ALK Technologies and EBE Technologies say they have developed two products that enable fleets to control the burgeoning cost of tolls. The companies have jointly launched two applications, PC Miler|Tolls Auditor and PC Miler|Tolls Manager.
Both applications combine the database and functionality of ALK’s PC Miler|Tolls application with the data integration and workflow capabilities of EBE Technologies to document toll costs by customer for reimbursement or rate negotiation, monitor the use of toll facilities by drivers, and validate the charges invoiced to carriers by toll authorities.
PC Miler|Tolls Manager and Auditor applications automate what is otherwise a time-consuming, largely manual job – when it is done at all, the companies say.
ALK continually monitors posted costs at all North American toll facilities, including tunnels, bridges, and roadways. These rates are regularly combined with ALK’s routing, mileage, and map data in PC Miler|Tolls, which knows the exact toll charges along any particular route for virtually any vehicle configuration.
Both new solutions are based on ALK’s PC Miler Web Services, its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering.
EBE’s integrated workflow and process management applications, known collectively by the brand name SHIPS, address trucking departments individually while freely transmitting data and documents among them.
“Tolls are rising rapidly everywhere and appearing in places they have never been before. No carrier can afford to simply absorb toll charges as many did in the past,” said Craig Fiander, ALK’s Vice President, Marketing – PC Miler Solutions.
