Turvo launches Integration Hub for logistics technology integrations
Turvo has announced the launch of the new Integration Hub, which adds point-and-click integrations to its Turvo Collaboration Cloud. According to Turvo, Integration Hub helps logistics companies unite their operations with self-service, one-click integrations to third-party systems such as WMS, TMS, SCM, telematics solutions, load boards, accounting & ERP systems, insurance verification and more. According to
HDA Truck Pride partners with PhaseZero on e-commerce solution
HDA Truck Pride has announced an e-commerce partnership with PhaseZero to bring digital commerce solutions to its distributor members. PhaseZero CxCommerce is a software-as-a-service platform designed around parts search, ordering and post-order follow-up. Features listed by the company include product search and interchange, real-time inventory, streamlined order process, 24/7 online parts ordering, promotions management and
Shell acquires fleet analytics company
Shell has become the owner of MachineMax, acquiring the stakes held by MachineMax’s two other investors—BCG Digital Ventures and B Capital Group—as well as those of the company’s two founders. MachineMax helps companies to maximize the profitability and efficiency of their off-highway fleets using smart sensors and analytics. MachineMax will continue to operate as a
Watch: The connection between your truck’s brakes and trailer telematics
Thanks to the efforts of component manufacturers and telematics providers alike, one burgeoning area of trailer telematics is the integration of components throughout the trailer, such as the brakes. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series. Here is a transcript of the video: It is important that your technicians are
Goodyear unveils intelligent tire solution for last-mile delivery
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced its first tire intelligence solution for cargo van fleets, Goodyear SightLine, which uses sensors with cloud-based algorithms to communicate with fleet operators in real-time. Goodyear’s proprietary predictive maintenance technologies can help to address many challenges facing drivers and fleet managers today, including predicting breakdowns, minimizing downtime and monitoring
How technology impacts diesel engine filtration
This time, I don’t just mean digital technology. The continued adoption of API FA-4 (as well as the switch to CK-4) engine oil is also a prime diesel engine technology change, in liquid form. We’ve also seen increasingly computer-driven engine operation that increased an engine’s flexibility within applications. As diesel engine technology has evolved, so
TMC releases report examining use of intelligence trailer products
The American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council released its first report on the use and adoption of intelligence products and services across the trucking industry with an examination of adoption of the trailer and lease fleet sector. In looking at trailer rental and lease companies, TMC and eSMARTT gauged 12 of the top 15
EROAD adds Phillips Connect trailer, asset monitoring
EROAD and Phillips Connect announced their partnership to bring Phillips Connect devices, sensors, dashboards and reporting to EROAD’s customers. Through the partnership, EROAD says it will offer the full line of Phillips Connect devices for powered and non-powered assets, along with sensors, harnesses and accessories for monitoring of cargo status and trailer health. The partnership
Transflo announces simplified pricing model for its document capture service
Transflo has introduced a new pricing model for its multi-channel document capture and workflow suite. This, according to the company, is aimed at helping fleets with predictable monthly pricing and an improved driver experience. With the new subscription-based software as a service (SaaS) model, fleets have greater control over their monthly costs, and drivers have
All of the trucking solutions you could need
In our on-demand culture, it’s easy to take for granted that there’s probably an app for that problem that plagues you. But someone, and most often a team of someones, has to dream up those solutions. They’re not plucking them out of thin air. As much as we like to romanticize innovation as a stroke
Watch: What makes smart trailers so smart?
A smart trailer is a system of sensors that communicate information about that trailer back to the fleet, and they’re becoming increasingly useful every day. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series. Here is a transcript of the video: Smart trailers are making fleets, well, smarter. But the term is
Right here, right now: Busting three myths about remote diagnostics
Here’s a riddle for you: If time is money and timing is everything, what would it mean to your fleet to save a big ol’ sack full of cash on truck maintenance? In the words of the Red Rocker himself, Sammy Hagar, on Van Halen’s 1991 hit Right Now: “It means everything.” That is what
