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Survive and Thrive: Fuel incentive programs and bottom-line tools

2008-05-27T18:26:00Z

To view the webinar, simply follow the link below, click the Playback button, fill in your name and email address, and then click Submit . Playback the Survive and Thrive webinar and decide for yourself how you can save money on fuel and operating costs. For example, do you know the most cost-effective ways of reducing or eliminating these fuel thieves: • Speeding costs you about 1/10th of a gallon of fuel for every MPH over 60 • 6-10% of every trip can be attributed to out-of-route miles • An average...(read more)

Trailer Tracking Battery Life Facts

2007-08-04T00:34:00Z

As a technologist, I tend to cut through the marketing spin--even our own--and simply look at the facts. And when you look at all the through conflicting claims around trailer tracking, such as battery life, GPS vs. GLS, and geofencing, just looking at the facts can be a big help. I made a feature-by-feature comparison of our trailer tracking product, Slap & Track, and SkyBitz's GL200. When I did that, certain telltale numbers appeared. The bottom line is that Slap & Track has longer battery...(read more)

17 Years and Six More Offices, Broker's Back Office Hasn't Grown (Richard Fink interview)

2007-07-11T20:30:00Z

Freight brokering is a cash-flow intensive business. "Small" back office numbers can add up to a significant figure that comes off the bottom-line. Nobody knows this better than Richard Fink, one of three partners at General Transportation in Portland, Oregon. We recently had a chance to record a conversation with Richard about the difference that technology has made in holding his back office costs down as General has grown from a single office freight brokerage that opened in 1990 to what is currently...(read more)

Satellite Tracking 101

2007-06-19T23:57:00Z

TransCore’s satellite asset-tracking technology goes back to 1999, when the first of three generations of product, combining network and devices, was launched.
From the very beginning, TransCore pursued a 100% satellite network because of its advantages in providing coverage over other technologies, such as cellular, as well as its cost performance advantages
A crucial part of the customer equation on trailer tracking is battery life because trailers only tap into the power unit approximately 5% of their useful lifetime.
TransCore’s untethered battery life for trailer tracking and sensors is over five years. This is true battery life based on common wake-up and response cycles, not theoretical or hypothetical.
TransCore has over 500 customers and has installed over 150,000 units.
The single greatest reason customers give for deploying trailer tracking and truck tracking systems is security. It also provides those fleet owners and managers with a distinct advantage in a highly competitive market.

In the next two segments, Dave drills down on our tracking and sensing products and discusses how our approach to tracking puts the customer in control, based on the unique requirements of each fleet.

In addition, Dave discusses how our approach to truck tracking and trailer tracking differs from companies such as SkyBitz.

Our goal in developing these interviews is to let you literally hear from the people who build the products, provide the service, and manage the business.

Let us know what you want to hear about – and talk about.

Thanks for reading and listening.

Ken Harper

Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications.

Negligent Hiring and Due Diligence: Brokers' Business Practices after Schram

2007-06-19T21:12:00Z

If you’re a broker, you’ve probably heard of the infamous Schram case. It was the first case of its kind where a freight broker was held liable for negligent hiring of a motor carrier that was involved in a catastrophic loss. Because reducing broker risk is a critical piece of our CarrierWatch SM product, we wanted to give you an exclusive behind the scenes analysis of the Schram case from one of the nation’s leading experts in transportation law , Ron Usem , a well-known transportation industry...(read more)

Truck and Trailer Satellite Tracking for Security

2007-06-19T18:17:00Z

When it comes to satellite truck and trailer tracking, Dave Sward, Vice-President and General Manager of TransCore’s 3sixty Fleet Management service, speaks with facts. Here are a few takeaways from the first two segments of this four-part interview recorded in June 2007. TransCore’s satellite asset-tracking technology goes back to 1999, when the first of three generations of product, combining network and devices, was launched. From the very beginning, TransCore pursued a 100% satellite network...(read more)

Brokers: Are your carriers putting you at risk?

2007-06-11T23:54:00Z

High-Tech, High-Touch: General Transportation's Keys to Success (Richard Fink interview, part 2)

2007-06-05T22:39:00Z

In a previous, recorded conversation with Richard Fink , a partner at General Transportation , a freight brokerage in Portland, Oregon , specializing in non-asset based multi-modal freight throughout the US and Canada since 1990, he shared with us the differences that technology has made in holding down back office costs and expediting paperwork that lets his agents in six offices concentrate on moving more freight for General's customers. In this second part of the conversation , Richard describes...(read more)