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What is Telematics?

Vehicle & equipment management

What is Telematics?

A combination of the words telecommunications and informatics, it was the joining of these two sciences that resulted in the field of tel...

What is Telematics?

Vehicle & equipment management

A combination of the words telecommunications and informatics, it was the joining of these two sciences that resulted in the field of tel...

How to handle the holiday season
How to handle the holiday season

The holiday season is traditionally a busy time for many fleet-reliant businesses.

Vehicle & equipment management

Pepsi maximizes its dynamic routing with ‘Verizon Connect Territories
Pepsi maximizes its dynamic routing with ‘Veriz...

Pepsi Hickory maximizes its dynamic routing with ‘Verizon Connect Territories’

Case study Enterprise management

How to guide: Customer service
How to guide: Customer service

Deliver the best possible service to every customer using GPS tracking.

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How to guide: Fuel
How to guide: Fuel

Help prevent fuel waste and reduce your carbon footprint.

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Bad driving is bad for business

Discover how bad driving habits can impact your business with tips from Verizon Connect. It's important that your drivers know what is ex...

Safety & security

3 fuel saving tips for your business

Fleet management and fuel costs go hand in hand. However, that doesn’t mean that businesses need to accept huge fuel bills. Here are thre...

Vehicle & equipment management

How to guide: Payroll

Leverage near real-time data for accurate driver identification and reporting to help improve payroll reliability.

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How to guide: Safety

Improve safety and reduce at-fault accidents with an incentive-based employee programme.

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TC Facilities Management Drives Efficiency with Verizon Connect

The Verizon Connect system has improved customer service, helping to reassure customers and resolve queries.

Case study Enterprise management

Story Contracting

Story Contracting cut reporting time from hours to minutes with Verizon Connect Mobile Resource Management

Case study Enterprise management

Team management

Minimise driver distraction

It almost goes without saying that driving while distracted is potentially dangerous. Yet despite this, four out five UK motorists admit to doing it.

3 ways vehicle tracking can help to improve customer service

Tracking the location of your fleet with a vehicle tracking system can help you achieve your goals. Learn three ways a system can increa...

Customer service

Mobile Workforce Solution Helps Cleaning Firm Cut Costs by £200 Per...

When it comes to commercial cleaning, fleet management often plays a key role in terms of business efficiency and productivity. It is for...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Best Electrical utilises GPS tracking to boost revenue by £60,000

Best Electrical, based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, is a family-run electrical contractor servicing a large area of the UK, with London a...

Case study Team management

Benefits of Commercial GPS Technology

Read the many critical benefits of commercial gps technology for businesses. Commercial Truck Drivers and Businesses Benefit from Increa...

Vehicle & equipment management

Four ways GPS fleet tracking can help to prevent accidents

Road accidents can have a huge impact on fleet-reliant businesses. Along with the potential for injury to drivers and other road users, a...

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Are you losing precious time to common tacho mistakes?

The importance of staying on top of fleet tachograph data cannot be understated. Failure to accurately record and store vital information...

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How Productive Is Your Fleet?

Learn the simple tips and tricks to ensure you're fleet is being as productive as it can be.

Vehicle & equipment management

Assessing the real impact of personal use across your fleet

Even when you know personal use is taking place, it can be difficult to ascertain the exact level of use, and in turn what impact that us...

Ebook Team management

B&K Boiler Services cuts their annual mileage in half with efficien...

B&K Boilers Services is a privately owned, family-run business based in Blackwater, near to Camberley in Surrey. The boiler services com...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Scottish haulage company saves on fuel and maintenance cost thanks ...

Scottish haulage company, Gordon Duncan Limited, implemented GPS fleet tracking from Verizon Connect to help increase productivity within...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

UK leading demolition company enhance health and safety with fleet ...

For one of the UK’s leading demolition companies, Hughes and Salvidge, driver safety of its 50-strong fleet is a top priority. With almos...

Case study Safety & security

Are You Getting The Most From Your GPS Solution

Find out if you're currently seeing all the potential benefits of your GPS fleet management solution

Vehicle & equipment management

Make Payroll Pain-Free With Fleet Tracking

Manual process naturally opens the door to inaccuracies, by automating payroll with the help of a GPS system, businesses ensure their emp...

Team management

Fleet Manager Insight Report 2018

In 2018 Verizon Connect conducted a survey of over 200 UK-based fleet managers to find out what takes up their time, what keeps them awak...

