Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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46 commercial carrier journal | november 2016 technology TMW Systems develops bid management app T MW Systems announced a web- based business management ap- plication, TMW Engage.Bid, designed to enable carriers, brokers and third-party logistics providers to streamline the freight bidding process. e application is intended to allow users to save time and labor, improve ac- curacy and leverage pricing intelligence to increase success in winning business. TMW Engage.Bid helps simplify the conversion and analysis of shipper Request For Price documents. Users can apply pricing intelligence, including TMW's Market Rate Index, to assess each opportunity and develop bids consistent with their strategies and cost structures. e application was developed by TMW professionals with extensive bid management experience and is intended to replace multiple spreadsheets and emails, paperwork and other manual processes. "is powerful new application of- fers the productivity tools needed to dramatically speed this process and provides industry-leading pricing intel- ligence that can enable our customers to more effectively compete to win busi- ness," said David Wangler, president of TMW Systems. TMW Engage.Bid also tracks the status of open bids and indexes and stores cur- rent and historical bid data in a searchable form to ease workflow constraints. – Aaron Huff • Vnomics Corp. announced that Lockheed Martin, an original investor, will invest further in the company and the development of its True Fuel optimization system that combines machine learning with real-time driver coaching to help improve fuel performance. • Spireon released a durable solar-pow- ered trailer and asset telematics system built to be compatible with a range of transportation vehicles and equipment that remain dormant for extended periods, including dry vans and intermodal containers. The solu- tion is designed to capture data and translate it into easy-to-understand actionable business intelligence. • Help Inc. added new weigh-in- motion sites in Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Also, 10 new PrePass sites that also include WIM are nearly complete and soon will provide additional bypass opportunities in California, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma and Wyoming. • CarriersEdge, a provider of online safety and compliance training tools, announced a suite of courses on vehi - cle inspections based on information from industry and regulatory experts. The courses employ the company's interactive learning approach and explain to drivers how inspections should be conducted, how compo- nents should be checked and how to identify defects. • CarriersEdge announced that North Hampton, N.H.-based Abenaqui Car- riers, a 50-truck hazardous materials fleet, selected its driver training cours- es and online training platform for its 70 company drivers, including new hires and existing operators requiring refresher and certification training. • The 2017 ALK Transportation and Technology Summit will be held May 22-23, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia. The summit will include product training, educational panels, sponsor spotlights, interactive round- table discussions and a golf outing. Go to ALKTechSummit.com. INBRIEF EBE automates driver training based on dispatch activity E BE Technologies, a provider of enterprise automated decision sup- port applications for the transportation and logistics industry, has enhanced its Learning Management System to sched- ule move-specific training automatically based on dispatch activity. EBE's LMS monitors the dispatch sys- tem for shipper codes, commodity codes and stop codes. Based on the combina- tion of such codes, a determination is made if "special instruction" is associated with the move. Lessons are scheduled for drivers in real time based on either a pre-planning or move acceptance activity. e train- ing can assist drivers with arriving at or departing from a specific distribution center or shipper location to improve efficiencies and make the driver's experi- ence more positive, the company said. Cargo securement training could be based on a commodity code or specific packaging instructions provided by the shipper, which could result in reducing claims for improved profitability. "Carriers make significant investments in helping drivers navigate to stops ef- ficiently, but once they arrive, there has not been a solution to help them navigate the specifics of the location or the freight for which they will be responsible," said Larry Kerr, president of EBE. "Dispatch- driven training now provides that service." – Aaron Huff David Wangler, president of TMW Systems, describes how TMW Engage.Bid "can enable our customers to more effectively compete to win business." EBE's LMS training can assist drivers with arriving at or departing from a specific distribution center or shipper location.