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Making the latest technology developments work for your fleet Full circle TMW Systems acquired, primed for growth By Aaron Huff TransForum 2012, the annual user conference of TMW Systems and the trucking industry’s largest technology gathering, was different than its past six years on one account – the size ...

By Aaron Huff Published November 1, 2012

Technology

Back to the BASICs Does driver training have the biggest impact on CSA performance? The Compliance Safety Accountability program created a boom for technology providers. Many companies began marketing new CSA solutions before the program went live in December 2010 and have continued since. Some technology can ...

By Aaron Huff Published May 1, 2012

Time Will Tell

While it’s too early to know how much the hours-of-service final rule will impact compliance and productivity, technologies already are available to help combat these challenges After the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued its proposal to change the hours-of-service regulations in December 2010, thousands of ...

By Aaron Huff Published January 29, 2012

Technology

Making the latest technology developments work for your fleet Zero tolerance? It takes more than policy to remove cell phone distractions Before the sun rose on March 26, 2010, a semi-truck departed the left lane of southbound Interstate 65 near Munfordville, Ky. After crossing a 60-foot-wide median into ...

By Aaron Huff Published January 4, 2012

Mandating the Inevitable?

Technology brings instant visibility to logbook data A lot of industry speculation ended Jan. 31, 2011, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revised its previous April 2010 rule proposal, section 395.16, to mandate electronic onboard recorders for all carriers. Scheduled to become effective June 2012, ...

By Aaron Huff Published December 1, 2011

Technology

Power surge Optimization systems can build capacity without adding trucks and drivers By Aaron Huff Judging by the latest business trends and analysis, truck capacity will continue to shrink for some time. Although freight volumes have rebounded, many fleets aren’t yet replacing their equipment, let alone expanding, given ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Technology

Unclogging arteries Technology can help alleviate choke points for truck traffic By Aaron Huff All motorists bear the burden of traffic congestion, but the trucking industry also is sideswiped with much of the financial costs. Bottlenecks on the nation’s highways cost about $19 billion per year in fuel, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

Law

Authority to operate is what matters Settlement confirms that FMCSA – not its data – decides Q I have read the press release concerning alerts in the Safety Measurement System database, and I have been in conversations concerning whether satisfactory safety ratings should trump all other information, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

What’s Under Your Hood?

Routing engines needed to provide the intelligence move equipment efficiently Technology that serves up the mileages, routes, tolls, fuel prices and other data to a trucking enterprise is more than software – it is the engine for fleet automation and cost control. Straight out of the box, any such ...

By Aaron Huff Published April 1, 2011

Combating Fatigue

Trust – but verify Electronic logs are fast replacing paper as the standard for compliance. But do they improve safety? EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series on combating driver fatigue. Other stories in this series address technologies for managing driver fatigue and driver-load ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 1, 2010