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Myth Busting: Fleet Tracking Edition

For most fleet-reliant businesses, tracking technology has usually in the very least been considered at some point. But many fleet manage...

Ebook Vehicle & equipment management

Leicester-based courier firm uses fleet tracking to get an edge ove...

Midlands-based courier firm LTS Couriers has installed GPS vehicle tracking into its fleet of delivery vehicles to gain an edge over it...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Driver Behaviour

This eBook shows how the Verizon Connect GPS tracking system can help you take control of bad driving habits and give you peace of mind w...

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Do you know where your drivers are now?

Worried about where your vehicles are? Do you know when your employees really clock off? Take control and sleep easy, our software locate...

Team management

Buy Cheap, Buy Twice

Choosing anything that costs money should take careful thought & consideration. A telematics system is no different. See how to select ...

Vehicle & equipment management

Big, Beautiful Data

How does being in the know help your business achieve more? Learn how big data can improve your business by knowing the information is ou...

Vehicle & equipment management

9 ways to bring down fuel costs

Fuel is never going to be cheap and buying less will always improve your bottom line. Make sure you're following these simple steps and r...

Vehicle & equipment management

Dummies guide Video to Mobile Resource Management

Video - Dummies Guide to Mobile Resource Management

Enterprise management

What is Telematics?

A combination of the words telecommunications and informatics, it was the joining of these two sciences that resulted in the field of tel...

Vehicle & equipment management

Research finds Ops directors need new tools

79% of senior operational decision makers believe they need a better way to efficiently manage their mobile workforce operations

Enterprise management

How to handle the holiday season

The holiday season is traditionally a busy time for many fleet-reliant businesses.

Vehicle & equipment management

Minimise driver distraction

It almost goes without saying that driving while distracted is potentially dangerous. Yet despite this, four out five UK motorists admit ...

Team management

Tackling Black Friday and the Christmas season

Logistics managers and ops directors turn to tech to help cope with the influx of seasonal orders

Enterprise management

Mobile Resource Management – driving efficiency in the Airline Serv...

Airline Services businesses need a robust MRM platform to boost operational efficiency

Enterprise management

How drivers benefit from GPS tracking

The business benefits of GPS tracking are a major reason behind its growing popularity. With numerous case studies highlighting the techn...

Team management

Mobile phones and mobile workers

Despite harsher penalties, in the UK, for mobile phone use while driving (an instant £200 fine and six penalty points) many drivers still...

Safety & security

Three things your fleet data could be trying to tell you

Your fleet may be producing vast amounts of valuable data every minute of every day but without the technology to help you fully understa...

Safety & security

How to reduce your fleet expenses

If you are responsible for a fleet of vehicles, you’ll no doubt be aware that day-to-day costs can quickly add up, especially when those ...

Team management

Visualising your fleet data

The modern world runs on data. We create and consume more than ever before. In fact, 90% of all data ever generated was produced in the l...

Team management

Out of hours: to track or not to track?

How can you allow your drivers to use a company vehicle in their own time and only track during the working day?

Team management

The gamification of fleet safety

Every driver knows the importance of safer driving. But, while it is important, it’s not the most enthralling of subjects.

Safety & security

Are your drivers taking adequate breaks?

This is a question that should concern every fleet manager. For one, the effects of driving while tired can be significant.

Team management

Why tracking your assets is as important as tracking your fleet

If your company has physical high-value assets, such as cranes, tractors or excavators, then keeping track of them is imperative, not onl...

Vehicle & equipment management

Four lesser known benefits of vehicle tracking

When it comes to summarising the many reasons to implement GPS tracking, it’s only natural that some benefits take precedence over others.

Team management

In the loop: How MRM can turn around your business by maximising yo...

Your mobile workforce are first on scene but last to the technology rollout. Yet a survey found a MRM platform can boost efficiency by al...

Enterprise management

Three tips for a safer fleet

A safe working environment is of huge importance to every business. For those that rely on fleets, with drivers on the roads among the ge...

Safety & security

Is your tachograph working for you?

For many fleet businesses, the tachograph is merely a legal requirement – simply another box to tick in the life of the fleet manager.

Vehicle & equipment management

Stay in the know wherever you go

Are you aware of what’s happening with your fleet when you aren't in the office? You’re not alone if you don’t.

