Cloud fleet management has a lot of benefits: there is just no arguing with how useful a tool it is for better managing your fleet as well as your vehicles. Cloud fleet management allows you to track, record, analyse and review fleet maintenance, fuel purchases, driver performance; things you could quite easily be unaware of if you were dependent on pen and paper or spreadsheets for reference. But, apart from the strict fleet management features, have you ever thought about the advantages of actually having cloud software?
Here we examine four of the main advantages of going for a piece of Software as a Service—in other words, a cloud computing service—when managing your fleet.
1. You'll be prepared in case of an IT emergency
In the event of a breakdown in your IT system or your hardware isn’t working for any reason, you might be forced to give up your devices for some time; and, if you haven’t got a cloud fleet management solution, you’ll miss out on important fleet data. If, instead, you use a cloud solution, you’ll have access to your data 24/7 from any type of device, not limiting the use to the specific computer where everything is installed. Such solutions provide business continuity and enhanced security, since client data is shielded from disaster and security breaches, making sure your business remains operational. If your data is stored on a cloud service, everything remains up and running in any case.
2. No more downtime
Ordinarily, software updates can lead to downtime or perhaps need to be carried out by an IT consultant or somebody external; or you may just inadvertently skip updates altogether. This operational setback could not only create hassle or incur time-wasting but also increase costs as you resort to using a specialist to upgrade your software. But as no particular software is needed on your own computer to run cloud services, and systems are automatically updated, this is a problem you wouldn’t be faced with when using fleet management cloud services.
3. Check your fleet from anywhere
If you have multiple physical locations or depots, cloud fleet management software is a brilliant solution when it comes to keeping tabs on all your vehicles at any given moment. Availability and easy browser access from anywhere are definitely some of the stellar benefits associated with this type of solution.
4. Data analytics, not spreadsheets
The data gathered by this type of software is not just simply stored in the system, it is converted into reports that are much more focused on useful data analytics. Data is centralised so you are able to quickly retrieve information, and it is also much more visible thanks to the sophisticated metrics available.
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