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What Is MyGeotab? The Fleet Platform High Point GPS Supports

MyGeotab is Geotab's web-based fleet management platform: maps, reports, rules, maintenance. High Point GPS, a Geotab partner, sets it up and supports it.

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Geotab vs Samsara: How a Geotab Partner Compares the Two Platforms

Geotab vs Samsara: both have ELDs certified in Canada. Geotab works through partners like High Point GPS, which installs it; Samsara sells its own suite.

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How Much Does GPS Fleet Tracking Cost?

GPS fleet tracking cost depends on the hardware, plan length, add-ons, installation and fleet size. High Point GPS quotes each fleet on its own vehicles.

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What Is Telematics? Fleet Telematics and GPS Data Explained

Telematics is a vehicle device that collects data and sends it over a cellular network to fleet software. What fleet telematics captures beyond GPS.

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What Is Fleet Management Software? Modules and How to Choose

Fleet management software runs maintenance, compliance, fuel, driver safety and reporting on top of GPS data. What each module does and how to choose one.

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What Is the Geotab Marketplace? Add-Ins High Point GPS Installs

The Geotab Marketplace is Geotab's catalogue of Add-Ins and Add-Ons for safety, compliance, fuel cards and dispatch, and the ones High Point GPS installs.

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Fleet Maintenance Schedule: Engine Hours vs Calendar and Mileage

A fleet maintenance schedule built on engine hours follows real use, so busy trucks get serviced sooner and idle ones skip shop visits they don't need yet.

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Fleet and Asset Management Systems: How They Differ

Fleet management vs. asset management: one runs vehicles day to day, the other tracks capital assets. What a fleet and asset management system covers.

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GPS Tracking for Electric Fleet Vehicles: What It Shows

GPS tracking for electric fleet vehicles adds what diesel fleets never needed: state of charge, battery health and range-aware routing. Key reports.

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AI Predictive Maintenance for Fleets: Beyond the Schedule

AI predictive maintenance for fleets reads fault codes and engine data to flag the vehicles likely to fail next, so you fix them before they break down.

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Telematics Data Security Measures: What Fleets Should Ask For

The key telematics data security measures: encryption in transit and at rest, tight control of cloud access and a written incident plan. What to ask.

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Agentic AI Fleet Management: What Works and What Is Hype

Agentic AI in fleet management is software that takes an action for you, such as booking a repair. What AI fleet management does today and what is hype.

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High Point GPS vs Verizon Connect: A Local Telematics Partner or a Telecom's Fleet Division

High Point GPS vs Verizon Connect: a local partner on an open platform, or a telecom's fleet division. Compare support, integrations and fleet fit.

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Fleet API Explained: What You Can Build With High Point GPS

The High Point GPS fleet API gives developers trips, fault codes, EV data, zones and more for GPS tracking integrations. What it covers, when to use it.

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GPS Tracker Installation for Fleets: What to Expect

GPS tracker installation: most fleet vehicles take a T-harness on the diagnostic port, some a three-wire kit. What install day involves and how to prepare.

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IOX Meaning: What Is an IOX Port and What Does It Do?

IOX meaning: the expansion port on every GPS tracking device. Cameras, sensors and driver ID readers plug into it and share the tracker's connection.

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GPS Fleet Tracking Buyer's Guide and Checklist

GPS fleet tracking buyer's guide: a vendor-neutral checklist to test hardware fit, compliance, integrations, data security and support before you sign.

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Fuel Card Integration With GPS Fleet Tracking: Fraud Prevention

Fuel card integration with GPS fleet tracking checks each purchase against the vehicle's position and tank size, catching fraud that receipts miss.

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Maintenance Strategy for Aging Fleets

Aging fleet maintenance works best when it is condition-based: service each truck on fault codes, engine hours and inspections, not a fixed calendar.

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Truck Driver Shortage 2026: Why Retention Matters More

ATA put the US truck driver shortage at 78,800 in 2022, but retention matters more: turnover at large US truckload carriers ran about 90 percent a year.

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What Is Geofencing? How It Works in Fleet Tracking

Geofencing is a virtual boundary around a location that alerts you when a tracked vehicle enters or leaves it. How fleets use it, its limits, zone tips.

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Company Vehicle GPS Tracking Policy: Can My Employer Track Me?

Yes, an employer can generally track a company work vehicle. A company vehicle GPS tracking policy sets the limits: personal use, after hours and notice.

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GPS Fleet Tracking for Small Business: What a 3 to 20 Vehicle Fleet Needs

GPS fleet tracking for small business means live location, trip history, driver behaviour and maintenance alerts. Hardware, plan and add-ons set the cost.

