As for the system itself, they seek a high return on investment (ROI), affordable cost, easy integration with legacy software, real time tracking and tracing, and ease of programming.
These are among the results found in a recently-completed survey by Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI) which incorporated responses from about 200 trucking industry executives.
“The results were significant,” said Ken Weinberg, vice president and co-founder of CLI. “There once was a time when carriers looked for a developer of their software who knew which end of the trailer was backed into the dock and who had grease under his fingernails. Now, it is all about which applications the system will conduct and how well they will perform them.”
Carrier Logistics Inc., based in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a transportation systems and engineering consulting firm and developer of freight management systems for the trucking industry and for multi-stop freight carriers and logistics companies in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.