How Engine Fault Alerts Help Fleets Reduce Breakdowns A vehicle rarely goes from operating normally to suffering a major mechanical failure without warning. In many cases, its onboard systems detect an abnormal condition before the driver notices a serious performance problem. The challenge for fleet managers is receiving that information early enough to act. Engine…
GPS Jammers: How They Affect Fleet Tracking and What Canadian Fleets Can Do GPS tracking gives fleet managers valuable visibility into vehicle locations, routes, driver activity and daily operations. However, that visibility can be disrupted when someone deliberately interferes with GPS signals. Devices designed to cause this interference are commonly known as GPS jammers, GPS…
GPS Jammers and Fleet Tracking: Risks, Warning Signs and Prevention GPS tracking gives fleet managers the real-time visibility needed to coordinate vehicles, improve routing, monitor driver safety, respond to emergencies and protect valuable equipment. However, this visibility depends on reliable satellite signals. A GPS jammer can interfere with those signals, creating gaps in location data…
Heavy-Duty vs. Non-Heavy-Duty 16-Pin Harnesses Choosing the right 16-pin harness may seem like a small installation detail, but it can affect device fit, power compatibility, diagnostic access, and long-term reliability. For fleets using Geotab GO devices, the difference between a heavy-duty 16-pin harness and a non-heavy-duty 16-pin harness is not just the connector shape. It…
How to Know When Your Fleet Has Outgrown Spreadsheets Spreadsheets are often where fleet management begins. For a small business with a few vehicles, a spreadsheet can feel simple, affordable, and familiar. You can list vehicle numbers, driver names, service dates, fuel purchases, odometer readings, and customer stops in one place. At the beginning, that…
Fleet Visibility vs. Fleet Control: What GPS Tracking Actually Gives You When businesses first look into GPS tracking, they often use words like “visibility” and “control” as if they mean the same thing. They do not. Fleet visibility means knowing where vehicles, drivers, and assets are, what they are doing, and how they are performing.…
Small Fleet, Big Problems: Why GPS Tracking Isn’t Just for Large Companies Many small businesses still think GPS tracking is something only large transportation companies need. It is easy to understand why. When people hear “fleet management,” they often picture hundreds of trucks, a large dispatch office, and a national logistics operation. But for many…
The Hidden Cost of Missing Equipment: Why Asset Tracking Matters on Every Job Site On a busy construction site, equipment can move quickly. A skid steer may be sent to another project, a generator may be left behind after a weekend shift, a trailer may be parked at a temporary yard, and smaller tools may…
Where Did the Day Go? How GPS Tracking Helps Fleets Find Lost Time Every fleet manager has had the same frustrating question at the end of a busy day: “Where did the day go?” The schedule looked reasonable in the morning. The jobs were assigned. The vehicles left the yard. But by the afternoon, one…
Calculating the “Total Cost of Repair” (TCR) for Your Ontario Fleet For many Ontario fleets, repair cost is still measured by the invoice from the shop: parts, labour, taxes, and maybe a towing charge. But that number rarely shows the full financial impact of a vehicle being out of service. A $1,200 repair can become…