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Is There GPS Fleet Tracking With No Monthly Fee?

GPS fleet tracking with no monthly fee doesn't exist at fleet grade, since live tracking needs a cellular link and software. See where 'no fee' costs hide.

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How to Calculate Cost Per Mile: Fleet Formula and Example

To calculate cost per mile, add your fleet's fixed and variable costs for a period and divide by the miles driven. Formula, worked example and inputs.

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GPS vs. Cellular Tracking: How a Cellular GPS Tracker Connects Your Fleet

A cellular GPS tracker does two jobs: GPS finds where the vehicle is and cellular sends that position to your dashboard. Fleet tracking needs both.

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How to Build a Preventive Maintenance Program for Your Fleet

A fleet preventive maintenance program services vehicles on engine hours, mileage or time, whichever comes first, and turns DVIR defects into work orders.

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Fleet Fuel Management: How to Reduce Fleet Fuel Costs

Fleet fuel management comes down to four levers: cut idle time, coach aggressive drivers, route better and check fuel-card buys against real vehicle data.

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Driver Safety Scorecard: How Driver Scoring Works for Fleets

A driver safety scorecard turns speeding, harsh braking and other telematics events into one score per driver. How driver scoring works and who to coach.

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Electric Fleet Vehicles: What to Know Before You Transition

Before fleet electrification, compare total cost of ownership, check route duty cycles against real range and plan where electric fleet vehicles charge.

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The Questions Worth Asking a Fleet Tracking Vendor Before You Sign

Questions to ask a fleet tracking vendor before you sign: total cost, ELD certification, renewal, open APIs, installation, support and references.

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Switching Telematics and Fleet Tracking Providers Without Losing a Week

Switching telematics providers comes down to the contract end date, your data export and your compliance records. The device swap is the easy part.

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Small Fleet GPS Tracking: What It Changes for Your Fleet

Small fleet GPS tracking pays off in fewer phone calls, less idling and earlier repairs. See what to use under twenty vehicles and what to skip.

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Fleet Management vs Fleet Tracking: What's the Difference?

What is fleet management? It uses fleet tracking data plus engine, fuel, safety and compliance data to decide how the fleet runs. Tracking shows location.

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GPS Tracking Device vs the Plus Model: How to Choose for Each Vehicle

GPS tracking device vs the Plus model: both install with the same harness kits and report to one platform. How to choose per vehicle, and what to confirm.

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How Much Does High Point GPS Cost? Hardware, Plans and Quotes Explained

High Point GPS cost depends on your quote: hardware, plan length, add-ons, installation and fleet size. See what moves the price and how to get a quote.

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Geotab vs Motive: How a Geotab Partner Compares ELD and Fleet Tracking

Geotab vs Motive: both have ELDs certified in Canada. Geotab works through partners like High Point GPS; Motive sells its own suite, cameras and fuel card.

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Telematics Fleet Management for Trucking: How GPS and Telematics Cut Costs on the Road

Telematics fleet management cuts trucking costs: fuel, wasted hours, breakdowns, compliance work and insurance, all from the device that runs your ELD.

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Full-Service Fleet Leasing vs In-House Fleet Tracking: Which Fits Your Business?

Full-service fleet leasing bundles vehicles, upkeep and often telematics into one payment; in-house fleet tracking keeps your data under your control.

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What Is Fleet Management? A Starter Guide for New Fleet Managers

Fleet management keeps vehicles safe, legal, on schedule and on budget. A beginner's guide: five duties, five numbers for month one, what to set up first.

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What Does the GPS Tracking Device Track? GPS Tracking Data and Features

The GPS tracking device tracks location, engine data and motion such as harsh braking. See what GPS tracking data it records and what it never records.

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Telematics vs GPS Tracking: What's the Difference?

Telematics means collecting and sending vehicle data. GPS tracking shows only where a vehicle is; telematics adds engine, fuel, fault codes and driving.

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Telematics Control Unit (TCU): What It Is and What It Does in a Commercial Vehicle

A telematics control unit (TCU) is the in-vehicle computer that sends position and engine data over cellular. Factory TCU or fleet telematics unit?

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Trucking Telematics: What Long-Haul Fleets and Operators Should Track

Trucking telematics short list: what long-haul fleets should track, from hours and overnight idle to dwell at docks, fault codes and IFTA distance.

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What Is GeoDocs? Fleet Document Management Inside the High Point GPS Platform

GeoDocs is fleet document management in the High Point GPS platform: it stores vehicle and driver documents and sends reminders before they expire.

