Mobile and IT

Bell offers new supply chain dashboard

Bell Business Markets has launched a new service for fleets and supply chain operators, dubbed Smart Supply Chain. The new platform aggregates multiple IoT data sources and operational data sets…

Axele upgrades TMS

Axele has updated its transportation management system (TMS), expanding its ELD integrations, and adding new reporting and dispatch features. Customers can now track total load expenses and net income to…

5 things to know about improving your fleet’s data management

Just this past week Donaldson came out with a line of ‘smart’ filters that will tell you exactly when they need to be replaced. It was only a matter of…

E-Road makes telematics acquisition

E-Road has acquired New Zealand-based telematics supplier Coretex, which it says will boost its market presence in North America and other global markets. The company says the acquisition will help…

TMC report examines adoption of smart trailer technologies

New technologies have transformed truck efficiency over the past decades, and now it’s the trailer’s turn to catch up. “Trailers are poised to advance in the next 20 years the…

How artificial intelligence and machine learning are benefiting fleets

“Artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” are popular buzzwords, but when used effectively can deliver tangible benefits to fleets. Trimble examined the subject during its virtual in.sight user conference this week,…

4 ways fleets can use data to improve performance

Data without context is just numbers, and many transportation companies are “drowning in data, but starving for insights.” Those were a couple revelations from Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM,…

ERoad integrates with Phillips Connect

ERoad and Phillips Connect have partnered to bring the latter’s devices, sensors, dashboards and reporting to ERoad customers. ERoad says it will offer the full line of Phillips Connect devices…

Trucker Path app adds live updates, crowdsourcing

The Trucker Path app provides more than a million drivers with information about truck stops, available parking, fuel prices, and more. Now it’s adding a few additional enhancements. Real-time…

Solera Holdings buys Omnitracs

Solera Holdings, a risk and management data and software supplier, has agreed to buy Omnitracs. Solera says the acquisition allows it to offer a unified platform offering safety, productivity and…

GI Partners to buy Orbcomm

Orbcomm has been acquired by GI Partners, a U.S. company that invests in data infrastructure businesses, for US$1.1 billion. The electronic logging device (ELD) manufacturer says the acquisition will afford…

Isaac looks to expand in U.S. market

Isaac Instruments has added three transportation veterans to its board of directors, while eyeing growth in the U.S. market with the opening of a Cleveland, Ohio, office. The company says…

DTNA using augmented reality to collaborate with technicians

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has successfully piloted Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality technology as a way to collaborate with dealers and customers. “The global pandemic has had an impact on…

Mack, Volvo launch new online parts platform

Volvo and Mack have launched a new e-commerce parts platform, to improve the speed and efficiency of online parts order fulfillment. PartsASIST, offered by both brands, allows customers to register…

Decisiv integrates SRM with Navistar dealer network

GLEN ALLEN, Va. – Decisiv has integrated its service relationship management (SRM) platform with Navistar, allowing more than 30,000 fleet users of SRM to connect with International dealers across North…