I figured since I started this post I will update what is going on at my company. The company has implemented about 5 or 6 GPS units on service vans and are "testing the waters". I had a few questions/ideas about GPS that I have been throwing around so here they are:

1. Our service manager has never spent 1 day in a road van. Is there any possible way that he could implement a GPS system without **** off the good techs, because he has never been on the road, how can he possibly know how to manage a road service and use GPS the "right" way?

2. I instinctively know who the bad techs are and who the good ones are. Why doesn't management pick up on this? Let the good ones do what they are good at and keep tabs on the bad ones. Is management the problem or am I just full of myself thinking I can pick out the good and bad techs?

3. Can you run a service business with over 60 road techs without GPS? I mean gas is $4 a gallon. At about $115 per fillup, GPS is a relatively small expense, or is it?

Any comments would be helpful.