Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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38 commercial carrier journal | july 2016 technology driver pay solution, Electronic Fuel Management tool and SecureFuel solution that helps carriers identify and reduce potential theft and unauthorized purchases. • Lytx announced that Omaha, Neb.-based TransWood Carriers (CCJ Top 250, No. 113), a dry and liquid bulk transportation com - pany, selected its DriveCam safety program that combines video capture of road incidents such as hard braking or sudden swerving, data analysis of those incidents and personalized coaching in - sights to improve driving behavior. TransWood conducted a 90-vehicle trial of the DriveCam program and then moved to a 450-vehicle full rollout. • TCG, a provider of activity-based costing and profitability man - agement tools for truckload and less-than-truckload companies, announced that Buffalo Lake, Minn.-based Kottke Trucking is reporting a 10.5 percent increase in revenue per mile by using its Cost Information System. Kottke operates 100 trucks and provides dry freight, refrigerated and dedicated services in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern and Southwestern United States. • QuikQ, provider of a cardless di - rect fuel connection between truck stop point-of-sale and motor carri- er enterprise systems, announced that Trailiner Corp., a Springfield, Mo.-based refrigerated hauler with 200 tractors and 300 trailers, selected its Q-Gate technology, an RFID-based system designed to re - duce the risk of a driver picking up the wrong trailer before exiting a facility or having an unauthorized vehicle enter a secure location. • EBE Technologies, a provider of enterprise automated decision support applications, announced that its User Conference, Connect 2016, will be held Oct. 17-19 at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook Ill. The forum will offer learning and net - working opportunities for trans- portation and logistics providers to help identify and implement processes and applications to improve efficiency. Go to ebe-inc. com/connectthedots2016/register. INBRIEF CarriersEdge gives driver training an app C arriersEdge, a provider of online safety and compliance training tools for transportation, in- troduced a dedicated mobile train- ing app for truck drivers. With the app, drivers at fleets that subscribe to CarriersEdge can access the com- pany's library of orientation and refresher courses and knowledge tests, as well as custom content. The app is available on Google Play and at the Apple App Store for iOS and Android devices. "There are generic productivity apps that can be used to run basic training programs, but until now, there hasn't been anything dedicated exclusively to driver training, and we felt that needed to change," said Jane Jazrawy, CarriersEdge chief executive officer. CarriersEdge offers courses on Defensive Driving, Winter Driving, HOS and Log- books (U.S. and Canada), Practical Cargo Securement, Hazardous Materials, CSA, Fire Safety, Drug and Alcohol, Recognizing and Preventing Fatigue, Maximizing Fuel Efficiency and more. Push notifications allows fleets to notify drivers of new training assignments or when deadlines for completing courses are approaching. Once the app is installed, drivers stay logged in and don't have to remember a password; they can begin or resume a course by tapping the icon. – Aaron Huff With the app, drivers at fleets that subscribe to CarriersEdge can access the company's library of orientation and refresher courses and knowledge tests, as well as custom content. Toter adds RFID service to waste containers T oter, a Wastequip brand and manufacturer of prod- ucts used in the collection of waste, recycling and organics, released an integrated RFID-based assembly and delivery service. ToterTrax is designed to provide detailed information on when and where new garbage cans are delivered. Toter said the new RFID application and portal-based service is its first step toward offering a complete technology solution for the munici- pal and private hauler waste management industries. As part of this service, Toter has developed a proprietary app that will read an RFID tag to provide real-time data, including a delivery confirmation, time stamp and geoco- ordinates to a centralized server. Once sent to the server, the information is verified to ensure accuracy and that there are no duplicates in the system. Information is sent back immediately to crews delivering the carts and to the mu- nicipality or hauler via the portal. The Toter app also features an offline mode to ensure accuracy by forcing a portal validation as soon as the user is back in Wi-Fi or cell range. Although initially used for A&D, Toter plans on expanding its RFID services and por- tal to include longer-term tracking capability for issues such as cart pickups, swapouts, maintenance and recycling use. – Aaron Huff Toter's ToterTrax RFID application and portal- based assembly and de- livery service is designed to provide detailed information on when and where new garbage cans are delivered.