Trucking Technology Alert - Nov. 7
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Both the online report and e-mail are sponsored by @Track Communications, a supplier of wireless communications and dispatch services.
Today's Technology Headlines:
- AOL, Aether Join in Wireless Deal
- GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
- Schenker Signs With GT Nexus, Inttra
- Descartes Offers Euro Wireless Services
- GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
AOL, Aether Join in Wireless Deal
America Online Inc. said Tuesday it was giving wireless services firm Aether Systems Inc. an undetermined amount of cash and using Aether's technology to deliver AOL content to users of handheld wireless devices.In addition, Aether plans to create a version of AOL's Netbusiness software in its wireless services. It will allow businesses to know when potential customers are using AOL portal searches for a service they can provide.
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GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
Fleet management systems are altering the way goods and people are being moved.For years, companies that ran fleets of trucks and cars found it difficult to obtain information on the relative performance of routes, drivers, and vehicles, as well as information about the regularity and cost of maintenance on different vehicles. This kind of information, however, is now available through the latest in fleet management systems, which often incorporate comprehensive vehicle maintenance data, wireless data systems, on-board electronic mapping, a global positioning system, and even a remotely monitored security system that can monitor live voice transmissions and immobilize vehicles when a car-jacking is detected.
The primary purpose of such systems is to provide management information, but an unexpected benefit of such technology is that it can tell companies when their workers are idling or speeding simply by comparing the GPS data and time between any two points on a route. At the same time, fleet management systems have lessened the pressure on drivers to a certain extent. Such systems can save drivers from having to report their position all the time, because fleet dispatchers can easily determine where the drivers are based on GPS data. Moreover, the use of wireless data systems in vehicles enables companies to send messages to a number of drivers at the same time and to far more precise in the messages they send drivers. Financial Times (11/07/01) P. 17; Wheelwright, Geof
Schenker Signs With GT Nexus, Inttra
Essen, Germany-based Schenker recently became the first transportation service provider to sign up with two of the competing multi-ocean container carrier Web portal services, GT Nexus and InttraSchenker.Schenker's move raises the possibility that companies might be able to share information between the three rival portal companies, namely CargoSmart, Inttra, and GT Nexus. At the moment, GT Nexus offers management and transportation services, and it is currently trying to integrate forwarding and third-party logistics companies into the services it offers shippers. CargoSmart and Inttra, which both provide transportation management services for shippers, have been seeking intermediaries as a way of getting shippers to interact over the Internet with their transportation service providers. Journal of Commerce (11/05/01); Atkinson, Helen
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Descartes Offers Euro Wireless Services
Descartes Systems Group, a supply chain management software and services company, has introduced software that enables management of dispatch, scheduling, and routing using wireless devices in Europe.The software includes Roadshow, which enables a dispatcher and a driver to communicate via pre-figured or free form "canned" messages. Scanning and signature capture capabilities are also available with some wireless devices, which enable drivers to submit more accurate and detailed shipment status reports to the central system, as well as real-time proof-of delivery reports. According to Descartes Systems Group, the company has been providing a similar service in North America since 1994.
ournal of Commerce (11/05/01)
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Both the online report and e-mail are sponsored by @Track Communications, a supplier of wireless communications and dispatch services.
Today's Technology Headlines:
- AOL, Aether Join in Wireless Deal
- GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
- Schenker Signs With GT Nexus, Inttra
- Descartes Offers Euro Wireless Services
- GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
AOL, Aether Join in Wireless Deal
America Online Inc. said Tuesday it was giving wireless services firm Aether Systems Inc. an undetermined amount of cash and using Aether's technology to deliver AOL content to users of handheld wireless devices.In addition, Aether plans to create a version of AOL's Netbusiness software in its wireless services. It will allow businesses to know when potential customers are using AOL portal searches for a service they can provide.
Based in Owings Mills, Md., Aether views the deal as a way to tap into the small-business market, according to Evan Deoul, corporate vice president. The Washington Post (11/07/01) P. E5; ElBoghdady, Dina
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GPS Data Has Diverse Uses
Fleet management systems are altering the way goods and people are being moved.For years, companies that ran fleets of trucks and cars found it difficult to obtain information on the relative performance of routes, drivers, and vehicles, as well as information about the regularity and cost of maintenance on different vehicles. This kind of information, however, is now available through the latest in fleet management systems, which often incorporate comprehensive vehicle maintenance data, wireless data systems, on-board electronic mapping, a global positioning system, and even a remotely monitored security system that can monitor live voice transmissions and immobilize vehicles when a car-jacking is detected.
The primary purpose of such systems is to provide management information, but an unexpected benefit of such technology is that it can tell companies when their workers are idling or speeding simply by comparing the GPS data and time between any two points on a route. At the same time, fleet management systems have lessened the pressure on drivers to a certain extent. Such systems can save drivers from having to report their position all the time, because fleet dispatchers can easily determine where the drivers are based on GPS data. Moreover, the use of wireless data systems in vehicles enables companies to send messages to a number of drivers at the same time and to far more precise in the messages they send drivers. Financial Times (11/07/01) P. 17; Wheelwright, Geof
Schenker Signs With GT Nexus, Inttra
Essen, Germany-based Schenker recently became the first transportation service provider to sign up with two of the competing multi-ocean container carrier Web portal services, GT Nexus and InttraSchenker.Schenker's move raises the possibility that companies might be able to share information between the three rival portal companies, namely CargoSmart, Inttra, and GT Nexus. At the moment, GT Nexus offers management and transportation services, and it is currently trying to integrate forwarding and third-party logistics companies into the services it offers shippers. CargoSmart and Inttra, which both provide transportation management services for shippers, have been seeking intermediaries as a way of getting shippers to interact over the Internet with their transportation service providers. Journal of Commerce (11/05/01); Atkinson, Helen
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Descartes Offers Euro Wireless Services
Descartes Systems Group, a supply chain management software and services company, has introduced software that enables management of dispatch, scheduling, and routing using wireless devices in Europe.The software includes Roadshow, which enables a dispatcher and a driver to communicate via pre-figured or free form "canned" messages. Scanning and signature capture capabilities are also available with some wireless devices, which enable drivers to submit more accurate and detailed shipment status reports to the central system, as well as real-time proof-of delivery reports. According to Descartes Systems Group, the company has been providing a similar service in North America since 1994.
ournal of Commerce (11/05/01)
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