Facilities departments at colleges are deploying telematics and asset‑tracking tools to wring savings from campus fleet operations and regain visibility into high-value equipment. Institutions managing hundreds of vehicles and capital assets can cut inefficiencies and recovery times using GPS tracking and tag-based monitoring; Michigan State University used Samsara Asset Tag to locate stolen equipment and reduce audit hours. Procurement and facilities leaders should see fleet modernization as a data problem—real-time usage statistics support decisions on retirement, maintenance and replacement cycles and can free funds for student-facing priorities. Implementing these systems requires cross-campus coordination among procurement, ITS and finance teams.