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What Does a Geotab Partner Do? Installation, Setup, Support and Add-Ins

A Geotab partner such as High Point GPS installs the hardware, sets up MyGeotab, adds add-ins and supports your fleet. See what a good partner does.

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Keyless Vehicle Access for Shared Fleets: Keyless and Keyless Lite Explained

Keyless and Keyless Lite give shared fleets keyless vehicle access: the driver's phone becomes the key for pool cars, vans and rentals. How they differ.

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How Does a GPS Tracking Device Work? From the Diagnostic Port to the Dashboard

A GPS tracking device connects at the vehicle's diagnostic port and sends location, driving and engine data over cellular to the platform. Step by step.

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What Is Fleet Maintenance Software (CMMS)? Preventive Service on Real Engine Hours and Kilometres

Fleet maintenance software (a CMMS) schedules preventive service by engine hours, km or date, raises work orders and keeps the records regulators ask for.

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Free Fleet Management Software: What You Get, and Where It Stops

Free fleet management software covers vehicle lists, reminders and manual logs; live tracking needs a GPS device. See what free tiers include and when to pay.

Geotab GO10 GPS tracking device, a black rectangular unit with its harness connectors on the side

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Geotab GO9 vs GO10: What Changed, and Should You Upgrade?

Geotab GO9 vs GO10: the GO10 adds built-in Bluetooth, a power-loss alert and sharper GPS, and needs a harness. What changed and when to keep a GO9.

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Fleet Tracking Dealer Near Me: How to Find One and What to Ask Before You Sign

Find a fleet tracking dealer or GPS tracker reseller near you in the partner directory, then ask who installs at your yard and who answers in month eight.

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Bus Route Progress: Bus Route Tracking That Shows Which Buses Are On Route, Late or Parked

Bus route tracking for dispatch: Bus Route Progress sorts every bus into on route, late or parked, the list a transportation office needs at 7:40 a.m.

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Public Tracking Portal: A Live Vehicle Map for Customers and Residents, No Login

A public tracking portal gives customers and residents a live, read-only map of the vehicles you choose, even a snowplow tracker map, with no login.

The Timeline Map add-in replaying a vehicle's trip with a time scrubber and position, speed and stop details

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Timeline Map: Replaying a Trip Minute by Minute to Settle a Dispute

Timeline Map is a trip replay add-in: scrub through any trip with position, speed and status at every minute to settle delivery and detention disputes.

The Zone Visit Targets add-in grading driver visits to zones against time targets

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Zone Visit Targets: Grading Drivers Against Time-on-Site Targets for an Objective Bonus

Zone Visit Targets grades each driver's time on site against a zone target from GPS data, so the driver incentive program pays on a score both sides trust.

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Asset Data Display: A Fleet Dashboard of Ten Vehicle Metrics in the High Point GPS Platform

Asset Data Display is a fleet dashboard add-in showing up to ten vehicle metrics, like fuel, speed and engine hours, on one High Point GPS platform panel.

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Authorized Driver Tool: Only Approved Drivers Can Start the Vehicle

The Authorized Driver Tool adds NFC driver ID that lets a vehicle start only for approved drivers, with a cab reader and a relay on the starter circuit.

The BlueArrow Fuel add-in flagging fuel card transactions that do not match the vehicle's location or tank

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BlueArrow Fuel: Reconciling Fuel Card Transactions Against the Vehicle's Tank

BlueArrow Fuel automates fuel card reconciliation against each truck's location, tank size and fuel level, so a 300 L fill into a 200 L tank gets flagged.

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Data Connector: Fleet Data in Power BI, Excel and Tableau Without the API

Data Connector is a no-code connector that feeds fleet data (trips, fuel, idle, safety, maintenance) into Power BI, Excel and Tableau, refreshed daily.

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Passenger ID: Recording Every Student or Employee Boarding With a Card Tap

Passenger ID tracks student and employee ridership: each rider taps a card or fob, and every boarding and drop-off is logged with the bus's GPS position.

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IOX-NFCREADERA: Driver ID by NFC Tap, So Every Trip Has a Name on It

The IOX-NFCREADERA is an NFC driver ID reader: the driver taps a fob at shift start, so trips, scores, hours and events follow the person, not the truck.

The PTO On/Off Reader reporting power take-off engagement status to the High Point GPS platform

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PTO Tracker: The PTO On/Off Reader for Tow Billing and Hydraulic Maintenance

A PTO tracker logs each time a truck's power take-off engages, with time and place, so tow and vocational fleets can bill winch time and plan service.

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Keyless Monitor: The Command Centre for a Shared Vehicle Pool

Keyless Monitor brings keyless fleet management to a shared pool: one screen to check each vehicle is ready for Keyless and to lock or open it remotely.

