If you have been hesitating about making a decision to move ahead with GPS enabled vehicle / equipment tracking, you may want to invest in your future and protect both your assets and bottom line now, rather than becoming vulnerable to what soon could be a tsunami of soaring prices in the electronic industry as a whole.
If you’ve been hesitating on GPS tracking, it’s time to stop looking at the cost of the service and start looking at the cost of waiting. My colleague has designed a great online tool for you to use to calculate your Return On Investment, plus there are factors I am going to highlight below that most individuals and companies outside of the tech world are not even aware of yet.
Because electronic devices have become a part of our everyday life and even the sophistication of many other things we use on a daily basis utilize memory and microchips, we simply assume they will always be available and as long as we have the purchasing power, we will be able to obtain them. However, there are two factors that may soon erode our ability to purchase what we require to operate our businesses and the supply may reach the critical point.
Most people associate helium with party balloons or making funny voices when inhaled, however unless you live in the tech world you may not realize that helium is a critical component in the manufacturing of microchips, as it is used to keep the equipment operational. It is the only material available that will work effectively. Due to current world affairs most of the world’s supply of helium is now restricted, as it comes from one country. Helium, unlike oil and gas cannot be stored for more than a couple of months. Unless the current world situation is remedied quickly production will grind to a halt, creating a supply problem. We know that short supply also drives up prices.
The second factor that we are expecting will eventually impact the telematics world is the spike in memory costs. During the first quarter of 2026, the price of memory rose 90%. Again, memory is utilized in everything, from your cell phone to your computer, the servers on the cloud that store data and even some of your household appliances and entertainment devices. It is also a key component of telematics hardware devices and yes, your data is kept safe on the Fleeteye cloud-based servers. The prices are rising dramatically, because of a supply issue, as there are only three manufacturers of memory worldwide and one of them is dedicated to selling entirely to AI companies.
Decisions in business are often about what we can and cannot control. You cannot control the rising price of microchips or the global supply of helium, but you can control your own operational costs. Moving forward with a tracking solution is about more than just monitoring vehicles; it is a strategic investment in price certainty. By locking in your monthly costs now, you are insulating your business against market forces that are already driving prices up elsewhere.
I invite you to use the ROI Calculator designed by my colleague to see exactly how this investment pays for itself. Let’s focus on the numbers we can control today, so your business is not at the mercy of the market tomorrow.
