Automotive Cybersecurity Group Reaches Out to Commercial Vehicle Sector
The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which is focused on cybersecurity protections, announced it would develop criteria to include the commercial vehicle segment in its membership.
January 26, 2017SunteckTTS Adopts Transflo Telematics System
Pegasus TransTech announced that transportation firm SunteckTTS has adopted the Transflo Telematics system to implement electronic driver logs and workflow management.
January 26, 2017U.S. Xpress Joins Truck Technology Alliance After Successful Fuel Savings Test
Engineering and research company PIT Group announced truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Inc. joined its membership organization following the success of in-service fuel consumption tests PIT Group carried out at the carrier’s facilities in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, last November.
January 25, 2017Rental Spaces, Better Data Could Ease Parking Crunch
Finding a secure place to park or drop a trailer has become an all-too-common challenge for truck drivers, but some carriers have found a novel way to help ease that problem — renting parking spaces through third-party firms.
January 16, 2017Demanding Customers, Array of Technology Driving Changes in Freight Transportation
WASHINGTON — While freight transportation has undergone enormous change over the past quarter-century, even more is coming and very quickly, driven by demanding customers and an array of technology to satisfy shippers.
January 16, 2017Dollars and Data
Today’s financial reporting software is allowing carriers to go well beyond simply tracking accounts payable and accounts receivable.
November 18, 2016‘Coopetition’ Continues in Truck Tech Sector
The trucking industry’s technology sector has long been characterized by a galaxy of partnerships and integrations connecting various vendors’ systems. Through these integrations, fleets have been able to assemble the technology components of their choice to build an enterprise system tailored to their operations.
November 17, 2016Online Video Marketing: Medium Has Become Too Easy, Inexpensive for Fleets to Ignore
While video marketing already is on the radar of many fleets, recent indications are that the medium will continue to explosively transform the web for years to come. Video- and photo-sharing social media startup Instagram — a mere blip on the web’s radar a few years ago — now boasts 500 million users. Snapchat, another social media network that incorporates video, is growing nearly as ferociously.
November 17, 2016Tranztec Develops Platform to Modernize Data Visualization
LAS VEGAS — Tranztec Solutions Inc. has developed a data visualization platform designed to give fleets a more modern, intuitive way to manage their operations.
November 17, 2016Finding the Right Data in ‘Big Data’
There is a lot of talk about how trucking can maximize the value of “big data,” but sometimes lost in the discussion is how to ensure fleets are using the right data.
November 17, 2016