Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2015 49 technology them. Azuga helped answer the question: Do stores really need both trucks? "We made sure stores under- stood that trucks are there to be used," says Lewis Allen, senior manager of fl eet operations at Aaron's. "If they are not used, you don't need it." Next on the ROI checklist was idling, fuel economy and speeding. Regional managers for Aaron's review reports on these items with store managers. At present, Aaron's does not issue company phones to drivers to use Azuga's social telematics app, but that is "something we are going to look at," Allen says. "We defi nitely see a value in it." Taking advantage Remote diagnostics may not be the main reason fl eets invest in telematics, but now that OEMs have the systems in place to sup- port it, why not take advantage? Omnitracs, one of the trucking industry's largest telematics providers, does not have an exclusive partnership agreement with an OEM; instead, the company has been working with all OEMs to provide a single interface to deliver mutual fl eet customers that own all makes and models of vehicles with diagnostics that go beyond the standard SAE descriptions of fault codes. "If a fl eet manager has three different types of vehicles, he does not want to have to go to three different interfaces," says Dan Speicher, chief technology offi cer. OEMs also are using the diagnostics feeds from Omnitracs to supply their own remote diagnostics and uptime services. "We are somewhat dependent on one another for the success of fault code sharing," Speicher says. Now that telematics hardware for remote diagnostics is being factory-installed in vehicles, fl eets can activate additional applications such as tracking, messaging and electronic logs as they see fi t. TND ™ 760 Rand McNally means retaining drivers Rand McNally is a name drivers trust. The TND ™ 760 gives drivers the tools they love and fleets the features they need, like automated HOS compliance, truck-specific navigation and mobile driver communication, along with DVIR capabilities and driver and vehicle performance monitoring. If you're looking to improve driver retention while maximizing efficiency, think Rand McNally. Rand McNally, the Rand McNally logo, globe design mark, and IntelliRoute are registered trademarks and TND is a trademark of RM Acquisition, LLC d/b/a Rand McNally. ©2015 HERE. All rights reserved. ©2015 Rand McNally. All rights reserved. U.S. Patent Nos. 7,580,791 and 8,214,141. randmcnally.com/tnd760 or call 1-800-789-6277 Azuga developed a 'social telematics' platform that engages drivers to improve performance using gamica- tion and rewards. Omnitracs has been working with all OEMs to provide a single interface to de- liver mutual eet customers with detailed diagnostics on all makes and models.