Cheetah Software adds smartphone support 

Cheetah Software Services has announced it has added support for the Opticon H-Series ruggedized smartphones, available from Ryzex. The Opticon H-Series devices combine Windows Mobile-based smartphones and Opticon’s laser scanning technology to allow for integration of barcode-based data capture. Cheetah offers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) logistics solutions...

TMW taps Kelly to lead development for Innovative Software  

TMW Systems, Inc. has named Michael J. Kelly as its director of development for its Innovative software products. As director, Kelly will be responsible for strategic product planning, project and release management, and will lead the Innovative development teams to deliver new and high-value enhancements and capabilities, said TMW ...

Online repair programs add photos 

Tractor-Trailer.net and Medium-Truck.net, the online repair programs from Mitchell 1, have been updated with thousands of new engine component and connector photos...

EBE adds fraud detection to logistics application 

EBE Technologies has added a fraud detection function to its Logistics Management software package. The program also can help shippers ensure that the contracted carrier is the one who arrives to accept a load...

Canadian carrier installs Xata speed solution 

Canadian-based Van Kam Freightways has installed Xata Corp’s Xata Speed Management Solution in its fleet. Van Kam provides less-than-truckload and truckload services as well as special commodity contracts within British Columbia and Alberta and offers regular service to Eastern Canada and the continental U.S...

C2Logix taps Anthony J. Esposito as president & CEO  

C2Logix has announced that Anthony J. Esposito has permanently joined the firm as president & CEO, after having acted as a consultant to the Board of Directors since April 2010. He was also elected to a seat on the company's board...

Real-time speed data analysis for SkyGuard users 

An agreement between SkyGuard and SpeedGauge will result in real-time analysis of speed data by SkyGuard fleet customers. Speed and location data collected by GPS units will be forwarded to SpeedGuage, whose web-based software application will analyze those data points in real-time...

Telogis Fleet platform gets maintenance alerts 

A series of new fleet management alerts have been added to the Telogis Fleet platform. The company said these offer maintenance managers even more visibility into critical items including battery status, oil change, tire rotation, tune-up, over temperature and PTO utilization...

Telogis expands into construction, heavy lifting 

Location intelligence provider Telogis has purchased the assets of Remote Dynamics. Terms were not disclosed. Remote Dynamics specializes in GPS fleet management for the construction and heavy lifting industries...

TMW partners with KSM  

Transportation software provider TMW Systems is forming a strategic alliance with KSM Transport Advisors to jointly offer beefed up business consulting services to motor carriers...

New firm opts for Aljex software for logistics, trucking sides 

Salt Lake City-based Interide Logistics has announced it is launching Interide Transport, an asset-based trucking side for its business, using Aljex TIN (Transportation Intermediary Network) map-oriented, web-hosted software. According to Interide president Sean Snow, Interide Logistics, which also uses Aljex TIN, itself was founded in November with key executives who joined him from his former logistics team. Snow formerly had been the president of C.R. England Logistics...

Transite boosts Jaguar TMS  

Transite Technology is bringing new functionality to its Jaguar transportation management system (TMS) platform . The changes aim to help shippers and third-party logistics companies (3PLs) better manage and automate all aspects of the logistics lifecycle – including carrier selection based on cost and/or service level, dispatch, visibility, and freight audit, said the company...

CargoWise sees flexibility in “On Demand Software”  

Software as a Service (Saas) has emerged as a cost-effective option to obtain necessary software packages for many businesses in the past few years. Now, according to one expert, there may be an even better financial option arriving on the scene...

Flies joins Qualcomm Enterprise Services  

Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES) has named Tom Flies (pronounced “Fleece”) senior director of product management. Flies brings more than 20 years of industry experience across product management, business development, sales and engineering to his new post...

CarriersEdge expands Canadian training access  

Partners and resellers of 360training.com workforce training products in Canada will now have access to CarriersEdge online driver-improvement programs through a new agreement reached between the two companies...

Multi Service expands fuel-card rebate network 

More than 400 truckstops were added in May to the Multi Service Fuel Card rebate network, bringing to more than 1,000 the number of participating outlets in the network...