Team management

Gig economy workers experience a lack of care and integration with ...

Research from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health reveals a disconnect between gig economy workers and employers regarding ...

Enterprise management

What keeps you awake at night?

Many fleet managers are met with daily pressures within their organisation and how effectively it is being run.

Customer service

Where are your vehicles outside of working hours?

What your drivers get up to outside of working hours is their business. The whereabouts of your vehicles, however, is very much yours.

Vehicle & equipment management

How to improve poor driving habits

Do you run a fleet of vehicles and often rely on feedback from the public regarding your drivers and their behaviour on the road? More im...

Safety & security

Are you paying for hours not worked?

Picture this: Your employees are paid to work 7:30 am- 16:00 pm. Dave, however, is starting at 8:00 am and finishing at 15:30 pm every da...

Team management

The Trials and Tribulations of Tackling Time Management

Time management is an important skill for any worker. It becomes even more of a necessity at management level and is an even more pressin...

Ebook Team management

Dysfunctional Families

Dysfunctional Families: Is your mobile workforce the poor relation in your enterprise?

Enterprise management

Calling all drivers – here’s what GPS tracking really means for you

Plenty is written, quite rightly, about the enormous potential of GPS fleet tracking to help businesses work smarter and more efficiently...

Team management

TCFM unifies separate systems

TC Facilities Management unifies separate systems to monitor and manage field workers creating productivity dividends

Enterprise management

Milobe Wokrrocfe Orepitanos

Unscramble the mobile workforce operations conundrum with a Mobile Resource Management (MRM) platform.. By surveying 200 senior operation...

Ebook Enterprise management

Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports

Simplified paperless vehicle inspections - Eliminate paper vehicle inspection reports with Electronic DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Rep...

Ebook Enterprise management

Verizon Connect Fleet

Innovative fleet tracking software designed to be more than just dots on a map, you can use advanced GPS tracking to seamlessly monitor a...

Ebook Enterprise management

Four ways to improve mobile workforce productivity.

This ebook will look at four ways that you can equip your mobile workforce with the tools needed to be more productive and ultimately fos...

Ebook Enterprise management

4 Cost Savings Tips for Mobile Enterprises

if you’re only looking at fuel savings you’ll miss out on a whole range of smart ways to cut back on fleet costs. This ebook will introdu...

Ebook Enterprise management

Verizon Connect helps leading infrastructure company streamline ope...

Story Contracting cuts reporting time from hours to minutes with Verizon Connect’s Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solutions.

Enterprise management

Mobile Resource Management: What is it and why do you need it?

This short guide explains Mobile Resource Management (MRM). The platform that can help you monitor, track and optimise your assets (vehic...

Ebook Enterprise management

Verizon Connect Workforce

Workforce management software to connect you to your mobile workers and fleet. Know what's going on in the field so you can dispatch more...

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Reduce Fuel-Related Operating Costs with Verizon Connect Fuel Manag...

Helping companies with mobile workforces monitor the how, when and where of their drivers’ fuel purchasing habits. Download this ebook to...

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Do more with Verizon Connect Fleet Integrated Services

We understand that managers want much more from their telematics provider than dots on a map. Juggling the needs of the business, while d...

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Mobile Resource Management for Dummies

This Dummies book is your essential short guide for those looking to discover how digital transformation can help their business manage t...

Ebook Enterprise management

Supporting the Airline Service Industry

Verizon Connect is on hand to provide full visibility of this complex market – highlighting ways to help streamline your operations, resp...

Ebook Enterprise management

Three key takeaways from the Commercial Vehicle Show 2018

Conversations with our partners at CV Show 2018 revealed three clear issues keeping enterprises awake at night.

Enterprise management

Connecting your business for digital transformation

MRM supports digital transformation objectives by connecting new services with legacy IT to gain a one-world view of the business

Enterprise management

Improving Maintenance Costs

This eBook highlights the key areas a comprehensive MRM solution can improve maintenance procedures, helping businesses with proactive, s...

Ebook Enterprise management

Don’t be sorry. Be safe.

Not knowing where your hazards and noncompliance issues are puts the entire organisation at risk, both professionally and personally for ...

Ebook Enterprise management

A smarter approach to growing your fleet.

Mobile resource management (MRM) or enterprise fleet management technology helps mobile workforces and the people who manage them to get ...

