You can use GPS tags to track vehicles on an auction lot. By placing a GPS tag in each vehicle, you can take advantage of Bluetooth communication to gather the precise coordinates of where each vehicle is located. Even better, each GPS tag boasts a seven-year battery life.
The GPS Tag Management Dashboard, shown in Figure 1, simplifies tracking your tags and managing the tags that you have in inventory for each location.
You can display the Dashboard by logging in to the website and choosing Reports→GPS Tags from the menu, as shown in Figure 2.
The Dashboard currently consists of the Activity tab. This tab contains six boxes that provide information on GPS tag activity and accuracy metrics (see Figure 3).
Tip: If a green box outlines a box and a pointer appears when you hover over it, then you can click on the box to view detailed information. For example, the top-left box in Figure 4 is clickable.
The following list explains the contents of each box:
Inventory without GPS Tags: This box shows the percentage of vehicles on the lot that have not had GPS tags placed inside them. You can click on this box to view a list of vehicles without GPS tags (see Figure 5). From this screen, you can
◦ Click on the Detail button to view Vehicle Details window.
◦ Click on the Export to Excel button to export information to Excel.
◦ Click on the Back button to return to the GPS Tag Management Dashboard.
Remember: The goal is to have the percentage as low as possible in order to better track inventory on the lot. A high number may indicate that vehicles aren’t being checked in correctly when they arrive or that the auction has run out of tags.
GPS Tags available for use: This box lets you know how many working GPS tags you have available to place in vehicles. This box is not clickable.
Inventory with GPS Tags moved today: This box tells you the number of vehicles with GPS tags that were moved that day. This box is not clickable.
GPS Tags with unknown location: You can find out how many of your auction’s GPS tags have not transmitted a location within the last 24 hours. For example, the tags may be lost, damaged, or in the process of being transferred to another location. You can click on this box to see an exportable list of GPS tag serial numbers (see Figure 6).
GPS Tags out of service: This box tells you how many of your auction’s GPS tags are damaged or unusable. GPS tags being transferred or that are defective are not included in this total. This box is not clickable.
GPS Tag average accuracy: This box lets you know the average distance from a vehicle that a GPS tag can track its location. This distance is measured in feet or meters, based on the auction’s location. The average is based on measurements in the last seven days.
