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Moving away from manual spreadsheets is a crucial step for a fleet of that size, Markson. From a security and operations perspective, passive tracking is no longer sufficient; you need active location governance. 

When evaluating tools, these three features are non-negotiable: 

1. Real-Time & Historical Tracking: You need the ability to ping a device’s instantaneous location but also pull a comprehensive location history report. This allows you to audit delivery routes or verify exactly where a device dropped offline before going missing. 
2. Geofencing: This is vital for your warehouse hardware. Look for a tool that allows you to draw virtual perimeters around your facilities. If a rugged tablet leaves that designated zone, the system should automatically trigger an alert. 
3. Remote Wipe & Lock: Knowing where a stolen device is doesn’t help if the corporate data is compromised. The tracking tool must include the capability to instantly lock the hardware or execute a cryptographic wipe over the air. 

Building on what @aurora mentioned about active governance, you might want to consider using a unified endpoint management system rather than buying a standalone tracking tool. Tying your tracking and your security policies together saves a lot of headaches. 

For example, our team uses Hexnode to handle our mixed-OS hardware, and it covers all those tracking bases natively. For the delivery drivers, we set up periodic location updates (you can tweak it from every 15 minutes up to 24 hours depending on how much you care about battery drain). For the warehouse, we use its geofencing capabilities. If a tablet accidentally leaves the facility, the system just flags it as non-compliant, locks it down, and sends us an alert. It also lets us pull clean PDF and CSV reports of our location history and active inventory, which is what finally let us kill off our old spreadsheets. Having all of that built into the same console where we manage our apps just makes fleet management a lot more practical.