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Are you looking to eliminate the administrative hassle and productivity drain of managing drivers' hours of service (HOS) to meet stringent regulatory requirements? Well, it's no surprise, because every fleet is dealing with those challenges today. HOS and for that matter, state fuel tax accounting, both place a tremendous cost and time burden on fleets of all sizes. And the smaller the fleet, the greater the proportional impact to their budget and personnel.
Electronic driver logs are a technology available from many different vendors and can be a critical business tool that resolves these issues. Not only does it allow fleets to better manage operations and save money, but it also provides safety and security that goes beyond location-based tracking to prevent legal action and increase productivity.
Unfortunately, in many fleets, the process of recording hours of service data is a manual, time-consuming and error-prone process for both drivers and management. The appropriate data isn't available to make timely decisions, compliance isn't always achieved, and that time is spent managing logs instead of focusing on the customer.
Though many fleets still seem wary of them, electronic automated driver logs will continue to increase in popularity as the government implements HOS requirements and potentially mandates technology to resolve compliance issues.
There's also a substantial return on investment equation for fleets when it comes to electronic driver logs. The main benefit is time savings for drivers—saving them the 20 to 30 minutes a day it typically takes to fill out today's logbooks. But the savings extend far beyond that to include driver productivity, fuel economy and more.