GPS Vehicle Tracking For Small Business Fleets in Eswatini
Growing a small business can be demanding. With the current state of safety and the economy in Eswatini, some of the usual challenges facing these small-scale enterprises can multiply tenfold. From hijacking trucks and business fleets to our current economic environment, Eswatini can be a risky country to start a fleet business in. That said, Cartrack provides GPS (Global Positioning System) vehicle tracking solutions to help entrepreneurs equip themselves against these issues.
How exactly can GPS vehicle tracking boost your small business’s success?
GPS tracking is an effective tool for assisting the growth of small enterprises. Here are a few key features of GPS tracking that can help improve fleet productivity, save company costs and boost customer retention.
- Keep track of your fleet’s precise location: You can employ real-time tracking using live GPS to keep a finger on your fleet’s location.
- Get in-depth data about fleet trips: Gain extensive knowledge about your vehicles during the journey, such as engine diagnostics, fuel usage, trip duration and more.
- Replay your fleet’s journeys: Follow all your vehicles’ separate timelines by replaying when they were on the trip and how much time they spent overall driving, idling, ignition time, and more.
Challenges of small business fleets in Eswatini and how tracking harsh behaviours can help
While the smaller businesses in Eswatini face challenges, there are always solutions, such as Cartrack’s many effective GPS solutions. Explore this variety of problems and solutions below.
How small business safety is threatened, and how harsh driver behaviour monitoring can help
Inexperience and safety issues can affect any business; these issues may cause young businesses to buckle under the weight, especially with the associated costs they may incur. Find out more about these issues below:
- Inexperienced truck drivers: Small enterprises in Eswatini may not be able to hire drivers who are highly experienced due to a more limited budget. While it is legally required for professional truck drivers to have specific qualifications, such as a Code EC driving license for heavy goods vehicles, there is still on-the-job experience that less-experienced drivers lack. With less experience on the road, accidents are more likely to occur. Eswatini roads do not provide easy terrain for these beginner drivers. Still, this does not mean there are no solutions – keep reading to discover Cartrack’s ability to track and record their behaviour, which may help them improve.
- Damaged fleet and cargo: If GPS live tracking and recording can help these inexperienced drivers improve, they could decrease the damage to the fleet and cargo caused by these accidents.
- Hijacking trucks and cargo theft: The reality of crime-heavy Eswatini roads is common knowledge among everyday citizens. Luckily, our Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) solution can help.
Learn more about our SVR and, as we mentioned, our ability to track and record driver behaviour to keep your fleet safe and all connected costs inside rather than outside your pocket.
Protect your drivers and business with Cartrack’s GPS live vehicle tracking and history
- Tracking and recording harsh behaviours: Tracking and recording each driver’s harsh behaviours can give you insight into how safety-conscious they are while on the road, providing information for possible future coaching. This coaching can boost inexperienced truck drivers’ skills, leading to fewer accidents, less cargo and fleet damage and more safety for the drivers.
These harsh behaviours include exceeding the speed limit of the specific vehicle they are driving and the legal speed limit, harsh acceleration, harsh braking, harsh turning, and excessive Revolutions Per Minute (RPM). For each harsh behaviour, you can access the specific driver responsible for it, the time it occurred, and the legal speed limit, among many other features.
Each driver also has an ongoing rating of zero to three stars, which shows their overall performance and gives a quick indication of whether and which drivers need to improve.
- Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR): This solution ensures you can retrieve your trucks and cargo. Using our tracking devices, Catrack’s trained response team will immediately begin locating and retrieving your vehicle via GPS vehicle tracking.
The economy’s impact on small businesses and the power of our location tracking and fleet management platform
Growing enterprises find it more challenging to grow in a struggling economy, as less funding may become available from hesitant investors, and the demand for certain products they are selling may be low due to individuals looking to save money.
Explore how a shortfall in entrepreneurial and management skills and fuel prices is getting in the way of small enterprises making money in the Eswatini economy, followed by how Cartrack’s fleet management platform’s all-in-one GPS vehicle tracking solutions and precise vehicle tracking can combat these issues.
