System consists of mainly three elements:
- Vehicle Units
- Control Center
- Communication Channels
Vehicle Units mounted to every vehicle determine speed and position information
using GPS signals. Speed, time and position information are transferred to the
Control Center. Communications between the Control Center and vehicles are
carried out using the GSM/GPRS network and/or Thuraya
satellites. Hence, users can manage and track their fleets on
scalable digital maps that can be broadened to a continental
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SVTS Manager Software
With a user-friendly interface, SVTS provides full flexibility with your fleet
management. SVTS Manager enables multiple users access to the system with its
powerful client-server architecture.Using SVTS Manager, it is possible to generate reports and get notification or
alerts upon your request. Users can define a route, region and control locations
in order to see company headquarters, branches, customer locations, and other
places of interest on digital maps with GPS accuracy. With Smart-event based
opportunity it is possible to receive alerts for any condition you previously
specified.
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Internet based tracking
iSVTS is Internet-based vehicle tracking and fleet management software. It
enables the manager to track and manage multiple vehicles simultaneously,
anytime, anywhere. With iSVTS, users can access their vehicles from any computer
online using their accounts. iSVTS provides flexibility for full fleet
management.
In the current competitive business world, all firms need to be more efficient
and powerful. Incidentally, for companies having a mobile workforce, rapidly
increasing operational costs are the focus. Firms which have continued to the
up-to-date and cost-effective technologies in their businesses have always been
the industry leaders, and will continue to lead in the future. |
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gozcan@navi-tec.com
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Guven Ozcan holds a bachelor’s degree from
Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey in Geodesy and
Surveying Engineering. He mainly specializes in GPS-based
technologies and navigation systems.
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