In-Vehicle TREK-743 Boosts Long Haul Trucking Efficiency

Project Introduction
Managing vehicle fleets in the long haul trucking industry is challenging: vehicles and drivers are spread out geographically; central offices need to consolidate information for billing and invoicing; and customer service needs to stay on top of deliveries to be able to communicate with clients. It seems there is never enough time in the day to get the work done in this highly competitive business. A large company in the United States was trying to sort out just these types of challenges to improve their operating efficiency and maintain their competitive edge. Billing and invoicing for the company is done at the end of the driving day, when the bills of lading are collected from drivers. The company was looking for a way to spread this workload throughout the work day rather than trying to do it allat the end of the day. The ability to process billing and invoicing in real-time during the day would improve the efficiency of the freight carrier. The system needed to be small enough to fit into the tight spaces of a truck cab; it had to have features like integrated wireless cellular technology and USB support; and it needed to be able to withstand transient vehicle power, vibrations, and extremes in temperature.

Source: Advantech Co., Ltd.