As one of the largest mobility providers to private fleets, XRS Corporation announced a new addition to its mobile fleet optimization system aimed at bringing insight into customer’s routes, allowing for better on-time delivery metrics, driver productivity and real-time information into daily operations.
The company says the new feature – called TRP – will help fleets manage the productivity and efficiency of equipment and drivers within a single application, monitoring trips and routes with “planned vs. actual” reporting and real-time insight. Fleets can view deviation from a planned route and accurately project up-to-the-minute ETAs as drivers progress through a trip. Drivers can access a route plan through their smartphone, tablet, or rugged handheld to see their stops and activities as they progress through the day.
“As a leading provider to more than 70 percent of the top food distribution companies in North America, we understand customer service and on-time delivery is paramount,” said Jon Van Winkle, XRS vice president of product management. “We built TRP to give fleets the data they need to enhance driver productivity, maximize asset utilization, slash costs and deliver when expected.”
XRS also provides driver tools that enable enhanced data collection for repetitive activities at a customer site, allowing fleets to account for over, short or damaged items, customer feedback and proof of delivery. TRP, in conjunction with another XRS feature called FLX forms, removes burdensome data entry requirements by providing drivers a simplified workflow experience on the mobile device.
Additional functionality for TRP includes:
- The ability to import routes from third-party routing providers
- A driver application that leverages smartphones, tablets and rugged handhelds
- Trip progression monitoring, used to understand if a driver is behind or ahead in their route
- FleetView, which gives fleet managers one location to view drivers, routes and stops, while providing data to reduce out-of-route miles and gain insight into site activities
- The ability for a planner to quickly add static routes
- Data extract tools through web services
- Improved exception reporting with drill-down capability into the planned vs. actual reports
The XRS mobile platform runs on more than 50 types of mobile devices and automatically transmits vehicle and operator data directly to a management dashboard, providing compliance for the upcoming mandate for electronic logging devices. XRS has no up-front hardware costs and no capital requirements. Every XRS package includes an XRS Relay in-cab device that communicates via Bluetooth with the driver’s existing smartphone or tablet.
