Accellos has updated its software to be compatible with Microsoft’s business database software, Dynamics AX 2012 R3, the supply chain-software company said.

For some routing technology companies, feedback from the front lines — the truck drivers who can see first-hand when something in the road does not conform to what their navigation devices say — can be some of the most valuable information on their maps.

Dayton Freight Lines uses workflow software to eliminate “fat-finger” errors. C.R. England uses it to check and correct the temperature of refrigerated cargo.

Rand McNally announced on June 26 that its mobile communications devices are now integrated with two applications from TMW Systems Inc., a provider of software to transportation and logistics companies.

McLeod Software’s purchase of Enterprise Information Solutions positions the No. 2 provider of enterprise software for motor carriers to compete for the first time for business from less-than-truckload companies — a trucking niche that appears hungry for new technology, vendors said.

McLeod Software has certified PC Miler 24 and integrated it into its software, said ALK Technologies, PC Miler’s developer.

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it lost $402,000, or 23 cents per share, in its fiscal second quarter, compared with a profit of $91,000, or 5 cents, a year ago.

TMW Systems and McLeod Software each said they signed fewer new customers in 2009 than the prior year, but overall sales remained strong as carriers sought to improve their operations and prep for an economic rebound.