The Information Technology & Logistics Council (ITLC) of the American Trucking Associations (http://itlc.truckline.com) named Braxton Vick and Vicki Schluter to serve as the council’s first chair and vice chair in 2008. Vick is senior vice president of corporate planning and development for Southeastern Freight Lines. Schluter is vice president of information solutions for YRC Worldwide.
McLeod Software (www.mcleodsoftware.com) said it ended its fiscal year in September with record sales – a 44 percent increase over the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2006. During the year, McLeod introduced nine new modules and 90 new product features. According to President Tom McLeod, a soft freight market is encouraging fleets to buy technology. “Because freight is tight, the successful fleets are focused on reducing costs and running more efficiently,” he said.
ALK Technologies (www.alk.com) and the U.S. Department of Defense released the PC Miler-based Defense Table of Official Distances, Version 21.1, marking the eighth year that ALK has provided the standard distance calculation data and software used by the U.S. military, Defense Department contractors and the U.S. General Services Administration worldwide.
SkyBitz (www.skybitz.com) announced that MHF Inc., a Zelienople, Pa.-based truckload carrier, selected the SkyBitz Global Locating System (GLS) trailer-tracking technology for
its 250-trailer fleet.
Intermec Technologies (www.intermec.com) will hold its i-comm 2008 conference Jan. 29-31
at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla. Intermec customers will present case studies, and attendees also will learn about mobile computing systems, RFID and other data collection technologies.
IAS-Trinium (www.triniumtech.com) launched a new subscription-based service, DispatchManager, that supplants the manual process of dispatching work orders via fax, e-mail and telephone from originators (ocean carriers/BCOs/3PLs) to intermodal trucking companies.
DriveCam (www.drivecam.com) released RiskPredict, a new analytical process that the company says eliminates irrelevant data and optimizes the duration and length of captured events from its in-cab video recording device.
