Geofences: how they protect your fleet
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Geofences: how they protect your fleet

A geofence is a line you draw on the map. When a vehicle crosses it, you know. It is one of the simplest tools in fleet management, and one of the most useful.

YThe Yamme team5 Nov 2024
Open roads and remote sites: geofences keep watch where you cannot.
In this article
  1. 01Draw the places that matter
  2. 02Three ways geofences protect your fleet
  3. 03Getting started

You cannot watch every vehicle all day. A geofence watches for you: draw an area around a place that matters, and get told when a vehicle arrives, leaves, or is somewhere it should not be.

01Draw the places that matter

Most fleets start with a handful of zones and add more as they see the value.

Depots and yards
01Depots and yards
Work sites
02Work sites
Customers
03Customers
Routes and corridors
04Routes and corridors
Equipment sites
05Equipment sites

02Three ways geofences protect your fleet

At the depot, after hours
On the road
At the customer
At the depot, after hours

At the depot, after hours

A vehicle leaving the yard at night is often the first sign of theft or misuse. A geofence tells you while it is happening.

On the road

On the road

Valuable cargo should stay on its route. A corridor along the road shows the moment a vehicle leaves it.

At the customer

At the customer

Arrival and departure times are recorded at every customer, so delivery disputes are settled with facts.

From the platform: arrivals and departures, as they happen.

A geofence is a line on a map that never gets tired of watching.

03Getting started

  • Draw zones around your depots first
  • Add your busiest customers and sites
  • Choose who should be told, and when
  • Review arrivals and departures each week
On the platformGeofencesMark depots, sites and customers, and know when vehicles arrive and leave.yamme.iq
YWritten by the Yamme teamWe build fleet management software in Baghdad, and write about what we learn from fleets on the road.
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