PeopleNet TABLET’s Built-In Features and Optional Portability Attracting Trucking Firms Wanting to Optimize Operational Efficiency
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 23, 2011 — PeopleNet, the leading provider of innovative and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, today announced that its TABLET’s built-in features and optional portability are attracting trucking firms that want to optimize operational efficiency. PeopleNet Vice President of Product Management Matt Voda summarized initial reception to the new product. “TABLET’s initial success is a reflection of the industry’s demand for faster workflow, improved cash flow, and increased driver efficiency,” he said. “Some firms are seeing TABLET as an opportunity to replace their current technology with an open Windows 7-based platform that offers longevity and a provider that drives innovation. Others see TABLET’s arrival as the right time to adopt technology for the first time. They are impressed with the built-in, time-saving features and the additional cost-saving efficiencies that integration with the back office offers.”
Central Illinois-based Air-Land Transport Services, Inc. is replacing its current technology with TABLET to equip its 85-truck fleet with the “latest and greatest,” according to Kory Lawrence, company safety director. He explains, “TABLET is ahead of the curve, where we want to be—among the first to use this groundbreaking technology to stay a step ahead of our customers’ needs and provide them better service with the most current, flexible and open technology.” One of the examples he points to is TABLET’s built-in scanner and portability that let the driver check the load, scan a copy of the manifest, and download it to the customer immediately.
TABLET’s signature capture and streamlining proof-of-delivery is a win to Air-Land as well, as is the built-in camera that can document accidents and cargo claims with downloadable photos. Lawrence says, “In addition, because PeopleNet integrates with so many third-parties like our TMW Systems fleet management software and our planned payroll system, most of the workflows in our operation will speed up.” The company is also installing/integrating PeopleNet’s eDriver Logs and Automated Fuel Tax reporting which will help them stay ahead of the CSA (Compliance Safety Accountability) initiative.
Lawrence says that the company anticipates ROI about a year to 18 months after being fully deployed in September of this year. “In addition to operational savings, PeopleNet monthly fees are less than our current provider’s.”
Heniff Transportation Systems, Oakbrook, Ill., is looking forward to improving driver efficiency and speeding up the accounting cycle as it begins replacing its current technology with what the firm’s IT Director Joe Neal calls the next “evolution in electronic operation.” He explains, “Portability and built-in features close the lag between gathering documents at the customer site and submitting paperwork at the terminal and eliminates extra steps.”
Over the next eight months, Heniff’s 289 power units will be equipped with TABLET, and the firm will integrate PeopleNet’s eDriver Logs and Vehicle Management with its dispatch and routing software. Neal adds, “TABLET is flexible and expandable. PeopleNet has done its homework. It’s investment in R&D has paid off.”
After evaluating technology advancements in the industry over the last couple of years, Florilli CEO Murry Fitzer views TABLET as a way to keep up with the latest developments. “We were an early adopter for a fleet our size, but I confess that the task of keeping up with increasingly sophisticated technology is daunting. We believe TABLET is the right technology to invest in because of its inherent versatility and longevity. The integration of peripherals—now and in the future—puts it ahead of the curve.”
Florilli will begin installing Tablet in its 225 trucks in April along with electronic logs to ensure compliance with CSA.
Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) recently named Tablet to its Top 20 Products for 2010.
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company’s leadership includes: Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics’ 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; and M2M Value Chain Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
Central Illinois-based Air-Land Transport Services, Inc. is replacing its current technology with TABLET to equip its 85-truck fleet with the “latest and greatest,” according to Kory Lawrence, company safety director. He explains, “TABLET is ahead of the curve, where we want to be—among the first to use this groundbreaking technology to stay a step ahead of our customers’ needs and provide them better service with the most current, flexible and open technology.” One of the examples he points to is TABLET’s built-in scanner and portability that let the driver check the load, scan a copy of the manifest, and download it to the customer immediately.
TABLET’s signature capture and streamlining proof-of-delivery is a win to Air-Land as well, as is the built-in camera that can document accidents and cargo claims with downloadable photos. Lawrence says, “In addition, because PeopleNet integrates with so many third-parties like our TMW Systems fleet management software and our planned payroll system, most of the workflows in our operation will speed up.” The company is also installing/integrating PeopleNet’s eDriver Logs and Automated Fuel Tax reporting which will help them stay ahead of the CSA (Compliance Safety Accountability) initiative.
Lawrence says that the company anticipates ROI about a year to 18 months after being fully deployed in September of this year. “In addition to operational savings, PeopleNet monthly fees are less than our current provider’s.”
Heniff Transportation Systems, Oakbrook, Ill., is looking forward to improving driver efficiency and speeding up the accounting cycle as it begins replacing its current technology with what the firm’s IT Director Joe Neal calls the next “evolution in electronic operation.” He explains, “Portability and built-in features close the lag between gathering documents at the customer site and submitting paperwork at the terminal and eliminates extra steps.”
Over the next eight months, Heniff’s 289 power units will be equipped with TABLET, and the firm will integrate PeopleNet’s eDriver Logs and Vehicle Management with its dispatch and routing software. Neal adds, “TABLET is flexible and expandable. PeopleNet has done its homework. It’s investment in R&D has paid off.”
After evaluating technology advancements in the industry over the last couple of years, Florilli CEO Murry Fitzer views TABLET as a way to keep up with the latest developments. “We were an early adopter for a fleet our size, but I confess that the task of keeping up with increasingly sophisticated technology is daunting. We believe TABLET is the right technology to invest in because of its inherent versatility and longevity. The integration of peripherals—now and in the future—puts it ahead of the curve.”
Florilli will begin installing Tablet in its 225 trucks in April along with electronic logs to ensure compliance with CSA.
Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) recently named Tablet to its Top 20 Products for 2010.
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company’s leadership includes: Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics’ 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; and M2M Value Chain Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.