Mileage Tool wouldn’t it be nice…

I am a sales guy. I drive, keep track of my mileage and report to our admin department. Ideally at the end of every month I receive a check compensating me for the amount of “professionally motivated” miles/km driven.

To be perfectly honest I do not know whether or not my calculations and reconstructions of routes using google maps are always accurate. I usually use outlook for my appointments and sit down every months end figuring out distances between different destinations. This is a rather time consuming way of keeping track of my travels…

A mileage tool can greatly improve efficiency and accuracy. A small device with a GPS Transponder can keep track of every movement of your car during a user-defined time period.  You will never forget any route you have taken, rerouting and times you got lost and had to go the extra mile will also be taken into account automatically.

The only thing you have to  do is put the  device into your car (the integrated magnet can mount onto any metallic surface) and take it out once a month to download the data, print out a report and add your personal comments or purpose of your trips.

I personally have come to an agreement with my employer that we set the filter for working days which are Monday-Friday from 8am until 5pm. I then subtract 10% as a standard value for personal use (going for lunch, taking care of personal business etcetera…).

In my opinion this is a very efficient way to keep track of my mileage and it really allows me to focus on tasks that will actually make my company and me money.

My company has recently decided to buy the mileage logger for our entire sales team. It comes highly recommended from a real sales professional.