Business Guide — Toyota Halo
Boosting fleet productivity with telematics
Managing a fleet of vehicles out on the road every day? Then you know it’s a full time job ensuring they’re on time, on track and even on the right side of the law.
3 mins readYou’ll also know that communicating with your team of drivers throughout the day can be time consuming or sometimes not possible.
Thankfully fleet managers have benefited greatly from recent advances in connected technology.
What is telematic fleet software?
Telematics is a type of fleet SaaS (software as a service) that connects your vehicles via telecommunications with fleet management apps and dashboards. Connecting your vehicles with telematics can give you access to near real-time fleet data and tools like geofencing, route optimisation, and vehicle health tracking.
Why invest in telematics? The insights you gain can help unlock valuable new efficiencies across your business and boost productivity.
What is Geofencing?
You might have heard of geofencing – one of the powerful features of a connected telematic platform. In a nutshell, it’s a virtual fence marking in a real geographic map. The fenced area is marked through fleet management software to outline locations like warehouses, distribution centres, and delivery destinations. This allows you to better optimise your operation by eliminating things like territory overlaps and inefficient routes.
How can telematics help your business?
Save money on fleet ownership
There are many ways that incorporating telematics into your fleet management system can help your bottom line. The most obvious is the ability to improve how efficient your fleet of vehicles is. With such rich data, you’ll know which vehicles are idling too long (idling accounts for up to 21% of vehicle usage in Australia), which routes could be optimised, which vehicles require maintenance, where to avoid road tolls and heavy traffic.
Manage your fleet with simplicity
Tracking fleet vehicles the old fashioned way takes time and energy – in fact it’s estimated that fleet managers can spend up to 80% of their time on the phone matching drivers to jobs.
You can take back time in your day by having instant access to driver location and vehicle status, and dedicating more time to planning and management. You’ll be able to quickly assign jobs to nearby drivers, give your customers better ETAs, and improve your workflows.
Better data means better driver safety
A fully connected fleet team means you’ll know exactly where your vehicles are and how they’re driven. Monitoring your team of drivers will help you eliminate dangerous or inefficient driving behaviour, prevent damaged cargo, and keep your people safe. Custom notifications can let you know if your drivers aren’t following speed limits or adequate rest stops, along with other risky behaviour.
Leverage new business intelligence
If you’re reading this article, then there’s a good chance you have a lot of experience and knowledge about how to operate a fleet of vehicles. Combining your expertise with an integrated and connected fleet management system will make you feel like you have an unfair advantage. Features like automated logbooking and customisable fleet utilisation reports help you make smart choices and think ahead, instead of reacting to problems should they arise.
Meet Toyota HaloC17
Toyota Halo is the connected fleet management solution for big and small businesses. With genuine Toyota hardware and software, Toyota Halo works seamlessly with your fleet to give you instant vehicle and driver data including:
- Live vehicle status
- Geofencing
- Automated vehicle logbooking
- Speed monitoring
- Vehicle health monitoring
- Customised alerts and workflows
Toyota Halo offers fleet managers a way to work smarter, spending less time collecting vehicle data and more time growing their business. Ready to connect with the full potential of your fleetC17?
Disclaimers
This information provided is of a general nature and for information only. Nothing in this article constitutes or should be considered to constitute legal, taxation or financial advice. Before making a decision about any of the products and services featured on this article, you should consult with your own independent legal, taxation and financial advisors, who can advise you about your personal circumstances.
C17Subscription-based. For Toyota business customers only. Requires activated DCM (until the earlier of 2033 or Telstra 4G sunset), compatible device, app installation/connection on, third party info, mobile data, Australian network reception. GPS signal, enabled push notifications and other factors outside Toyota’s control which can limit functionality. Mobile and data usage at user’s cost. Features vary depending on vehicle model & subscription choice, and subject to change. For details and T&Cs see www.toyota.com.au/fleet/halo-telematics.
