GPS Tracking and Snow Removal Management

Today's headlines:  School Snow Day in Iowa and Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski resort posting its earliest season opening.  Winter is coming and with winter, comes snow.  The question for cities and governments: are you ready?   

City administrators constantly find themselves under siege with irate customers complaining about the quality and timeliness of their snow removal.  Dealing with snow and winter ice can be a budget breaker for city and state budgets.   The cost of overtime, materials and truck maintenance add an extra challenges especially this year with the overwhelming budget constraints facing governments.

GPS tracking offers a unique combination of tools to help a city manage their response to snow storms.  The mapping solutions help administrators deploy their snow plow fleets to attack the storm as it happens.  The software gives real-time feedback of the location of each truck and plow and helping identify where they've been and where they should go.   The information will help cut down on redundant routes, identify overlap and missed routes.  PTO Reports can also be useful to clarify exactly when the salt machine was operational.

The always available historical data helps administrators review where the trucks were during the storm to evaluate how to adjust the response for the next storm.  As an added benefit, the software can also help when responding to customer complaints by giving service representatives real-time information to be used to respond to complaints.