Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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38 commercial carrier journal | september 2016 technology • Verizon Communications acquired Fleetmatics, a provider of fleet and mobile workforce management solutions, for $60 per share in cash – a value of about $2.4 billion. Andres Ir - lando, CEO of Verizon Telematics, said Fleetmatics' range of Software-as-a- Service products and solutions "will position the combined companies to become a leading global provider of fleet and mobile workforce manage - ment solutions." • Transfix announced $22 million in Series B funding led by investor New Enterprise Associates. The company's online marketplace for the trucking and logistics industry is designed to provide a platform that matches shipments with available equipment posted by full truckload fleets. • Bestpass launched a new version of its web portal that consolidates tolling information and analytics into one location online. Features to the service found at my.bestpass. com give fleet managers and other users the ability to search for and make updates to specific vehicles. It also allows for detailed searches of toll transactions with filters for tran - sponder, date/time, facility, vehicle and cost center. Users can download toll spreadsheets, manage payments and be notified of inactive tran - sponders and pending payments. • Carrier Transicold said next year it plans to roll out a customized telem- atics solution for its transport refrig- eration units that will enable remote refrigeration unit monitoring, control and diagnostics, along with data management. The company said the system, which is being developed by Orbcomm and is undergoing field trials, can be factory-installed and was launched due to customer demand for an original equipment manufacturer-provided system. • Orbcomm, a provider of ma - chine-to-machine and Internet of things systems, was selected by Barnes Transportation Services to provide solar-powered asset tracking for its dry van trailers. Orbcomm will provide Barnes, a Wilson, N.C.- based truckload carrier serving the eastern United States, with wireless connectivity using its hardware and web-based reporting platform for fleet management. Blue Tree launches new interface for telematics B lue Tree Systems, a provider of truck and trailer telematics, announced the deploy- ment of FleetManager.com, a new analytics platform and information management engine. Features in FleetManager.com include custom- izable workspaces for different users, dynamic search, advanced mapping, multiple ways to categorize drivers and vehicles, administrative configuration options for multiple users and a new user interface. "FleetManager.com marks the biggest product launch in Blue Tree's history," said Charlie Cahill, chief executive officer. "It is the new point of entry for our customers that builds on the robust, comprehensive data analytics of R:Com, our existing data reporting platform, and combines it with powerful new features that offer fleets faster, more acces- sible and personalized access to their data." With FleetManager.com, each user creates their own workspace to select the data types they want to see, filter and sort; arrange how they want to see it; and save their view for their next visit. With asset categorization and rapid drill-down through search algorithms and predefined templates, users can connect assets any way they want in a highly visual method. Truck, temperature and trailer data all are available on the same platform. "When added to the move we made to base all of our in-cab development on Android, and the availability of our in-cab solutions on state-of-the-art devices Garmin Fleet 670 and Tom Tom Bridge, the combination deviates from what is available from traditional systems," said Mark Whitney, head of product development. – Aaron Huff ARI releases fleet Driver Scorecard tool F leet services provider ARI released its ARI Driver Scorecard, a tool designed to simplify how fleet managers can measure the perfor- mance of their drivers and improve their compa- nies' bottom lines. The ARI Driver Scorecard, provided at no ex- tra charge to clients, is designed to allow fleet and safety managers to process data on drivers and translate those numbers into action based on the priorities of the organization and not only em- power drivers to improve their team's efficiency and safety but also motivate them to improve their own performance. "Everyone wants to excel at what they do, so we work with our clients to tap into this part of human nature and encourage better driving habits across the board," said Rich Radi, director of the ARI Global Driver Excellence Program. The scorecard is designed to pull data from numerous sources, including telematics providers, accident claims, fuel history, motor vehicle records, violations and more to rank each driver with an overall score. ARI said the breadth of the tool's measurement ability is only limited by the number of compatible tools already integrated into the fleet. As a part of the overall ARI Global Driver Excellence program, the ARI Driver Score- card monitors drivers for infractions, collisions, risk levels, fuel usage and other critical driving behavior data points. – CCJ Staff INBRIEF Blue Tree offers a rugged Garmin tablet with navigation as part of its mobile computing platform. The ARI Driver Scorecard is designed to allow fleet and safety managers to process data on drivers and translate those numbers into action.