Admit it, managing the fleets in the logistic business include notebook, paper scraps and sometimes even the napkins from the restaurants… 🙂

Later, when there is an immediate need to get the information, searching through all the papers manually was quite a task. Besides, the fleet management involves tracking the vehicle’s actual position, diagnosing vehicles’ health, communication with the driver, vehicles management, checking driver’s behavior and pretty more.

It’s truly back-breaking!

Thankfully, technology comes to the rescue by providing Mobile Solutions that make the management of the business on the wheel more mobile, efficient and productive.

With a high proliferation of mobile app development, the logistics industry has experienced a radical transformation in terms of business operation, fleet management, supply chain, and customer relationship.

According to a survey, “After viewing the consumer market scene, the 80% of the logistics companies have set their sights onto the mobile app development.”

To be pro-active in logistics business is paramount that’s where the mobile apps adoption has become a must-have to stay ahead of the competition and meet up the customer’s demand.

Also, the logistics industry is embracing the changes because the number of business relies on the transportation of the items like- retail, FMCG, boutique, fashion accessories, construction material, healthcare drugs, bank for ATM cash-in-transit, and so on.

It signifies that the mobile apps must be used by the logistics business to streamline the fleet management and grow the benefits by manifolds.

1) Know where your fleet is

The logistics companies having hundreds of vehicles that are transporting the freight from one place to another are difficult to keep track of. The mobile app with GPS services can easily display the owner the real-time position of all the trucks alongside their route and turn-by-turn directions. The information is transmitted to the mobile apps in no time and gets available every time, anywhere.

Furthermore, the Geo-fence analytics gives the owner more insights about fleet, fuel consumption, route, and mileage, leveraging which the best route can be decided for the vehicle so that vehicle can reach the destined location in less time and mileage.

2) Diagnose the vehicle condition

The real-time monitoring of the vehicles helps in assessing the vehicle’s performance. With a mobile app, the owner can track the actual location of the vehicle and know the time in which the vehicle reaches from one location to another. If the vehicle is traveling less distance in the same time, then it hints there is some fault in the vehicle that needs to be fixed immediately or later.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The 40 percent of fatal workplace injuries occur because of transportation incidents when vehicles are not properly maintained.”

Also, the mobile app is very helpful during the emergency condition as the immediate help can be provided to the vehicles and driver, and can be rescued from the accident place.

The record of vehicle repairs and maintenance aid the owner to not oversight the needed repair, which prevents fatal accidents and eliminates the wastage of lots of money due to unnecessary repairs. It minimizes the fleet risks.

3) Stay connected with driver 24/7

The drivers can be updated about the vehicle condition if any fault is found and vice-versa for the owner. The round the clock communication keeps the transparency and the owner up-to-date about the minute variation in anything.

The owner can also track the driver behavior with the mobile app. The real-time updates inform the owner that for how long the driver has taken the break or sitting idle. Also, the driver can update all the information in the mobile app, that’s get updated in seconds.

4) The handy guide to drivers

The drivers are supposed to move to different locations to ship the load during which they sometimes need to locate the fuel provider, vehicle maintenance station, or need roadside assistance.

There the fleet management mobile becomes panacea that helps them locating nearby places where they can eat, get the fuel or check the vehicle.

5) Go beyond the paper

With mobile apps, neither driver nor owner need to make the notes on the paper and arranging them into the files for future records, which are difficult to search and accessible as well.

The digital initiative is far better that eliminate the paper process and scanning of the receipts because the driver and owner can update the information squarely in the mobile app, which is easily and quickly accessible anytime, anywhere. The paperless environment speeds up the work and improves the efficiency of fleet operations.

What’s more?

There are so many IT companies out there in the market that makes the fleet management a breeze with the best-of-the-breed solutions. The variety of choices where every company is debuting as top-grade solution provider muddies the water and makes the decision to zero into one difficult.

That’s where Total Toolbar Company shines for custom app development tailored to your logistic business specific needs.

It’s time to take a few glimpses of the benefits that logistic mobile app would provide:

The mobile app won’t let you overlook the vehicle maintenance, performance monitoring, or tracing driver behavior that influences business growth and productivity.

This, in turn, saves a lot of cost with lowering fuel expenses, reduce the risks associated during emergency or faults, upkeep becomes easier and reduce the downtime.

The Dramatic changes on the horizon!

The smart management of the fleets with intelligent mobile apps making their roots deepen across the globe. The future vehicles will certainly get integrated with the advanced technology solutions to go beyond the customers’ expectations and leapfrog the competition in no time.

According to the Jerry Rozmiarek, the assistant vice president of Wheels Inc., “Mobile devices will have tighter integration into the vehicles. Beyond connecting hands-free phone and music, mobile devices will be able to wirelessly sync key vehicle data including mileage, health checks, and performance, wirelessly with the mobile device, which, in turn, can use that information for applications.”

The words perfectly summarise what the complete blog is written about. Going mobile has become the first step towards success that you should make without thinking even once.

Besides, theIOT, Big data, cloud, Augmented reality and virtual reality are the emerging technology that increasingly transport businesses are embracing to rise above the mobile trend.

To ensure your mobile presence at first to step in with the market and grow boundlessly…