Ebook Enterprise management

Stay safe. Save money.

Over 600,000 employees are injured at work in the UK every year. The disruption and cost to the country’s employers is substantial. Again...

Ebook Enterprise management

Benefits across the company. Enterprise fleet management solutions.

A comprehensive Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solution can deliver benefits to many departments and roles within a company – not just ...

Ebook Enterprise management

The Four Pillars of efficient fleet utilisation.

A well-utilised fleet can not only boost productivity by as much as 15% as well as decrease costs, but also increase profitability which ...

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Three tips to improve safety in the field.

In this eBook we will present three tips to improve lone worker safety. It is always going to be tough work with inherent risks. There’s ...

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Gaming the system to improve driver behaviour.

Gaming the system to improve driver behaviour. The power of gamification to create better drivers.

Ebook Enterprise management

The Five Best Ways to Reduce Fuel Costs

The need for businesses to stay competitive while keeping operating costs down is imperative. Since fuel is considered to be one of the l...

Ebook Vehicle & equipment management

Common Myths Series: Our Current System Works Fine

Fleet tracking myths don’t just come from businesses that have decided against installing a GPS solution, they’re prevalent among those t...

Team management

Common Myths Series: We Only Cover a Small Area

For many smaller firms that rely on fleets, it’s easy to feel like GPS vehicle tracking is overkill. After all, you only cover a small pa...

Team management

UK drivers spending more than one day per year stuck in traffic.

New research reveals drivers in UK cities spend more than one day per year stuck in traffic. This adds up to an overall cost of an astoni...

Enterprise management

Common Myths Series: Driver Location

Another common objection to GPS tracking is not that drivers would see it as a breach of trust but that the trust is so strong between dr...

Team management

UK motorists are taking a relaxed attitude towards dangerous driving

The AA has found that over half of UK motorists believe they can get away with dangerous driving due to a lack of police presence on the ...

Safety & security

Common Myths Series: Driver Trust

Many fleet managers believe introducing GPS tracking is a declaration of war on driver trust. Is there any truth to this?

Team management

Lorries can’t limbo

Railway bridges experience almost 2,000 lorry strikes per year. According to recent research from Network Rail, more than half of lorry d...

Safety & security

9 Secrets to Reducing your Fleet Expenses

As a fleet owner, your day-to-day costs can quickly add up. What you don’t know is there are further hidden, expensive and needless costs...

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Telematics for Plumbing & Heating

Have you considered how much a telematics solution could be saving your plumbing business when it's out on the road? Read our eBook for m...

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2018 Fleet Management Buyer's Guide

This free fleet management buyer's guide will help get you started finding the right tracking solution for you, including what to look fo...

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Get staff onboard with GPS tracking

Introducing a GPS fleet tracking system to employees is not always a smooth ride.

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Telematics for Haulage

Research shows that an increasing number of haulage businesses are now turning to telematics to get on top of these and many other challe...

Ebook Vehicle & equipment management

5 Ways to Measure GPS Tracking Success

Discover five ways your GPS fleet tracking system can help make your business money with this free ebook download.

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Improving Fleet Safety

The two most vital assets for a business that relies on its fleets are its people and its vehicles. And keeping your drivers and your ass...

Ebook Safety & security

What is Telematics?

Telematics is a combination of the words telecommunications and informatics. It is the technology of sending, receiving and storing infor...

Ebook Vehicle & equipment management

Creating a culture of safe driving across the Fleet

New study shows the extent to which outside factors can influence your divers’ behaviour

Safety & security

Helping fleet managers with vehicle maintenance

Government statistics reveal that nearly 50% of all class 7 goods vehicles between 3-3.5 tonnes fail their MOTs and highlights why daily ...

Vehicle & equipment management

For now, diesel can be the best choice for fleets

Though fleets should look towards electric vehicles in the long-term, diesel remains the best option in the short- to medium-term

Vehicle & equipment management

Bridging the gap to a fully autonomous world

Driverless cars would be on the UK roads by 2021 under Government plans to invest in the sector. While it will be some time before driver...

Vehicle & equipment management

Building a business case for MRM

A panel of 4 fleet owners including Balfour Beatty discussed some unexpected benefits of telematics and Mobile Resource Management provid...

Enterprise management

Corecut wins new business and increases productivity ten-fold with ...

