Geofencing isn’t one-size-fits-all. Over the past year, since launching our integrations with the top telematics and visibility platforms, Kestrel Insights discovered just how impactful choosing the right geofence strategy can be. While circles are great for general estimates, polygon geofencing databases are bringing an entirely new level of precision where it’s needed most: the supply chain.
Here are some surprising and innovative ways our customers are leveraging automated geofences:
- No-Go Zones for Risk Management: Electrical companies utilize precise polygon geofences from our extensive geofence database around metal recycling yards. This proactive measure helps manage risk, reduce loss, and ensure drivers aren’t tempted to make a quick buck. Other customers are using it to help maintain brand integrity, locations you don’t want your logo associated with, places like liquor stores, bars, casinos, and even gentlemen’s clubs.
- Fuel Centers for Preferred Vendor Management: Fleets implement geofences around specific fuel station chains from the geofence database, allowing them to track driver behavior closely, enforce company policies, and encourage fueling at preferred vendors to reduce costs and optimize vendor relations in the field.
- Dynamic Fire Danger Zones: Automated PSA geofences update in real time from our geofence database, informing fleets about dynamic fire danger ratings for the given day. This ensures driver and vehicle safety by enabling proactive checklists and informed foremen.
- Smart Weather Geofences: Automated polygon geofences that shift daily according to storm paths, and affected areas, providing real-time storm warnings directly to dispatch and in some cases even lowering the governor. This allows fleets to effectively manage assets, avoid severe weather conditions, and protect drivers and cargo.
- Automated Weigh Station Notifications: Fleets rely on automated geofence alerts drawn from our geofence database to receive timely notifications as drivers approach weigh stations. This feature improves compliance, reduces fines, and enhances OTR efficiency.
- Military Camera-Off Zones: Automated geofences from our comprehensive geofence database facilitate the automatic deactivation of vehicle cameras upon entering military zones. This seamless integration ensures compliance with strict military security protocols while minimizing manual operational oversight.
- Asset-Derived Geofences: Utilizing latitude and longitude data directly from field assets, businesses can efficiently create and manage automated geofences. This approach ensures highly accurate geofencing that reflects real-time operational requirements beyond standard address-based methods. No address, NO problem.
- Administrative Boundary Geofences: Kestrel harnesses a robust dataset of administrative boundaries such as states, cities, or ZIP codes within our database, companies simplify compliance reporting and jurisdiction-specific operations, significantly streamlining administrative tasks and reporting.
- Cross-Border Risk Zones in Mexico: Powered by real-time theft meta data integrated into our geofence database, dynamic automated geofences for cross-border areas in Mexico effectively mitigate theft risks, and improve driver well being.
- Off-Road Fuel Tax Credit Tracking: Geofences that precisely monitor vehicle usage in off-road areas, sourced from a hyper-accurate layer within Kestrel’s geofence database, simplifying the complex reporting process required for fuel tax credits and ensuring optimal financial benefits.
Our geofencing integrations directly support major ELD platforms, including Samsara, Motive, project44, and Geotab. Empowering these platforms with precise geofence data enhances reporting accuracy, streamlines triggers, and optimizes workflows, providing fleets with actionable insights and robust operational efficiencies.
If you are interested in a demo, or want to submit an address, we’re here to support you and your newly found geofencing strategy!
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