GPS Tracking for Plumbing Companies

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How Can GPS Tracking Help Plumbing Companies?

A plumbing company’s fleet performance can have a big effect on the company’s overall performance – and bottom line. That’s why FleetLocate’s GPS vehicle tracking solution gives you the tools you need to improve vehicle and routing performance, fuel efficiency, customer satisfaction, field service management, and more. Plus, FleetLocate‘s^® ability to manage a mixed fleet means you can see your entire fleet at a glance.

Easy On-Time Vehicle Maintenance:

Don’t lose a customer over a broken down vehicle. FleetLocate alerts you when maintenance is required on each vehicle so that breakdowns rarely, if ever, occur.

Lower Your Insurance Premiums:

Auto insurance companies often reward GPS fleet tracking users because they know you’ll receive driving reports to correct any safety concerns when it comes to safety and performance.

Dispatch & Route Optimization:

With FleetLocate, you’ll always know where all of your vehicles are in real-time. And when you know that, you can dispatch more effectively and make sure your techs are routed to locations faster.

Your Customers Will Benefit:

FleetLocate means on-time service. And that means happy customers. With its GPS vehicle tracking, FleetLocate can help you deliver your drivers to customers faster, and if there are any delays, allow you to communicate updated times with customers.

Accountability Goes Up:

When techs know GPS vehicle tracking is on, they will be more responsible in preventing unauthorized use, excessive fuel consumption from speeding and unsafe driving. Also, times on and off the job sites will be more accurate and easily verifiable.

Fuel Card Savings:

This is where lower fuel costs start – combining the Spireon WatchCard with FleetLocate. It’s the simple way to monitor and centralize fuel purchases through this universally accepted card, and it can be your one tool to reduce wasteful practices and eliminate fraudulent purchases. Learn more about Spireon’s fuel card integration

Plumbing companies like yours face challenges including efficient routing and dispatching, driver safety, managing service calls and customer satisfaction, and misuse of plumbing equipment and vehicles. All of these issues reduce productivity and eat away at your bottom line. FleetLocate^® helps you address these issues and more, by allowing you to manage your plumbing fleet easily and quickly on desktop or mobile. You can route your plumbing technicians in real-time, improving their satisfaction as well as your customers’.

Where Your Plumbing Fleet Is Leaking Money

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Leak #1: Fuel Costs

• Fuel accounts for 30% of fleet operating expenses.
• Excessive idling can waste a quarter to half gallon of fuel per hour.

Leak #2: Lease Payments & Vehicle Ownership • The estimated total cost of owner

Leak #3: Maintenance & Repairs

• $1,000 – $3,000 is spent on maintenance per vehicle annually. • Unplanned breakdowns cost 3 to 9 times more than planned

Leak #4: Insurance

• Commercial auto insurance costs around $750 to $1,200 per vehicle. Rates can increase depending on accidents and driving violations.

An accident that includes damage to both a person and a vehicle increases insurance by about 33 percent.
40% of motor vehicle accidents are work-related.

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Leak #5: Labor and Overtime Costs

• The average median pay for plumbers is $52,590 per year, not accounting for overtime.

How FleetLocate Solves Plumbing Companies’ Biggest Problems

Fuel Costs

PROBLEM: Fuel accounts for 30% of fleet operating expenses. Companies can spend $200-$300 per stop depending on the vehicle type, service radius, and driver behavior.

SOLUTION: 100% of FleetLocate customers surveyed saw a decrease in fuel expenses, with 10% reporting they cut fuel costs by as much as 50%.*

Maintenance & Repairs

PROBLEM: Fleets spend $1,000 – $3,000 on parts and labor per vehicle annually for light duty trucks.

SOLUTION: In surveys, FleetLocate customers say:*

100% of surveyed customers saved up to 10% or more in vehicle downtime using FleetLocate’s proactive maintenance monitoring.
More than 1 in 3 Fleet organizations have seen fewer unplanned maintenance instances since implementing FleetLocate.*

Insurance

PROBLEM: Commercial auto insurance costs on average around $750 to $1,200 per vehicle. Rates can increase depending on accidents and driving violations.

SOLUTION: In surveys, FleetLocate customers say:*

64% have seen fewer speeding violations since implementing FleetLocate.
More than half have seen fewer accidents since implementing FleetLocate.

Labor

PROBLEM: Labor costs hit your bottom line. The median pay for plumbers is $52,590 per year, not accounting for overtime. Dispatcher salaries average of $38,790 per year.

SOLUTION: In surveys, FleetLocate customers say:*

84% improved their ability to better manage their fleet.
86% reported improved awareness of driver location and on-site hours.
62% saw improved efficiency.

*In surveys of FleetLocate customers conducted by TechValidate, a third party research service.

FleetLocate Customers Say:

“Improved miles per gallon, reduced frequency of fuel fill-ups, and improved efficiency”

— Terri Jenkins, Operations Manager, Preventive Fire & Safety Equipment, Inc.

“64% of surveyed customers have seen fewer speeding violations since implementing FleetLocate.*”

“More than half of surveyed customers have seen fewer accidents since implementing FleetLocate.*”

“FleetLocate helps me identify the drivers who need improvement.”

— Melanie Larkin, Dispatcher, Hyde Park Plumbing and Heating

“FleetLocate keeps my techs on jobs.”

— Billie Johnson, Operations Manager, Steve Mull Plumbing, LLC

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What Our Customers Are Saying

“We saw more customer service with FleetLocate in 6 months than we did with our current vendor in 6 years! At Covenant we focus on 3 main objectives: Driver Satisfaction, Fleet Safety and Customer Service. And FleetLocate supports all of those objectives with their real-time visibility, Rich Data, alerts, training and their powerful ROI support.”

Scott Flerl, Director of Asset ManagementCovenant Transport

“Spireon gives us a finger on the pulse of what’s going on within the company. From delivering a piece of equipment or even as simple as delivering a rental, it gives us the ability to be able to see the location of our drivers, if they break down, if speed alters, if they are traveling too fast, or whether they’re idle.”

Mark Blanchard, Vice PresidentBobcat of New Hampshire

“From identifying revenue per trailer to eliminating theft, FleetLocate’s Rich Data gives us the real-time visibility we need to drive more ROI and protect our assets.”

Brian Gannon, Project ManagerTutle & Tutle Trucking

“The system has paid for itself many, many, many times over.”

Tommy Clarke, President, CEO, and OwnerTommy Rooter plumbing service

“We felt Spireon had a better solution to help us track our trucks using live data streams than some of the other fleet management systems out there. It also provides us with real time information to track if the truck is going over certain miles per hour or outside of a certain zone. This helped us not only reduce fuel costs, but also reduce our insurance premiums.”

Greg Barnhart, Director of OperationsToasty Cheese

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