If you have looked into telematics for fleets or GPS tracking in order to gain efficiency, save money and streamline your processes, you are surely on the right track to empower your fleet and your business. But from my personal experience I know you may still be harbouring doubts regarding the ‘human factor’… in other words, how will your employees take the news?
Most people who opt for installing telematics or GPS tracking feel that their staff won’t naturally accept it; that they won’t like the idea of being controlled or won’t feel comfortable with the technology. But while we have often focused on how it is best to present the subject to your team and on the benefits of using a similar system in case of disputes, in order to prove their innocence regarding an incident or even to protect them in adverse weather or possible danger, now we intend to focus on the human factor and find out whether telematics for fleets or GPS tracking could actually make employees happier, and, ultimately, how to make them switch over to a more receptive attitude.
A happy employee is surely a boost to the health of a company—what can fleet telematics do for the welfare of your staff (and ultimately, for your business)?
1. A way of showing you care for your staff
Drivers do quite a risky job even if in the minds or preconceptions of some people the daily driving routine is not considered too difficult. It also involves a lot of other tasks, such as making sure everything is compliant, loading and unloading vehicles, performing vehicle checks and of course travelling safely and being attentive to what can happen on the road. Implementing a telematics system means you care for your staff and you want to protect them, train them in the practice of safe driving and help out in case of danger.
2. A way of decreasing the stress of your workforce
A lot of things will definitely be easier once telematics is installed: drivers won’t have to use paper forms for walkaround checks; and they won’t have to be called up every time in order to ascertain their position or delivery time. It is a way of decreasing the stress, anxiety and worry in your employees.
3. Making them feel part of the company
Implementing a technology that is able to monitor driver behaviour and journeys will provide occasions for training your drivers as well as engaging them so they become more fully involved in the company.
4. Reward drivers for their good performances
With some software solutions for fleet management, you will also have the opportunity of rewarding drivers. The ideas for doing that could be different: for example, you could explain something particularly good that has been done by somebody in the team during a meeting, or by utilising the driver challenge option through which you can organise driver competitions based on fuel consumption or safety.
In the end, there are quite a number of telematics options that can improve the working life of your employees, and improve your business as well! Contact us to find out exactly how to do it.
