Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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44 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2015 technology INTERESTED IN TRUCKING TECHNOLOGY? Scan the barcode or go to www.goo.gl/Ph9JK to subscribe to the CCJ Technology Weekly e-mail newsletter. and shippers to have real-time location tracking, on-time delivery monitoring, and arrival and departure notifications. Its freight tracking software tracks the location of a driver's mobile phone or existing in-cab ELD and/or GPS devices. • Omnitracs, a provider of fleet manage - ment systemsto transportation and logistics companies, announced that Celadon(CCJ Top 250, No. 35) extended its contract for Omnitracs' TT210 trailer tracking technologyby three years. In - dianapolis-based Celadon first adopted the untethered system across its fleet of 13,000 trailers in 2005 to complement the capabilities of its Omnitracs in-cab mobile fleet management platform. • SmartDrive Systems announced that TBHC Delivers, a full-service direct distribution company, deployed its video-based safety program across its entire eet. TBHC, the country's largest distributor of Hunt Brothers Pizza, said it selected SmartDrive based on its technology, congurable and easy-to- use coaching tools and the speed with which video footage would be made available to the eet. TBHC also is des - ignating a driver mentor who will work with each individual driver to determine what went wrong during an event and what can be done to prevent a repeat occurrence. • Electronic Funds Source announced that McLeod Express, a diversified trans - portation and logistics provider, selected and has gone live with its payments platform. EFS built a direct integration into McLeod Express' back-office trans - portation management system, and the carrier now is using the provider's Fuel Card, Checks and MoneyCodes, Fuel Tax and Corporate Card solutions. • Internet Truckstop Group increased its companywide minimum wage to $15 per hour throughout its family of brands, including Truckstop.com, uD - rove, Real Time Freight and ITS Financial Services. INBRIEF T ivaCloud announced a new cloud-based compli- ance management software system designed for motor carriers of all sizes. The company says it offers a "pay for what you use" option suited for small inde- pendent fleets that comprise 90 percent of all trucking firms in the United States. The monthly subscription cost to manage a small fleet's compliance program would be less than the average tank of gas, TivaCloud says. Clients pay on a month-to-month basis with no contracts and no cancellation fees. "Today, technology is transforming the trucking industry, but we've come across many motor carriers that are still pushing papers for their compliance and operations manage- ment system," says Jeffrey Stilwell, president of TivaCloud. TivaCloud delivers a U.S. Department of Transportation Insights report that shows detailed breakouts of a motor carrier's Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category scores that include violations, accidents, clean inspections and trending analysis. The software also can generate Virtual BASICs reports for locations that share a single DOT number to get a deeper insight into key compliance areas that otherwise might be overlooked, the company says. "We've designed and built TivaCloud to ensure that companies run with absolute peace of mind," Stilwell says. "We also have some amazing new features that will be released later this year to further improve our customers' compliance programs." – Aaron Huff TivaCloud's compliance management software for all fleets C ontinental Commercial Vehicles & After- market – a global supplier of systems and components to automobile and truck manufac- turers, as well as electronic logging device tech- nology to fleets and drivers – has expanded its VDO RoadLog ELD vehicle application options with additional OBD II installation kits. The new installation kits cover light- and medium-duty trucks as well as 2014-and-newer Volvo and Mack vehicles. Continental offers several different VDO RoadLog ELD installation kits to fit a wide variety of Class 1-8 trucks on the road today. The VDO RoadLog OBD II Converter Installation Kit is designed for applica- tion on Class 1-6 light- and medium-duty trucks with "plug and play" installa- tion that allows the use of a single VDO RoadLog ELD platform for fleets with a variety of Class 1-6 trucks. The VDO RoadLog OBD II 16-pin Y-cable Installation Kit covers model-year 2014-and-up Volvo and Mack trucks with a passenger car-style OBD II port. Cable kits and mounting brackets are supplied. – Aaron Huff TivaCloud delivers a U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation Insights re- port that shows detailed breakouts of a motor carrier's BASIC scores. VDO RoadLog ELD expands options for installation The new VDO RoadLog OBD II installation kits cover light- and medium-duty trucks as well as 2014-and-newer Volvo and Mack vehicles.