Fuel is the biggest overhead expense in many industries. In fact, it is not just the fleet and logistic companies that have to bear the loss in case their vehicles show bad performance in fuel efficiency parameters, but many other organizations also get affected with rising fuel overhead. An efficient fuel management system is necessary to reduce the consumption of fuel and help companies to make a significant saving on the operational cost.
Now, with the day to day advancement in technology, this has been made possible through GPS technology.
How GPS technology is helpful in Fuel Monitoring
With the current advances in technology, many firms are now looking forward to install a Fuel Monitoring solution equipped with GPS technology that can generate customizable reports and metrics. Installing the device can assist in monitoring fuel consumption by providing various analytic reports based on location, distance traveled, speed and time, thus saving fuel operating cost of transport.
A fuel sensor device is also capable of transmitting information on any lowering or rising in the fuel tank level to the owner at the real time to avoid the manipulation in the fuel data. The fuel manager can see the specific time of stops, arrivals, and departures of any trip that enable them to compare those data with historical data on a real-time basis.
Besides, providing various analytic information the device is also efficient in sending real-time alerts to the fleet manager in case of fuel theft. The solution is suitable for fleets of any size and can send the relevant alerts even when the vehicle’s ignition is off.
How the device works
Fuel sensor device is designed to enable fleet operators to reduce their fuel cost and efficient utilization of fuel consumption. When it is installed to the fuel tank, the sensor in the device reads the consumption directly from the tank and allows operators to get consumption data any time. The device can be linked to computer or mobile and one can also get real-time reports in a printable format.
Accurate reports can be generated to measure fuel refills against consumption for any particular journey. This allows operators to compare consumption vs travel distance at any point of time. Thus, allowing the fleet operator to detect fuel threat effortlessly.
In addition to fuel monitoring, the fuel sensor device also provides a host of additional details such as temperature monitoring for trucks with refrigeration, the load on the axle for load trucks and pressure monitoring for heavy vehicles. Not only this, the device helps in monitoring and indicating unexpected or unusual variations in fuel consumption and updates relevant data instantly including time, location, change in fuel levels in the tank etc.
Examples of some fuel monitoring devices
Today there are many companies which are using fuel sensor devices to control fuel costs in the long run. Some of the prominent examples of fuel monitoring devices are: AVLView, Track your Truck vehicle tracking device (mainly suitable to monitor trucks which consume a large amount of fuel), Phoenix Secure, Ruptela fuel monitoring and control solution, Alhadeed GPS vehicle tracking system, BlackBox Fleet Management System, Technoton Solutions etc.
The major purpose of these GPS fuel monitoring system is to greatly increase the functionality of the vehicles as well as providing the user with information not only about the location and speed of the vehicle, but also to answer a wide range of issues relating to fuel monitoring.
Also Read: 3 ways how GPS can help businesses in fleet management
