What questions should auto dealers ask as they think about a GPS investment?
Boling: The customer should ask what the total cost of ownership will be. Here, they need to look for potential hidden costs. They also should ask who that company’s largest business partners or business customers might be. Then they should get a few references and call them. Question: Are there certain services that a good GPS system provider offers that marks them as a leader in the industry? Boling: Some better systems offer monthly status reporting, geo-fencing & satellite images for the maps on a Web site. Monthly status reporting on each vehicle is a great quality auditor to assure all systems are in order. PROCON offers all three. One of PROCON’s most popular features is called the trakSMS™, which allows the owner to locate a vehicle while he’s out of the office by using cellular text messaging. Question: There have been some nightmares in the industry when auto dealers invested in a GPS system only to discover that the service they were sold ended because their provider’s relat
