The State of Delaware Government Support Services is taking their responsibilities seriously.  Would that all states did so.  Delaware has selected the Networkfleet Wireless Vehicle Management System for 1800 state vehicles.

Networkcar’s Networkfleet wireless vehicle management system is a pretty slick system. It doesn’t just provide the standard GPS tracking and location services that virtually every GPS provider furnishes.  Instead it plugs into the vehicle’s on board data system … the computer diagnostic port (greatly simplifying installation) and provides:

  • Vehicle location
  • Automated odometer readings
  • Diagnostic alerts
  • Safety reports
  • Integration with existing feet management software

 Terry Barton, Jr., fleet administrator for Fleet Services, Government Support Services for the State of Delaware stated. “We have already seen tremendous time savings from not having to manually check odometer readings to perform scheduled maintenance.”  You may think this is a small item, but believe me, manually tracking mileage … and resolving errors in mileage reporting consumes a tremendous amount of labor hours.  In addition, if fleet management decides to operate on a fee for service basis (as I think they should) and charges individual agencies for their actual vehicle use, automated mileage logging is virtually indispensable, to eliminate the problem of “missing miles” and therefore missing charge-back income.

The notification of vehicle diagnostic alarms is a tremendous value as well.  An engine or transmission can costs thousands to repair and notification of the problem at the first indication of a fault often reduces the issue to a simple fluid add and/or minor leak repair.

Delaware is known as the ”First State”.  With forward thinking like this, it’s easy to ask why the other 49 can’t get smart too?

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