For the waste and recycling industry, it used to be that tracking assets in the field was like throwing darts. Dispatchers had a general idea based on time of day and periodic check-ins where a truck might be on its route. But knowing exactly where every truck in the fleet was in its route was a pipe dream.
Technology has since caught up. In fact, today’s fleet tracking systems not only monitor the location and status of vehicles and monitor the types of services the vehicles are performing, but also allow haulers to make real-time strategic decisions about operations and use historical information to identify and correct inefficiencies, reduce unnecessary costs and improve productivity.
