One such issue? The lack of visibility most landscaping businesses face.
To manage your fleet, team, and projects successfully, you need to know exactly what’s going on with your business at all times. But, of course, that’s far easier said than done.
Fortunately, there are ways to make achieving true company visibility much more accessible so you can understand and use the data you’re gleaning to boost your business. GPS tracking and innovative fleet management solutions provide an easy way to manage your fleet and see everything happening in one helpful, simple-to-access system.
The result? Your landscaping business will be poised to achieve game-changing benefits, such as increased team efficiency, enhanced driver safety, a healthier fleet, and higher profit potential.
This can sound too good to be true. It isn’t.
ClearPathGPS has helped landscaping companies all across the U.S. achieve these and other benefits. Among them is GroundMasters Landscape Services.
GroundMasters Landscape Services, a commercial landscaping company in Denver, faced problems with dispatching, routing, and a lack of visibility into its field operations. So the company turned to ClearPathGPS to help resolve its issues and found far more than simple one-off solutions.
GroundMasters was able to achieve efficiency and work toward sustainable growth with ClearPathGPS’s real-time GPS tracking, geofencing, and route optimization features.
“We got the vehicle and crew tracking we wanted from ClearPathGPS, no question. But the more we learned about the system, the more tools we found to make us even more efficient. ClearPathGPS lets me see instantly where every crew is. And if the closest crew is also on an emergency job, I can find another in a heartbeat.”
—Bennett Polley, Operations Manager, GroundMasters Landscape Services
Does your team deal with any of the following?
Keeping track of hours of service, paperwork, and even handling customer complaints where you need to demonstrate what happened can be exhausting.
When your drivers have multiple jobs to complete in succession, taking a less-than-optimal route can result in wasted time and fuel and frustrated customers. This can hurt your reputation—and your profits.
If a customer calls with a timely request for service, you need to be able to respond quickly and know your drivers will get to jobs on time. With insufficient fleet organization and dispatching systems or a lack of accountability among your staff, meeting these customer requests can be impossible.
If your drivers are driving irresponsibly—idling inappropriately or braking harshly, for example—that can be extremely dangerous, result in wasteful fuel use, and contribute to a poor look for your brand. Rough driving also necessitates more costly, time-intensive maintenance and significant reductions to the expected lifespan of your vehicles.
When your vehicles and equipment go missing, that can be stressful, and it can result in missed jobs, unexpected downtime, and significant financial losses for your company. However, vehicle theft can also refer to time card padding, inefficient driving, and even unauthorized side gigs. You need to be aware of all of the above, so you can put a stop to these “leaky” practices.
Your landscaping company’s vehicles often get used in harsh conditions and on rough terrain, which can lead to increased wear and tear. (Alternatively, your trucks could be subject to poor driving, which is equally tough on vehicle health). Missing planned maintenance or failing to be proactive about maintenance can cause an increased risk of breakdowns and unsafe situations.
It can be easy to think that operating with occasional pain points is just the price you pay for doing business in the landscaping industry. That’s what one ClearPathGPS client thought too—until he saw just how much money his Florida-based lawn maintenance company was losing.
Trim All Lawn Service faced many challenges due to its lack of accessible fleet data, including inefficient dispatching and a lack of visibility into field operations. The team turned to ClearPathGPS for a solution and was shortly able to improve the dispatching process, gain insight into how long jobs actually took, increase customer satisfaction, and save the business incredible amounts of money.
“ClearPathGPS has saved us something like $160,000-$170,000 in time card padding and overtime—and now we know exactly how long jobs take our crews. ... The money ClearPathGPS helped us save in just the first year or so paid for our ClearPathGPS service for the next 20 years.”
—Schuyler Bell, Operations Manager, Trim All Lawn Service
If your landscaping company is dealing with any of the challenges outlined above—or similar ones—the first step is realizing how much those issues are holding you back.
When left unchecked over time, problems such as erratic driver behavior and a failure to keep up with vehicle maintenance lead to big business stumblings blocks, including low employee morale, low productivity, a compromised workplace culture, unsafe driving events, increased company liability for those driving events, and a diminished reputation for your brand.
You don’t want your businesses to be associated with any of these obstacles. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be.
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GPS fleet tracking can support your business in a variety of ways. For example:
From instant alerts when unsafe events occur to the immediate ability to communicate with distracted drivers, GPS tracking can help you stay on top of your fleet’s performance in real time when you can affect real change.
Since your team knows you can check in on them at any time, you can be confident that they will always provide stellar work. You can even leverage your tracking system to provide gamification challenges to drive efficiency and a fun, transparent workplace environment.
Comprehensive fleet monitoring can help clue you in when your vehicles need to take a trip to your garage and, by doing so, help you identify potential maintenance issues before they become big problems. Even better? With scaled monitoring, you can even schedule preventative maintenance across your fleet, which can extend the life of your vehicles and save you money.
By implementing a feature-rich tracking system, you can free up your team from having to fill in manual reports and keep track of their hours. Instead, your employees will be able to concentrate on safe driving and providing great customer service.
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GPS fleet tracking is just one tool landscaping business owners can use to grow their landscaping businesses effectively. There are additional tools that can offer even further support, too.
For example:
Branch Out Tree Care, a tree service company based in California, integrated ClearPathGPS with Fleetio and quickly enjoyed increased visibility across its entire business:
“Being able to keep track of all those assets all the time—literally being able to pop open the ClearPathGPS mobile app and know immediately where everyone was—has helped us run our business more efficiently. With ClearPathGPS—and particularly the data it feeds into our Fleetio account—we know we’re always on top of vehicle maintenance, avoiding costly downtime, and keeping our customers happy.”
—Chris Newton, Owner, Branch Out Tree Care
We also know, however, that you’re busy and don’t necessarily have the time available to learn a new system. You don’t have to.
With ClearPathGPS, you get more than just another management tool: You get access to a team dedicated to your success. Our above-and-beyond customer service and onboarding systems ensure you get the most out of your system from day one.
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Using them strategically can give you invaluable visibility into every corner of your business. Once you have that all-important transparency, you’ll be able to tweak your operations as needed to train up your team, maximize fleet efficiency, and watch your profits soar.
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If you have questions, request a quote or contact our responsive team, and we’ll make sure you get started on the right foot.
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