It is vital for the success of any company to have a competitive edge in their products, pricing and performance. For a business operating a fleet of delivery vehicles. their fleet operating costs, which directly affect their pricing, and the reliability and speed of delivery will be key elements. This article will set out how the introduction of a vehicle tracking system can bring about marked reductions in operating costs to the benefit of the company, improve delivery performance and thus increase customer satisfaction and at the same time bring additional benefits to company staff.

Reducing Costs/Increasing Productivity
It is essential for the efficient running of a vehicle fleet to maintain a firm control on fuel costs and operating times, particularly in an age where customers are demanding an ever more rapid response.
The single most important benefit of a GPS vehicle tracking system is that the operator will know at all times the location of each and every vehicle within his fleet. This enables him to be able to allocate any incoming job to the most suitably placed vehicle thus ensuring maximum productivity. By being able to monitor and control routes taken by vehicles, fuel costs can be kept to a minimum. In addition to fuel savings this efficient use of assets can also result in a reduction in overtime costs and allow for better monitoring and control of personal usage costs by drivers outside of working hours.
The ability to make a positive impact on a range of operating costs will clearly demonstrate the benefit of investing in a tracking system.

Improved Customer Service
It is a basic requirement for all customers to have a reliable delivery service and for some a speedy delivery is essential. By providing the fleet operator with a real time location for all his vehicles, a vehicle tracking system gives him the ability to meet those customer requirements. With the ability to check at a glance the position and progress of any journey the operator can both ensure reliability and is in a position to react rapidly to the urgent demands that his customer may make. Improved customer service and customer satisfaction come as a direct consequence.

Benefits to Staff
Although initially the introduction of a tracking system may be viewed with a little suspicion by staff there are indeed a number of advantages that they would benefit from.
Health and safety is a key factor for all employees but is particularly so for mobile workers. A vehicle tracking system will show at all times the location of fleet vehicles and can allow a much more rapid response to problems that may be encountered. Personal “panic buttons” can be incorporated in the system giving additional protection to the employee. Systems can be introduced to allow for the monitoring of driving standards which can then be used to encourage a safer approach on the road.
Two other key benefits can be of value to the employee. The ability of the system to automatically generate journey/mileage reports can remove from the driver what many consider to be an arduous task. Secondly the system will highlight the performance of the hardworking and efficient employee and can be used as a basis upon which to offer a performance reward system.

The manufacturer of GPS chip SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. announced that it has finalized the purchase of Centrality Communications Inc., competitive producer of chips for mobile navigation devices.
SiRF acquired Centrality of 283 million U.S. dollars in shares and cash;
Founded in 1999, Centrality is a company based in Redwood City, Calif., Not far from the headquarters of SiRF, which is in San Jose. Centrality has more than 190 employees of the main development in Shanghai, China, with offices in Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, South Korea; and Brussels, Belgium.
“World recognized multifunction SoC (system-on-chip) and expertise in multiple platforms is an important added value for our company, particularly when profiling is increasingly in the growing market, automotive navigation and abundant” Kaning Michael, president of SiRF.

After years of monopoly decisions GPS road navigation giants TomTom, Navigon and Garmin because few competitors in this business, I thought it would be really hard to think and create comprehensive and effective and easy solution for everyone, but in 2006 we witnessed the revival of Route 66 and the launch of GoPal Navigator was developed by 3soft for Medion.
After many successful v1 in early 2006, and the following v2 format HD (high definition) at the end of 2006, now comes the third edition added a feature to avoid road sections - one of the weaknesses so far. Medion currently offers a very modern product, which has all the voice commands for fusion, marks the limit of speed on road maps of Navteq 4th quarter/2006, voice recognition (in some models).
GoPal v3 is installed on models of the 2007th Medion. Some of them are already commercialization as E3115 or MD96310, others must occur soon Referral X4510, S2310 and P4410.

GPS navigation system and among potential candidates fall Prestigio GeoVision 350 or 430. Should already in the purchase of any of the two models to get updated with detailed maps for navigation (January update of the Bulgarian Maps iGo) in 10 Bulgarian cities. Estvestveno update includes maps for the surrounding region (Serbia, Montenegro, Rum, Ukraine, Greece ..) but the main focus and what is of particular interest is mostly updates Bulgarian cities. This was Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Rousse, Dobrich, Veliko Tarnovo, Blagoevgrad, Stara Zagora and Shumen. However, if you buy now navigation is good to ask the seller whether the new versions with the revised maps, or unsold model which is the older version, as of course it is preferable to have a new …
And for people who already get a device and want to update the maps to the new version is also made, but this is not a free option. Update the new version of the maps will cost 100 leva, as probably it will be done in a manner similar to that used for adding additional maps for navigation in western Europe. For more details on the update for the new card should contact the company from which you bought navigation since there is supposed to have to have it or get it soon.

GPS navigation devices Prestigio marks are now available with updated map of Bulgaria, including a detailed database of 30 cities in the country. Thus, future owners of the devices GeoVision 350 and GeoVision 430 will have more functional navigation solutions that will significantly facilitate their business trip or vacation. Moreover map of Bulgaria, update includes the latest versions of maps of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine, each of which GPS is built into the browser. Customers purchased GPS navigation devices with built-in maps of the previous series, Prestigio launches update, which is sold to the SD card