P.M. Executive Briefing - August 3
This Afternoon's Headlines:
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Big Rigs Get Online
Atlantic Truck Center has established an e-commerce site, AtlanticTrucks.net, that will allow the company to sell new and used trucks, parts, and other products to overseas customers. Big Truck Trader Online designed AtlanticTrucks.net. CBS MarketWatch Online (08/02/99) ; Cole, AugustUSF Glen Moore Acquires Underwood Trucking
As part of a strategy to increase its nationwide truckload business, USFreightways TL subsidiary USF Glen Moore has purchased the TL carrier Underwood Trucking. USF Glen Moore President Dave McGowan says, "Underwood's operations in the central states region will complement our Northeast regional truckload service as well as our nationwide core carrier program." Business Wire (08/02/99)
DaimlerChrysler Willing to Share Benefits of Trailer ID Program
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code Trailer/Van Identification Label, developed by DaimlerChrysler, may soon become an Automotive Industry Action Group standard.The SCACTIL uses a bar code on a 7-inch-wide urethane-coated polyvinyl label to monitor the entry of delivery vehicles into automotive plant sites. The label is stuck on the trailer three feet back from the nose to avoid spray from the tires.
The bar code, which contains an alphanumeric identification for each carrier and trailer, can be scanned in different directions. As a result, precise placement is not absolutely necessary.
According to DaimlerChrysler senior analyst Tom Northrup, 53% of trailers coming into company sites are scanned, which he said shows carriers may necessarily not be correct when they "say they have certain trailers dedicated to certain plants."
Since DaimlerChrysler debuted the SCACTIL in 1997, the system has accelerated the processing of each trailer and helps ensure that the company's trailer-tracking data is correct.
An initial AIAG working group is still considering the proposed standard, which could ultimately take the shape of guidelines instead of a mandate.
Doug Horst of AIAG says American Trucking Associations shares AIAG's interest in the system. Automatic ID News (07/99) Vol. 15, No. 8; P. 34; Gurin, Rick
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