By combining the capabilities in today’s OBC (On Board Computers) and the Internet, BOLT expands GPS tracking significantly above simply tracking and communicating with a truck. You can easily AUTOMATE your operation in numerous ways – “hands-free” dispatch, automated driver payroll, notification of key events, etc.
BOLT’s Internet-based Flexible Fleet Management system has been tightly integrated with PeopleNet’s g3™ onboard computer providing you near-limitless power and versatility. Whether you are a private fleet or a for hire carrier, we believe the primary focus of tracking should be your cargo.
For private fleets, tracking your cargo provides critical information to your supply chain in a timely manner:
- Manufacturing & assembly plants can receive automatic notification of delays in delivery of raw materials or WIP (Work in Process) for their operations.
- Your corporate office can have real time accuracy about the status of the entire inventory from raw material to finished goods.
- Receiving retail locations can know exactly when they will be receiving their deliveries and what products will be in the shipment.
For hire carriers can provide real time information to their customers regarding the status of any shipment.
- Whether or not loads have been scheduled
- Exact location of in-transit deliveries
- Time, location and signature for proof of delivery.
In most cases those carriers who are able to provide this information online are also able to demand higher rates for their services. In addition, the time delays for billing and collection can be reduced significantly.
PeopleNet’s PACOS™, the industry’s first automated messaging and geofencing platform, provides exception-based communications and automated arrival and departure notification. Combined with BOLT, you can manage pro-actively – i.e., customers can be notified of delivery schedule changes or routes might be changed to minimize any potential problems.
BOLT and PeopleNet have worked together to provide you with complete, accurate and timely information regarding all events related to the truck. For example,
- Automatic dispatching of loads generated from your corporate/external computer or entered by your dispatcher provides the driver with all stop information including address, times and even directions.
- Mileage and drivers’ time (hourly drivers) can be automatically retrieved and used for payroll.
- Event pay such as hook/unhook, unload, detention, etc. can be automatically retrieved. Out or route miles and even “slow” miles can be easily detected and reported.
With the accuracy of PeopleNet and the database of BOLT, trailers can be tracked without the extra expense of a trailer-tracking system. Accuracy is limited to trailers being attached to a tractor and loads being dispatched by BOLT. If you have trailer movement that is not attached to a load, we would recommend a separate trailer-tracking system.
Additional features such as PerformX™ and eDriver Logs ™ are retrieved by BOLT and stored for analysis. PerformX™ monitors a vehicle’s performance by communicating with the engine’s data bus and is compatible with all heavy-duty truck engines. You will be immediately notified of such Alarm events and features as:
- Excessive speed situations
- Sudden stops or starts
- Required scheduled maintenance
- Hours of Service violations
- Available hours
BOLT and PeopleNet realize that we provide a tremendous amount of information that is retrievable at any time. However, each time a message is transmitted you are using “air time” very similar to your cell phone. PeopleNet provides a very attractive fleet average pricing scheme that allows you to “check” the immediate status of your freight (truck-driver-trailer) through BOLT without the tremendous “overage charge” you would encounter if your OBC system was based on a unit by unit charge.
Although BOLT has built interfaces with other OBCs and tracking devices (and will continue to expand our list of integrators), we believe the current technology match between BOLT and PeopleNet will continue to provide the absolute best ROI of your money.
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