Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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technology InBrief • Rand McNally teamed with GetLoaded to provide an exclusive load board for owners of Rand McNally's IntelliRoute TND truck GPS devices. Rand McNally also integrated RealVNC's remote access technology into its HD 100 devices, enabling drivers to view the HD 100 display through an application on their Wi-Fi-enabled Rand McNally IntelliRoute TND GPS or mobile device. • EBE developed a fast-track Configuration Wizard designed to shorten the implementation cycle for its complete suite of Driver Lifecycle Solutions when combined with its Implementation Methodology. • GE Capital Fleet Services announced Driver Accountability, an electronic toll violation management system designed to increase fleet managers' control over violation expenses while providing drivers with the ability to dispute violations before they are settled with the issuer. • Complete Innovations released Fleet Complete Action Tracker HOS, a fully compliant Android app that automates hours of service and driver vehicle inspection activities. The app logs driving hours and calculates remaining availability. • Networkfleet released Lifecycle Service Management, a new feature to automate maintenance scheduling and capture service records within its GPS fleet tracking and engine diagnostic monitoring system. • Isotrak, a provider of GPS and fleet management systems, introduced its 3iS FleetVision service that provides measurable visibility of third-party logistics providers and supplier fleets. • JumpTech enhanced its cloud-based Proof of Delivery (POD) system, JumpTrack, which allows customers to access, search and track inventory using existing smartphones and tablets. • Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Covenant Transport will roll out Spireon's FleetLocate Trailer Tracking Management system throughout its fleet. Interested in trucking technology? Scan the barcode or go to www.goo.gl/Ph9JK to subscribe to the CCJ Technology Weekly e-mail newsletter. 30 commercial carrier journal CCJ_0513_TechDept.indd 30 | Employees assigned a card still can make routine purchases without getting approval, but now they have to turn in receipts. The prepaid expense system has made everyone accountable for spending. "Now we know who used (the card)," Best says. "If they don't turn in a receipt, the advance comes out of their paycheck." Best manages the card service through both a website and a mobile app, which is convenient for adding money to an individual card if a purchase needs to be made during the weekend or after hours while she is out of the office. The cost of the prepaid card program is a flat monthly rate that starts at $7.50 per card. If a business spends more than $50,000 per month, PEX Card waives the fee for all cards. PEX Card is seeing some early success in the transportation industry, says Toffer Grant, chief executive. Any type of business that has a fleet can use PEX Card as either a primary or secondary card for ad-hoc purchases. "It becomes one of two or three services that they seem to have," Grant says. BI tool provides insight into equipment ownership T rucking industry manufacturers, dealers and aftermarket providers now have a new tool to help them identify and target prospects. Using RigDig Business Intelligence, they can determine market share and provide their sales forces with information on purchasing behavior, buying cycles and trucks in operation – and integrate this intelligence into their internal CRM solutions. RigDigBI – a full-function business intelligence tool for the trucking industry developed by Randall-Reilly, which owns CCJ – uses public and private industry data sources to produce RigDigBI – the first full-function business more than 600 fields of intelligence tool for the trucking industry information on more developed by Randall-Reilly – uses public and private industry data sources to prothan 1 million active trucking entities, includ- duce more than 600 fields of information on more than 1 million active trucking entities. ing for-hire and private fleets, owner-operators and off-highway and severe-duty operations. RigDigBI includes information on financing activity for trucks and bodies, Dun & Bradstreet firmographics, lanes travelled, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration accidents and inspections, Compliance Safety Accountability scores and more. "Randall-Reilly's goal is to produce a stable of business intelligence products that predict business-to-business purchasing behavior," said Brent Reilly, Randall-Reilly president. "RigDigBI is the first example of our growing capability to take a large volume and variety of information and build one-of-a-kind business intelligence tools." may 2013 4/22/13 10:42 AM