- A shortfall in entrepreneurial and management skills: Smaller businesses are usually less experienced, and management can impact how productive and efficient a company is, which ultimately leads to how much money it can make, effectively finding a way to survive in the Eswatini economy. For example, the more products a small enterprise pushes out, the more it can sell. On top of this, the better the product’s quality, the better the reputation, which can lead to selling more goods. Lastly, if fleets are managed better, goods get delivered on time and of good quality, leading to improved profits. Cartrack’s fleet management platform, which has multiple live GPS vehicle tracking, can help managers take on multiple roles easily. Read on to discover more about this solution.
- Fuel Prices: Although compared to the global average, Eswatini petrol prices are less expensive, Eswatini consumers and businesses have experienced the comparative brunt of facing petrol price hikes for over a decade within the country’s borders. As a result, fuel prices for fleets can reach excessive levels, which can be risky and challenging for small businesses to handle. If these small businesses can save money on fuel costs, they boost their chances of growing in the current economic landscape. Cartrack’s GPS live vehicle tracking can help optimise routes and save fuel costs.
Learn how your small enterprise can cut costs and grow in this challenging environment with Cartrack’s GPS and Fleet Management Solution
Improve fleet management with one platform for all GPS-live tracking solutions
Cartrack’s fleet management platform has various features and solutions, many of which are connected to live GPS vehicle tracking. Some have already been mentioned, such as tracking and recording harsh driving behaviours, tracking SVU units, and precise location tracking.
You can also easily see which vehicles are on and which are off in real time, which are visible and vice versa, and easily search for any car via “Fleet Search” to explore its specific details.
This platform can help simplify the management process by providing numerous easy-to-access tools in one technological space, making all tasks that much easier to delegate and implement.
Take advantage of precise location tracking to optimise routes and save on fuel costs
Saving on fuel costs combats the issue of high fuel prices, saving small enterprises money, which acts as a defence against the country’s economic state.
Cartrack’s GPS tracking technology’s precise tracking of fleets allows managers to understand the routes in detail and optimise them for fuel costs and avoidable maintenance and repair expenses brought on by wear and tear.
Pro-active route adjustment and the ability to adjust them in real-time in response to unexpected events such as accidents and traffic jams means that your investment in our GPS tracking technology is more than worth the long-term savings.
Why should you pay attention to the influence of Live GPS tracking on Eswatini’s small business sector?
The general public’s view of GPS tracking in Eswatini is that its primary purpose is protecting private vehicles from rampant hijacking and cargo theft on the country’s roads.
That said, small businesses are a cornerstone of the economy, and GPS tracking offers a significant opportunity to enhance operations and competitiveness.
Given the unique challenges, such as traffic congestion, fuel costs, and security concerns, GPS tracking can provide valuable solutions for small businesses looking to optimise their operations and remain competitive.
Luckily, Cartrack offers you even more solutions to boost your small enterprise, such as our tailored vehicle tracking solutions.
Use Cartrack’s tailored vehicle tracking solutions to help your small business grow
Consider Cartrack’s tailored vehicle tracking solutions to enhance safety, tackle theft, and mitigate any costs that may arise from hijacking or car and fleet theft.
Contact us today to keep track of your fleet and expand your business.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
Q: How do you monitor a fleet of vehicles?
A: Telematics and GPS tracking help you monitor fleets in real time, assembling data such as the fleet’s location, engine diagnostics, servicing, idling status, and more.
Q: What are some tips for effective fleet management?
A: Fleet management issues can include anything from managing multiple employees and vehicles to ensuring that all fleet vehicles are serviced on time. However, Cartrack’s fleet management solutions can empower fleet managers by automating and simplifying these management tasks.
Fleet managers should also prioritise safety, communicate and lead well, and understand business and cost management.
Q: Which vehicle tracker is best in Eswatini?
A: Cartrack has the highest stolen vehicle recovery rate in Eswatini, at approximately 90%. In addition, compared to other Eswatini companies on Hello Peter, we have the highest trust rating.
At Cartrack Eswatini, we earn trust by providing our clients with high-efficiency solutions that revolutionise fleet management for any business looking to grow and optimise.
Contact us to find out more.
