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Recap: 2018 in.sight User Conference + Expo

Posted by TMW Systems on Sep 27, 2018

Cutting-edge technology, “Wow” factor demos, class sessions and a former astronaut.

There was never a dull moment at the 2018 in.sight user conference +expo hosted in Houston during third quarter. Customers from all over the US and Canada experienced a convergence of technology designed specifically for the transportation industry.

Front and center in the exhibit hall at the George R. Brown Convention, Trimble Transportation Enterprise (formerly TMW Systems) and Trimble Transportation Mobility (formerly PeopleNet) were on full display with an integrated market identity, solution set and support network.

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Topics: Transportation Technology, in.sight

Cut Diesel Costs, Now

Posted by TMW Systems on Sep 20, 2018

Carriers could be waiting a while for their electric and CNG tractors to arrive. So what technologies are available now to help minimize companies’ diesel costs and stay competitive?

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Topics: Fuel Software

Freight Market Outlook Shines Green Light for Fleets

Posted by TMW Systems on Aug 31, 2018

Where is the economy headed? Will shipper demand remain strong? What is the outlook for freight carriers?

These are burning questions for anyone in the transportation space, given the complex factors influencing today’s economy. A closer look at economic trend analysis provides some answers.

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Topics: Transportation Industry and Trends, ELD Mandate, Transport Economy

Stop Wasting Time in Brokerage Transactions

Posted by TMW Systems on Aug 24, 2018

Time is money. That’s why a freight brokerage needs to conduct every part of its operation quickly, efficiently and correctly. Laborious manual processes tie up your staff and eat into your profits. So do errors that people need to go back and correct – essentially performing the same work twice. Also, faulty communications can add hours – or days – to the time it takes to move a customer’s freight, not only incurring extra costs but also, perhaps risking the loss new business from that customer in the future.

Let’s take a look at how to avoid wasted time in three phases of a freight broker’s business – acquiring and keeping customers, matching loads with the right carriers, and monitoring freight in transit.

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Topics: Freight Broker Software, Trucking Software

Lowering Supply Chain Costs

Posted by TMW Systems on Aug 16, 2018

Shippers who understand the importance of customer satisfaction will scrub entire operations not only to reduce costs but also to seek new ways to deliver greater operational efficiency. Those shippers know by implementing factors like forecasting, real-time tracking and collaboration they can deliver benefits to their bottom lines that are nearly as good as reduced rates.

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Topics: Logistics Software, Supply Chain

US GDP 2018: On the Transportation Economic Front

Posted by TMW Systems on Aug 09, 2018

Newly released figures from the Commerce Department showed the US economy was firing on all cylinders in the second quarter of the year, turning in its strongest performance since 2014.  The gross domestic product, the widest measure of the economy, increased at a 4.1% annual rate in April through June. That’s nearly double the upwardly revised first quarter rate of 2.2% and the third best growth rate since the end of the Great Recession in 2009.

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Topics: Transport Economy

3 Bid Season Keys for Carriers

Posted by TMW Systems on Aug 02, 2018

Bid season is a massive puzzle. It’s a timed challenge in which you have to make the right moves with the right players in the hopes that you put together a profitable arrangement for the year to come. So how do you put together a winning year of business? Here are three key ideas to keep you headed toward bid success.

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Topics: Freight Bidding Software, 3PL Software

ELDs, Detention and Drivers: A Closer Look

Posted by TMW Systems on Jul 26, 2018

 There’s nothing new about a shipper detaining drivers, making them wait to load. It’s a decades-old struggle between shipper and carrier with drivers stuck in the middle.

So why raise it in the 21st Century? Technology in the form of electronic logging devices (ELDs) could give drivers and fleets a new way to combat the ongoing fight to reduce detention times and one day, even eliminate the time drivers wait—and wait.

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Topics: Dispatch Software, ELD Mandate

Choosing a Fleet Maintenance Solution: 9 Important "Must-Knows"

Posted by TMW Systems on Jul 12, 2018

Is your business still going through the fleet maintenance process manually?  Entering a work order, scheduling the job, getting the truck in the shop, searching for parts in the warehouse, writing the bill out by hand and entering the information into a database? Or, is your current maintenance solution just not getting the job done?

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Topics: Fleet Maintenance Software

Using Technology Convergence to Drive Innovation

Posted by TMW Systems on Jun 28, 2018

Like the petroleum industry, fleet management systems have upstream, midstream and downstream components working to transform crude data into information that fuels business.

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Topics: Business Intelligence, Cloud Based Trucking Software, Fleet Management Technology