A specialist diamond drilling company, Corecut is headquartered in Broxburn, West Lothian. The company operates a fully mobile workforce ...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Fleet Management System Helps Manx Firm Save Fuel and Improve Produ...

Established in 1967, MannVend is a family-owned business that has been run by three generations of the Leahy family. With a fleet of 19 v...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Traffic jams cost the UK economy £9bn annually

Traffic jams on major UK roads cost the economy around £9bn a year in wasted time, fuel, and unnecessary carbon emissions states new stud...

Enterprise management

Using the power of the cloud to get through the storm

Storms battered many parts of the British Isles last week highlighting the need for organisations to be prepared for all weathers. Busine...

Enterprise management

Safety Warning for UK roads

New Department for Transport statistics reveal that road deaths have reached a four-year high, and despite strict safety regulations, 40%...

Safety & security

Fleet management systems set to soar

It may be no surprise to those at the sharp end of fleet operations, that a new report from analysts’ predicting that fleet management s...

Enterprise management

New research shows significant rise in fuel costs

This week, Confused.com released research showing petrol & diesel prices have risen by 7p per litre in the last year. Fleet managers are ...

Enterprise management

Autonomous vehicle reality check

It seems everyone is talking about autonomous vehicles and they have tremendous potential for fleets. But analyst Bob O’Donnell’s article...

Enterprise management

UK average speeds fall by 20%

A new study has found congestion in the UK’s major cities has created a 20% decline in average vehicle speeds. Combined with growing traf...

Vehicle & equipment management

New tests announced for ‘self-driving’ lorries on UK roads

The UK government announcement that small convoys of partially self-driving lorries will be trialled on major roads by the end of next ye...

Vehicle & equipment management

More than half of vehicle fleets are missing out on the benefits of...

A new survey from Shell has highlighted more than half of fleet executives still use manual systems for everyday fleet management tasks s...

Enterprise management

Mulholland enjoy 2.5% efficiency gain and expect £50,000 fuel saving

For fleets, small gains can be applied across all your assets to become significant savings. Read how Mulholland Contracts was able to ...

Enterprise management

Making Driver Vehicle inspection Report (DVIR) easier.

A recent post from the FTA reminds us that from vans to HGVs daily vehicle checks are essential. These checks help identify any issues wh...

Enterprise management

Is your fleet’s tyre pressure deflating profits?

Research recently released by tyre manufacturer Michelin estimates that 60% are driving on under-inflated tyres which can reduce the tyre...

Vehicle & equipment management

New diesel & petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK

Plans to ban production of diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040 will have wide reaching implications across the British fleets. For organis...

Vehicle & equipment management

Is MRM the secret weapon for fleets to avoid peak holiday roadwork ...

With more than 250 sets of roadworks scheduled across major routes all over the country, is MRM the "secret weapon" for fleets to avoidin...

Enterprise management

BVRLA report: drivers uncomfortable sharing data on their driving b...

Report from BVRLA has found 44% are uncomfortable sharing data on their driving behaviour and performance. But do the benefits far outwei...

Enterprise management

Apple introducing a new "Do not disturb while driving"

Apple is introducing a new "Do not disturb while driving" mode for its iOS 11 software update, which is due out soon. This news swiftly f...

Safety & security

The intelligent fleet: bridging the communications gap

Sergio Barata looks at connectivity trends and gazes into the future to help you understand where IoT and connected fleet technology migh...

Enterprise management

Is your fleet running on diesel?

Make your fleet, workforce & assets more intelligent and boost fuel efficiency to create significant economic and environmental improveme...

Vehicle & equipment management

A big week in the world of autonomous vehicles

While fully autonomous vehicles are a way off, your business can use the data centric approach that powers them

Vehicle & equipment management

Mulholland Contracts enjoy 2.5% efficiency gain and expect '£50,000...

Founded more than 40 years ago, Mulholland Contracts Ltd. is one of the largest privately owned construction companies in Scotland and en...

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

Hexagon Leasing

Verizon Connect plays vital role in providing unrivaled customer service for Hexagon Leasing

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

GRITIT streamlines operations in the field with Verizon Connect

GRITIT, a leading provider of gritting services in the U.K. streamlines operations in the field through its partnership with Verizon Connect

Case study Team management

Lampson International

Real-time monitoring helps Lampson International improve crane rental operations

Case study Vehicle & equipment management

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