Podcast: How data can help fleets through the Coronavirus crisis and beyond
Mike Branch, vice president of data and analytics at Geotab, joins the Fleet Future podcast to discuss how data can help fleets navigate their way through the Coronavirus crisis, and to continue to make smart decisions for their business beyond that. Listen below, and catch up with past episodes of the podcast here.
How data can influence your best drivers to stick around
Every morning you grab your cup of coffee and scroll through your telematics dashboards, soaking up the fresh data and deciding how to put it to use today. Here’s something to consider: Every bit of data you have on your fleet can be relevant to driver retention and recruitment. Your drivers are concerned about the
How data relates to driver retention
Data has more to do with driver retention than you might first think. In fact, there are lots of ways you can use your data to influence your best drivers to stick around. ELDs, data and driver retention ELDs can be a huge boon to driver safety, route optimization, driver recognition and overall communication, says
How to ensure the right trucks are running the right duty cycles
Making ends meet in the uncertainty of the Coronavirus pandemic could mean using the equipment you have in duty cycles they might not match. Cornering a Class 8 in cramped city streets is not only stressful for your drivers on the delivery front lines, but it also sends your MPG bell curve into the basement.
Tips for creating a clearer truck service picture using telematics
Analyzing truck data to improve your service operation is a lot like playing connect the dots. You have to draw the lines between hard-braking data and, potentially, tire or brake pad wear information. The challenge is that the picture isn’t always clear. Sometimes your line between data points descends down the data analysis rabbit hole
Using truck telematics to improve your fleet’s safety
From getting started to talking with drivers about the data.
Truce software to help reduce distracted driving to debut on Geotab Marketplace
Truce, a solution designed to reduce distracted driving, will soon be available on the Geotab Marketplace, the companies announced. Through the integration with Geotab, fleet customers will be able to access Truce from within the Geotab platform to help eliminate mobile distractions and optimize usage across their workplace, the companies say. According to the company,
Wondering how to integrate your truck data? Here are a few ideas
Integration. Five years ago that word was synonymous with powertrain components. Today, the integration trend continues, but now it’s synonymous with data. You have plenty of it streaming off of your trucks, but being able to put that data in to actionable dashboards and match it up with other data points from other solutions providers
Fleet profile: Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce & Garden Center
Using technology to improve safety, efficiency and productivity is making Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce & Garden Center a first choice wholesale produce distributor for customers.
Geotab talks electric vehicle strategies, working during the pandemic
No script? No plan? No problem. Welcome to Fleet Equipment Unscripted—the video interview series that connects you with the greatest minds in the heavy-duty trucking world. For our first episode, I connected with Matt Stevens, vice president of electric vehicles at Geotab, to see how Geotab continues to support its customers in these strange pandemic
Keep truck data rights in the foreground
At Fleet Equipment, we’ve harped on the importance of reviewing your EULAs to protect your data rights, but here’s a new wrinkle: The data covered in one EULA that is integrated with another service provider is subject to that new EULA. If you’re confused, no worries – FE is here to help.
Bypass the weigh station, not the data-sharing conversation
Fleet Equipment (FE) sat down with Doug Johnson to learn more about Drivewyze’s technology and his view of the ever-changing trucking data industry.
