ProMiles Software Development Corp. (www.promiles.com) released the Kingpin Edition of its mileage guide, which features door-to-door routing and enhanced road attributes, and relies on digital map data and content from the Tele Atlas/Logistics database.
Networkcar (www.networkcar.com) partnered with Automotive Resources International to offer ARI customers a wireless system to monitor the performance and location of fleet vehicles.
Getloaded.com added new website enhancements, including the ability to pinpoint truck postings from city to city. Other new features include the ability to select equipment attributes separated from trailer types, and more control over viewing load and truck search results.
AT&T introduced a fully hosted, on-demand GPS-based work force-management solution for business customers, TeleNav Track from TeleNav. The package includes GPS-enabled location tracking, mileage tracking, wireless time sheets, exception alerts and detailed location reporting to capture field data.
Integrated Decision Support Corp. (www.idscnet.com) announced new customers of its Expert Fuel and Trip Alert/Swap Advice optimization software solutions: Chicago-based Hoekstra Transport-ation and national flatbed carrier Central Oregon Truck Co., based in Prineville.
SkyBitz (www.skybitz.com) said its Global Locating System trailer-tracking product has been selected by Quebec, Canada-based Total Logistics Group and by Fittipaldi Carriers subsidiary Commodity Express Transportation.
Some of the most common tools used to measure efficiency and productivity by less-than-truckload carriers include operating ratio, wages as a percentage of revenue, pounds per man hour and stops per hour. Throw them all away, says fleet management consultant Robert Sullivan. “Get away from past-based measurements,” Sullivan says. “It’s killing us.”