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High Point GPS vs Fleet Complete: Two Canadian Fleet Telematics Companies Compared

High Point GPS vs Fleet Complete, two telematics companies with Canadian roots: one installs and supports an open platform, one sells through telecoms.

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High Point GPS vs Teletrac Navman: Local Partner vs Integrated Suite for Mixed Fleets

High Point GPS vs Teletrac Navman for mixed fleet telematics: an open platform with local install and support, or the TN360 suite. Hardware, cameras, fit.

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Omnitracs ELD vs High Point GPS: Long-Haul Heritage vs Open Platform With a Local Partner

Omnitracs ELD vs High Point GPS: Omnitracs (Solera) fits large truckload fleets on a TMS; High Point GPS offers an open platform with local support.

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High Point GPS vs Azuga: Small-Fleet Simplicity vs Platform Depth With a Partner

High Point GPS vs Azuga for small fleets: Azuga sells a plug-in tracker online with driver rewards. High Point GPS installs and supports its platform.

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High Point GPS vs Linxup: Low-Cost Plug-In Tracking vs a Full Telematics Platform

High Point GPS vs Linxup: Linxup sells low-cost plug-in GPS trackers for basic location. High Point GPS installs and supports a full telematics platform.

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High Point GPS vs GPS Trackit: Direct-Sold Tracking vs a Locally Delivered Platform

High Point GPS vs GPS Trackit: GPS Trackit sells its own trackers, ELD and cameras direct. High Point GPS installs and supports an open platform.

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GNSS vs GPS: Why Modern Fleet Trackers Use More Than One Satellite System

GNSS vs GPS: GPS is one satellite system, GNSS covers all of them. A GNSS fleet tracker hears several at once, so it fixes position faster in cities.

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Add-In vs Add-On: What the Two Words Mean and Which One You Need

Add-In vs Add-On: an Add-In is software inside MyGeotab or the Geotab Drive app, and an Add-On is hardware you connect to the device's IOX port.

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Plug-In (OBD) vs Hardwired GPS Trackers: Which Install Fits Your Fleet

An OBD GPS tracker installs at the diagnostic port; a hardwired GPS tracker uses a 3-wire kit for vehicles without a usable port. When to pick each.

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High Point GPS vs Isaac Instruments: An Isaac ELD Alternative Built on Geotab

Looking for an Isaac Instruments alternative? Isaac and Geotab ELDs are both certified in Canada. Isaac serves trucking; High Point GPS installs Geotab.

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Motive Alternatives in Canada: ELD, Camera and Tracking Options Compared

Motive alternatives in Canada: Samsara, High Point GPS (Geotab partner), Isaac, Powerfleet and Verizon Connect, each with an ELD certified in Canada.

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Samsara Alternatives for Canadian Fleets: A Shortlist With Sources

Samsara alternatives for Canadian fleets: High Point GPS (Geotab partner), Motive, Isaac, Powerfleet and Verizon Connect, checked against Transport Canada.

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How Geotab Plans Work: Devices, Tiers, Add-Ons and Contracts

Geotab plans bundle the GO device, a MyGeotab tier (GO Core or GO) and Marketplace access, with add-ons on top. How plans and our contracts work.

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Why Use a Professional Installer for Fleet GPS and Dash Cams?

A professional installer picks the right harness, secures and aims each device, tests it and records the install. Why fleets use one for GPS and dash cams.

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GPS Tracker for Work Trucks and Company Vehicles: A Small Business Guide

A GPS tracker for work trucks shows where each company vehicle is, how it is driven and when it needs service. What to buy and what to tell employees.

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No-Hardware Tracking for Factory-Connected Vehicles: Ford Pro, GM and Stellantis

No-hardware tracking reads a Ford, GM or Stellantis vehicle's built-in modem into MyGeotab. Which models qualify, what data you get, when a GO10 fits.

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Benefits of GPS Fleet Tracking: What Changes When You Can See Your Fleet

The benefits of GPS fleet tracking: faster dispatch, less idling, safer driving, maintenance on time, ELD and IFTA records and proof of every service call.

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Fleet Management KPIs: What to Track, How to Calculate Them and Where the Data Comes From

Fleet management KPIs cover cost, utilization, fuel, safety, maintenance, compliance and service. The formula for each and the telematics data behind it.

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What Is Geotab? The Company, GO Devices, MyGeotab and the Marketplace

Geotab is a Canadian telematics company that makes GO tracking devices, AI dash cams and MyGeotab. What each part does and how a Geotab partner fits in.

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