Why tire data matters even with automatic inflation
Telematics offer fleets quantifiable savings, arguably none more so than with tire costs. Along with drivers and fuel, tires rank in the top tier of costs incurred by fleets. Maintaining proper inflation of those tires can reduce those costs by extending tire life by 10% or more and protecting tire casing integrity for retreading. Proper
Getting back to the basics with truck maintenance data points
My wife, Janet, loves to count lines contained in road sign letters. This is a habit instituted by her grandmother during long road trips, no doubt to occupy the time of an energetic and bored young girl. How she determines what constitutes a line in each letter remains an analytical metric that continues to escape
FleetOps integrates with Turvo Transportation Management System
FleetOps, an aggregation and freight matching platform built exclusively for brokers and third-party logistics, has announced its most recent integration with Turvo. Turvo connects people, systems and organizations allowing shippers, logistics providers, and carriers to unite their supply chains, deliver outstanding customer experiences, collaborate in real-time, and accelerate growth, the companies noted. Through this partnership, Turvo customers
Overhaul launches Asset Manager to increase visibility, optimize fleet management
Overhaul, a software-based, supply-chain risk-management solution, has recently unveiled the latest addition to its product portfolio, Asset Manager, a new offering that provides real-time asset and in-yard visibility, enabling greater control over assets that are both in-transit or stationary. The new offering leverages real-time data to empower warehouse, yard and fleet management teams to make better business decisions
Truck technology that helps tackle supply chain challenges
The theme in today’s stretched supply chain is “day to day.” Talk with anyone. (Seriously, anyone in basically any industry) and supply is managed to the best of abilities every day. We work with what we got, but what about what we’re going to need? For that we need more visibility into our operations. Through
DispatchTrack, Samsara partner to ensure right-time deliveries
DispatchTrack has announced a new partnership and integration with Samsara. The combined solution enhances delivery operations, provides real-time delivery data, and helps ensure that joint customers always deliver on time, the companies noted in a press release. With the new integration, DispatchTrack’s AI-powered routing algorithm seamlessly connects with Samsara’s suite of telematics capabilities. The joint solution
Trucker Tools to implement full stack integration with Turvo
Trucker Tools announced that it is implementing a full-stack integration with Turvo, provider of a collaboration application designed for the supply chain. The integration will enable Turvo customers to utilize the full suite of Trucker Tools Smart Capacity broker productivity, truckload capacity planning and execution, visibility and carrier relationship management tools. Turvo offers a modern,
Trucker Path offers transportation management system
Trucker Path has announced COMMAND, a transportation management system designed to both enhance driver relationships and manage operations. The new operations and driver relationship (ODR) platform combines the driver-centric Trucker Path app, currently in use by more than a million drivers, with the operational tools found in commonly used transportation management systems. With driver satisfaction
Goodyear invests in connected mobility technology
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has announced that its venture capital arm, Goodyear Ventures, has added Nova Labs, formerly Helium Inc., to its growing investment portfolio. Nova Labs is the pioneer of decentralized wireless communications and founder of the core technologies powering the Helium Network. The Helium Network provides public, long-range wireless coverage for
Predicting the future of truck maintenance
Fault code and related service information has been flowing off of trucks for years, and truck technology companies have been hard at work developing algorithms that delve into that data and find patterns in truck component failures. Using sophisticated probabilities, truck service technology is quickly approaching the point where it can offer predictive repair suggestions.
Navistar on Navistar: Truck service in the days of data
A crowd grew around the Navistar press conference where a screen displayed the type of truck telematics that we come to expect today, but this was 2014, and the truck that was being tracked wasn’t an International truck. OnCommand Connection was one of the savviest moves the OEM made in the 2010s. It was the
Verizon Connect charges up EV fleet management with Sawatch Labs
a new partnership between Verizon Connect and Sawatch Labs helps fleets with more than 10 vehicles plan their EV strategies. With EVs poised to become a significant part of vehicle fleets in the coming years, growing to 31 percent of the market by 2050, or about 672 million vehicles, according to the U.S. Energy Information