Arsenault taking entries for Dossier calendar contest 

Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 Dossier Fleet Maintenance Software calendar photo contest. Dossier is Arsenault Associates’ flagship fleet management solution...

Old Dominion honored for IT excellence  

CIO magazine has named Old Dominion Freight Line to its 2010 “CIO 100” listing. The editorial salute, now in its 23rd year, recognizes organizations that exemplify operational and strategic excellence in information technology...

Rail drayage firm opts for Transflo Express 

Reliable Transportation Specialists (RTSI) is now using the Transflo Express truckstop scanning solution from Pegasus TransTech. With 350 owner-operators specializing in intermodal drayage to and from rail ramps in Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Kansas City and Atlanta, RTSI felt it needed the solution to streamline the paperwork process for drivers...

Con-way Multimodal freight-matching via Twitter  

Con-way Multimodal has launched Con-way TweetLoad, an innovative way for carriers to find freight loads, the company said...

Cargo-tracking solution added to Qualcomm devices 

A covert tracking solution from FreightWatch has been added to Qualcomm systems to offer in-transit visibility and security of loads, from individual pallets to truckloads. The service, available to carriers of high value and sensitive loads, delivers electronic freight security of cargo from its point of origin to its destination...

IANA launches DVIR processing system 

A new driver vehicle inspection report (DVIR) processing system is being offered by the Intermodal Assn. of North America (IANA) to help motor carriers, intermodal equipment providers (IEP), facility operators and other stakeholders to meet the new FMCSA’s “Roadability” regulations...

Ryder launches supply chain solutions website 

Ryder System Inc. has launched a supply chain management solutions website --www.ryderscs.com)—that aims to help customers and other businesses better manage their supply chain. The user-friendly site provides information on Ryder’s supply chain products and solutions with detailed descriptions of the company’s range of logistics services, including the Control Tower, Cross-Border, Origin-Destination, and Reverse Logistics capabilities...

Online equipment-rental bidding service 

iRENTequip has announced the launch of an online equipment rental marketplace that enables equipment renters and rental providers in the United States and Canada to conduct business online at www.iRENTequip.com . The marketplace serves the rental industry for trucking equipment, construction, landscape, agriculture and industrial forklifts...

Dossier user group meeting set for Tucson 

The Dossier User Group has slated its annual summit for Nov. 2-4 at the Hilton El Conquistador resort in Tucson, AZ. The group is an independent organization for fleet professionals whose common interest is their use of Arsenault Associates’ Dossier asset maintenance management software...

TMW releases new Innovative IES R9 software 

Additional logistics management, payroll and user-defined functions as well as hours-of-service compliance are among the benefits of TMW Systems’ Innovative IES Release 9 (R). The software, after months of testing, is now available for general release...

England selects McLeod 

England Logistics, a subsidiary of refrigerated truckload carrier C.R. England Inc., is adding McLeod Software’s PowerBroker platform as its brokerage software system to help position its logistics operation for growth...

PC*Miler release adds route optimization 

The release of ALK’s PC*Miler 24 adds least-cost routing to help fleets generate optimal routes based on custom fuel efficiency settings, operating cost settings and other priorities. There is also a greenhouse gas emissions estimator to calculate carbon footprint...

Descartes says it has mobile resource management 2.0 

Logistics software developer Descartes Systems says it has combined route planning and wireless mobile technology to create the next generation of mobile resource management (MRM). The first fruits of its new MRM 2.0 “initiative” are four products intended to handle complex, dynamic routing problems and field sales management...

Teletrac launches Fleet Director 8 

"Offering a quicker, more intuitive grasp of vehicle location, routing, traffic status and fleet operations," Teletrac has launched Fleet Director 8, an integrated telematics solution...

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FleetOwner's Video Product Guide

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January 2012

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A panel of professionals answers your questions on a variety of topics

Fuel

Jim Rossbach

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Mark Reed

Tires

Tim Miller

Idling
Alternatives

John Dennehy