Software Features
Overview
Learn how businesses use Geotab to control costs through saving time and costs of
operating their fleets. Here are a few recent examples of our customers who take full
advantage of what we offer.
Safety
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Setup exceptions for dangerous driving
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speeding against posted speed limits
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harsh brake
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dangerous lane changes/ aggressive driving
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after hours use
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driving with no seatbelt
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Limiting backing up (and ensuring backing first)
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Seatbelts are used much less than expected by monitoring compliance can go from
80% to 99.8% (large fleet case study)
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Notify the driver by buzzing in the vehicle
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Driver safety scorecard
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Who to email / alert in case of accident -setup a procedure when accident happens.
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Auto retrieve
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Reconstruction from data
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Detect distracted driving – big issue
Productivity
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Import customers using the built in wizard or use the SDK to sync customers in
Checkmate from another system automatically.
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Use groups for different customer types. That way reports will group and categorize
automatically.
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Get minutes per customer visit or minutes spent visiting by category.
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In an actual case study, a large company using Geotab saves 3% on labour by
monitoring how much time was done doing their customers’ deliveries.
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Report the number of customer visited by driver per day
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Manage the time employees are at the office. Paid time vs. personal time (lunch and
break abuse)
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Look at the total time each day employees spend driving slowly or idling (ie caught in
traffic)
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