Magness Benrow track and protect with ArmadaGPS

Magness Benrow, since 1945 is a New Zealand owned & operated electronics & appliance retailer with outlets throughout New Zealand. They offer a delivery service of white-goods to their customers, using their own fleet of delivery trucks.

Magness Benrow has been with ArmadaGPS since it's beginning, going back nearly 15 years and have greatly benefited from using ArmadaGPS in 4 key areas.

Keeping their fleet secure

A while back a driver had left the keys in the ignition of a delivery truck that was full of white goods, ready for various deliveries around Auckland. Unfortunately, the vehicle was subsequently stolen with all the white goods on-board. Luckily, with the ArmadaGPS installed, the vehicle was pinpointed to its precise location so that police could be notified. The positioning was used to track down the missing truck and all its goods.

"We had several police cars and even a helicopter tracing the vehicle, which eventually was stopped and fully recovered with all the white goods. ArmadaGPS paid for itself right there and then!" Andrew Magness.

Ensuring our Drivers are at the right place, at the right time

As a business with multiple trucks out on the road making deliveries, Magness Benrow needed a system to ensure that the drivers are accountable, not only for their safety but for their time. It's important that customer deliveries happen on time. With ArmadaGPS, a quick check on the live tracking system enables the operator to see where the vehicles are with pinpoint accuracy and determine their delivery is on schedule.

Enabling the drivers to be accountable for their driving

Occasionally drivers can have a lead foot and don't think too much about their driving habits. With ArmadaGPS installed, driver's understand that their driving behaviour is being observed, and not only that, if they do end up with a driving ticket for speeding, it is easy to determine the driver who is responsible for the ticket. "It rarely happens, but if it does, we know whom we need to talk to about it," said Andrew.

Verifying time on the job and overtime

Andrew from Magness Benrow also owns a plumbing and gas fitting business and uses ArmadaGPS to verify how long his service vehicles spend at a job. This verifies the time spent on the job for both client invoicing and for staff time-sheets. Everything is charged out using ArmadaGPS' detailed time-based reports which are easy to use and can be scheduled to be sent to the right person in accounts at the end of each week.

If our driver's end up doing overtime for Magness Benrow, these times can be easily verified and used to update their time-sheets, keeping accounts easy and straightforward.

"I would recommend ArmadaGPS to businesses similar to ours, with a fleet that they need to keep a track of, it's simple to set up and easy to use, providing the right data when we need it." Andrew Magness, Magness Benrow