''Companies that don't use satellites to track trailers? If they have more than 50 trailers, they're probably not competitive any more,'' warned Kevin Slaughter, vice president of Operations for James Brown Trucking in Lithonia, Georgia. ''If you're running 100 trailers you'd better be tracking them...probably six are not producing. Of those ...

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 ...

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 ...