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technology Rand enhances TND 760, creates new Web-based portal TND 760 Fleet Edition, its single-box electronic onboard recorder-compli- ant system, and created a new Web portal for all of its mobile commu- nications products. The announce- ments came one year after launching the original TND 760. New features include a Driver R Vehicle Inspection Report; the inclu- sion of the "Oil Field Exception" in its Hours of Service application; the ability to provide routing informa- tion to the cab automatically from back-end dispatch systems; and map database and feature updates for its IntelliRoute GPS navigation soft- ware. These new capabilities enable customers to move further away from paper reporting and tracking, provid- and McNally added new enhancements to the ing necessary information to the back office in real time, the company says. The new Web-based portal, Rand McNally Connect, provides a single access point for fleet track- ing, mapping, performance report- ing and e-mail communication, along with access to third-party applica- tions. The portal is accessible for all customers of Rand's mobile commu- nication fleet management systems, which include the TND 760, TPC 7600 system and TruckPC products; the products also are integrated with transportation management systems from TMW Systems, McLeod Soft- ware and others. In addition, the new portal allows fleets to access new features: complex polygon shapes to be identified as alert areas. When a vehicle enters or exits the polygon, an e-mail or SMS text message may be sent back to the company. Geofencing can be used to track entry and exit to analyze wait time at a customer location or to report vehicle deten- tion time; uploading a custom list of locations onto the map; Continued on page 58 Write 253 on Reader Service Card or visit ccjdigital.com/info COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2012 57