Geotab Guru: The Weekly Routine

Geotab pays off when someone works the database on a schedule. This is the routine GeoSoft gives fleet managers who already have MyGeotab and do not need another product slogan. It is a calendar, not a sales page.

Each morning

Open the exceptions from the last shift. Assign each one to a person. Speeding, after-hours movement, and harsh events belong to safety. Faults that can take a vehicle off the road belong to maintenance. Leave the rest unread only if you have decided that rule should be off. A rule nobody owns should be edited or removed. GeoSoft sets that kind of alert on the real-time alerts work.

Once a week

Look at idling and fuel for the groups that spend the money. Compare the same week last month, not a single bad day. If a yard geofence is missing, vehicles will look idle when they are parked at home base. Zone upkeep is covered under geofencing.

Once a month

Disable users who have left. Merge driver records that are the same person under two names. Confirm new vehicles are in a group and on a rule set. A database that skips this month starts emailing the wrong people.

If you want GeoSoft to run this review with you for the first month, say so on the training and support page. If the database is already too noisy to start the routine, book a database review first.