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MAKING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS WORK FOR YOUR FLEET BY AARON HUFF Docket No. FMCSA 2012-0074 with specific recommendations on how to improve CSA. Greg Frost, director of product management for Qualcomm Enterprise Services, provided a roadmap for the company's new technology applica- tions through 2014. Some of the many upcoming features include freight lane congestion information in the Web portal, terrestrial Web browsing (4G cellular) for the Mobile Computing Platform (MCP), trailer identifica- tion via the ABS system, a handheld proof-of-delivery application and an integrated driver scorecard. considers thousands of historical and real-time data elements in an enter- prise to detect behavioral changes in drivers that result from stresses in their personal or work environment. One driver showed up in C.R. England's FleetRisk model with several counts of risky behaviors. Following pro- tocol, a fleet manager spoke to the driver. The manager discovered the driver's son had been in a significant accident and that the driver had not taken time off the road to deal with the problem. "As a company, we probably avoided Technology can make a competitive difference. Frost also said Qualcomm has started development of an Android platform that will run the same hours-of-service, messaging, workflow, safety and performance monitoring applications as the company's present MCP; the difference is that fleets can use consumer-style Android devices for the display unit. Applications on the devices will sync with a stationary "black box" in the vehicle. A panel of fleet executives discussed their experiences with FleetRisk Advi- sors' predictive modeling platform to mine existing data in their enterprises to improve safety and commu- nication with drivers. The Flee- tRisk platform a significant safety risk," said Thom Pronk, corporate vice president of recruiting, training and safety for C.R. England. "But this is also a human being who had major challenges. We were able to help in a bigger way than just getting him home to take care of issues." The reward for implementing the FleetRisk platform is being able to take a proactive approach to managing risk, Pronk said. "People are very important to us," he said. "We say all accidents are preventable. It doesn't matter who is at fault. We want to prevent them all." Panelist Doug Schrier, director of continuous improvement for Covenant Transport, described the FleetRisk platform as the company's "crystal ball." The Chattanooga, Tenn.-based com- pany has been using the technology for nearly two months. "We know which drivers are risky, and we are going to start managing them," Schrier said. "This is going to be a great venture for the company. " AARON HUFF is Senior Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal. E-mail ahuff@ccjmagazine.com or call (801) 754-4296. INBRIEF Arsenault Associates released Finance- Link, designed to allow users to export parts purchasing data to business systems for payment and reconciliation. FinanceLink is part of Dossier version 6.2, the latest edi- tion of Arsenault's fleet asset maintenance management software. TransCore DAT added customizable bench- marking to its DAT Truckload Rate Index for shippers, freight brokers and for-hire carri- ers to compare their transportation pricing against current and historical rates offered in the same point-to-point freight lanes. GE Capital Fleet launched IntelliGauge, a mobile fuel and CO2 calculator application designed to allow users to compare compo- nents of their current vehicles against future vehicles, helping companies and consumers make informed decisions on their vehicle purchases. IntelliGauge, available at www. geintelligauge.com, is free and optimized for iPads, smartphones and desktops. Intelek Technologies, a developer of Web- based EDI and load gathering solutions, announced the Intelek EDI Transportation Suite, a scalable, modular hosted package that combines the company's StripMiner EDI Screen Scraper Software with its Dia- mondMine EDI Transaction software, as well as several new features. Pluss Corp. established its IT Group to focus on the hardware solution challenges faced by its heavy-duty customers. The group will design, specify, prepackage and support business solutions to help decrease IT sup- port costs and system downtime. Pegasus TransTech announced that Hope, Ark.-based flatbed hauler Fikes Truck Line and its sister company FTL Custom Com- modities implemented its Transflo Express scanning solution to provide quick elec- tronic delivery of trucking documents from more than 850 participating truckstops. COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JULY 2012 47