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Advanced software and analytics can help audit and interpret VMRS

Advanced software with maintenance analytics can help organize the entries and interpret the data for better decision-making.

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What’s your heavy-duty truck service data responsibility?

Perhaps “responsibility” is too loaded of a word. Let’s not think of service data as another item on your To-Do List. Let’s call it something far more marketable—an opportunity. The telematics technology built into the trucks of the previous three, four, and even five years has created a vast “data lake” (toss that buzzword around

Finding your focus in the noisy world of service telematics

Here’s the thing about service data: There’s a lot of it. Remote diagnostic systems throw all sorts of fault codes—by some accounts there are more than 5,000 fault codes that can put a truck on the side of the road. On top of that, they also report plenty of yellow- and green-coded fault codes. (What

Revenge of the regen

“Regeneration.” The word alone is enough to send chills down a fleet service manager’s spine. Although the reliability of aftertreatment systems has improved over the years, it’s still a top service pain point for fleets polled by Fleet Service Technology. One of the latest headaches is the abuse of the regen inhibit button. With a single

‘From first mile to last mile’: is it time to expand into new applications?

  The trucking industry is experiencing a boom with no end in short-term sight. The latest report from FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index—which tracks changes in U.S. truck market conditions, including freight volumes, freight rates, fleet capacity, fuel price and financing—is that the y/y Index remains more than triple the 2017 reading of 2.97. The current

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Peterson introduces its Pulse Intelligent Trailer System

Identifying the need for trailers to become as smart as today’s heavy-duty trucks, Peterson introduced its patented PetersonPulse Intelligent Trailer System, a trailer telematics solution that brings CAN-Bus technology and telematic capability to trailers. Engineered specifically for fleet trailers, Pulse not only controls and detects real-time status of vital trailer systems–lights, ABS brakes, tire pressure,

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Phillips Connect Technologies updates development of smart trailer TrailerNet open-architecture platform

Phillips Connect Technologies (PCT) detailed the development of TrailerNet, its open, completely agnostic platform for consolidating all smart-trailer sensors from any supplier into one central hub, using one data plan to deliver alerts to the driver and customizable fleet management dashboards to the fleet’s operations or dispatch teams, the company explained. The open platform strategy,

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Three truck technology takeaways from a chat with Daimler Trucks Pres., CEO Roger Nielsen

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) President and Chief Executive Officer Roger Nielsen hosted an online media roundtable recently to provide an update on DTNA’s 2017, an outlook for 2018 and ruminate on the impact that technology and equipment trends are having on DNTA and the heavy-duty marketplace as a whole. Let’s get the numbers out of

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Watch: Let’s talk trailer telematics

In addition to the location tracking capabilities that immediately spring to mind when thinking of trailer telematics, today’s offerings take advantage of the latest technology to provide deeper trailer analytics. To make informed trailer management decisions you need as much information in as near as real-time as you can get–everything from cargo status, door status

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Making things easier for fleets looking for telematics solutions

Life in the technological age can be confusing. With all the benefits that access to technology provides for us—and they are innumerable—the choices we have can be overwhelming. These infinite choices can make choosing a place to eat a daunting task, let alone choosing the right technology solution for your fleet. With this in mind,

A technology solution for every fleet

What if a fleet management solution can help make your fleet more productive and more profitable for less money, regardless of your business size? Large fleets have several key concerns when it comes to running their business. Obviously, they want to offer their customers good response time. They want their drivers to have a good

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Navistar announces OnCommand Connection Telematics, Marketplace

Navistar has announced OnCommand Connection Telematics, which includes hardware and applications in support of all makes and all models of Class 6 through 8 vehicles that are equipped with J1939 or J1708 diagnostic port. The OnCommand Connection Marketplace is an open-architecture, cloud-based technology platform for telematics solutions and a range of driver support tools. “Only