TECHNOLOGY PATH
Level 1 - ECM data
Level 2 - GPS
Level 3 - Integration
Level 4 - Information Management
Thoughts

Technology is the means to an end. One should consider investing in technology for the following reasons:

  1. Basic communication requirements
  2. Data collected can be converted into internal and external management information
  3. Facilitates performance improvements
  4. Can be a competitive differentiator
Further thoughts
  1. Economical way to gather data about your stationary and rolling assets
  2. Gives you the ability to manage
  3. Enables collaboration in real-time across the entire supply chain including customers, competitors and suppliers
  4. Assists an organization in adopting a greater safety culture
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Would you rather have information at your finger tips when you can act on it and make a material change or would you rather wait 24 hours to get your hands on paper work or rely on a telephone call to alert you to a delay?

You need information NOW!

 

Real-time vehicle location

Match capacity to the demands of your supply chain, meaning fewer idle trucks or underutilized trailers.

Messaging

An alternative to voice communications, most hardware/software solutions provide the capability to for messaging among drivers, dispatchers, and customers more efficiently and instantly.

Performance reporting

Monitor driver and vehicle performance criteria in real time.

Security

Use position reports to know whether your trucks are operating within allowable geographic boundaries.

Driver satisfaction

Ensure data accuracy and remove paper-intensive processes through the automated collection and communication of trip-sheet data.

Paperless processing

Cut administrative time by automatically populating reports for tax, payroll, compliance, and other purposes.

24/7 visibility

The safe, secure web and XML-based open interfaces optimizes your existing IT infrastructure and lets you access information any time, anywhere you connect to the Internet.

Manage compliance

Use position reports to verify compliance with IFTA and other mileage-based taxes, and driver logs as an electronic means to meet federal, state and provincial logbook requirements for driver hours of service.

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