March 2010, Work Truck - Feature
By Lauren Fletcher
From tracking preventive maintenance to reducing vehicle idling and fuel consumption, truck-based fleets are adding telematics devices to their fleet vehicles to improve operations.
Tags: Asplundh Tree Experts, Eastern Municipal Water District, Heavy Transport Inc., Kennecott Utah Copper, McLaughlin Communications, Nestle, Nexus IS, Schnucks Markets Inc., Telematics
August 2009, Work Truck - Feature
By Richard Alaniz
Even as telematics - the marriage of wireless technology and mobile communications - becomes increasingly sophisticated and useful, fleet managers must heed the potential legal and liability risks of these new tools.
Tags: distraction, GPS systems, regulations, Telematics
March 2009, Work Truck - Feature
By Lauren Fletcher & Grace Lauron
Telematics is more than simply GPS - it's a tool to reduce vehicle idling and expenses, ensure stolen vehicles are located in a timely manner, and increase driver safety.
Tags: GEOTAB, GPS, Telematics
November 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Daryl Lubinsky
The wireless system helps a lumber transport company prevent unauthorized use, decrease idling time, and avoid maintenance problems.
Tags: BLS Trucking, Networkfleet, Telematics, Wireless Vehicle Management
March 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Cindy Brauer
Mobile resource management (MRM) systems allow fleet managers to track fuel transactions, streamline routing, monitor driver behavior, automate maintenance alerts, and implement other efficiency-producing functions.
Tags: @Road, CarChip, driver behavior, fuel, GPS, GPS Insight, maintenance, routing, Telematics, Vericom Technologies
January 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Michael Lewis
Best practices in asset management, including truck acquisition, maintenance, and other asset management services can make the difference between a productive, cost-effective fleet and a costly mistake.
Tags: acquisition, asset management, maintenance, risk management, Telematics
September 2007, Work Truck - Feature
By Tariq Kamal
Fleet managers describe how the ability to track vehicle location, gas consumption, and preventive maintenance has benefited their fleets.
Tags: Fuel Savings, maintenance, Telematics
July 2007, Work Truck - Feature
By Joe Bohn
Less-than-truckload carrier, A. Duie Pyle, invests in proactive technology as part of an ongoing strategy to compete in an industry struggling with consolidation and overcapacity.
Tags: A. Duie Pyle, Qualcomm, Telematics
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By Mike Antich Do you really know who is driving your company-provided vehicles? Often the "at-work" persona of an employee is not the true indicator of their behavior when no one is watching. Recently, someone forwarded me a link to a chat room for pharmaceutical reps. I did a search of posts that included the phrase "company car" and, in short order, I was shocked at some of the comments written about their use of company cars and how drivers play "the system" to their advantage.
By Mike Antich First-year 50-percent depreciation, known as bonus depreciation, expired Jan. 1, 2010. An amendment to retroactively extend bonus depreciation through the end of calendar-year 2010 has been added as an amendment to H.R. 5297. Bonus depreciation has been benefical to commercial fleets, especially those with long-life assets. As an industry, we need to urge members of Congress to pass H.R. 5297. But this is easier said than done due to the many other contentious issues in the bill.
By Mike Antich
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