Driver management plays an important role in operating transport businesses but managers still have many difficulties. Drivers are an important link in the business operation process because they ensure the continuous transportation of goods and services. However, if businesses do not strictly manage them, they may drive carelessly, and goods or services are not optimized, which poses many risks to the business. Therefore, transport businesses need to take effective measures to manage the driver team to improve overall performance.
In the following article, GoTrack will suggest 4 methods to help manage the driver team that businesses can easily apply!
What is the purpose of driver management?
Driver management is an important process for every transport business because the quality of their work directly affects the performance of the whole business. If businesses have an effective management method, it will bring benefits:
- Ensure the safety of drivers, vehicles, and goods: When businesses own a team of drivers who drive safely and comply with traffic laws, the drivers will have a complete journey, which helps to limit the possibility of vehicles and goods being damaged due to long journeys.
- Optimize operating costs: A well-managed team of drivers will optimize many costs for transportation businesses such as the cost of repairing and compensating for damage caused by vehicle or goods breakdown, the cost of fuel, and so on.
- Improve overall performance: Properly allocated tasks, shifts, and rest time help drivers work more efficiently, thereby increasing overall productivity for the business.
- Improving service quality: A team of professional drivers, goods delivered fully, on time, and guaranteed quality will be factors that help businesses gain satisfaction and trust from a large number of customers.
Effective driver management strategy
Driver identification to control their responsibilities
Driver management with driver cards and card readers is the smartest technology at present, which helps businesses know exactly who is driving the vehicle, in which shift they are driving the vehicle, and their working hours, so on. Thereby, it provides necessary data for businesses to control working shifts, and driving time, and determine responsibilities in case of vehicle accidents.
Monitoring and analyzing driving behavior
Whether driving behavior is safe or not is one of the factors affecting the driver’s work performance. If they drive their vehicles carefully and comply with the law, they are guaranteed to be safe, which improves work efficiency and minimizes unnecessary risks for transport businesses. Through monitoring and analyzing driver behavior, businesses can identify dangerous driving behaviors such as driving over the speed limits, braking suddenly, and accelerating suddenly to promptly take measures to adjust, remind, or strengthen safe driving skills training sessions for drivers.
Route optimization
Route optimization also plays an important role in the driver team management strategy. Identifying and building a suitable travel route helps drivers find the right route for the vehicle, the shortest distance with the least traffic jams. This allows businesses to save travel time and fuel consumption, reducing stress for drivers, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Shift and rest time management
It is difficult for businesses to manage their drivers effectively if they do not know their shifts or rest time. Drivers who drive for too long and do not get enough rest make them tired, exhausted, lack concentration, dangerous when driving and easily lead to unexpected accidents. Even if businesses do not control, letting them drive continuously for more than 4 hours will be a violation of the law. On the contrary, if the driver does not ensure the right shift, arbitrarily stops to rest, or solves personal affairs during the shift, it will affect work performance, waste time, and costs of the business.
Therefore, monitoring and managing drivers’ working and resting time is essential to ensure the best work performance.
Effective driver management with GT-S8 tracking devices
For the complex driver management process, it is difficult for businesses to use manual methods or traditional tools such as books, Word, and Excel but requires the support of modern technology. Therefore, GoTrack has launched GT-S8 – Smart tracking devices integrated with the App and Website for businesses to easily track and manage the driver team remotely.
GT-S8 is capable of:
- Easily identify drivers with RFID cards, integrated with card readers, monitoring each driver’s shift, and sending alerts when drivers forget to swipe their cards.
- Continuously monitor and manage driving behaviors, promptly detect dangerous behaviors, and immediately send warnings. Provides detailed information on the number of times the brakes are swerved and overtaken so that businesses have a basis to adjust and train drivers.
- Use GPS data to track the vehicle’s location and calculate the optimal route.
- Manage the working time and stopping time, send warnings when drivers continuously drive without stopping and ensure drivers comply with regulations on working and rest time.
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The GT-S8 smart tracking devices provide convenience, speed and efficiency in tracking and monitoring drivers. This is an important piece of the puzzle in the strategy of managing the driver team and the operation process of transport businesses.
