Isotrak Inc announced that the trailer tracking component of ATMSi, the company’s fleet management system, significantly improves trailer utilization, resulting in up to 10% savings on fleet size.
Through round-the-clock monitoring, alerts, and real-time visibility to all trailers in use, ATMSi provides the data and analysis to reduce the number of trailers needed to manage the same workload and take unnecessary assets off the road.
But while reducing a trailer fleet has proven beneficial, more advanced features within ATMSi work in parallel with trailer tracking to deliver a more powerful, combined system. ATMSi’s Job Management capabilities tie into trailer tracking to actively measure plan versus actual performance. Customers can set KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to monitor real-time trailer performance against their plan, as it relates to on-time departures, arrivals, and ETAs. When the plan goes off track, alerts are sent out, notifying transportation managers in real-time so they can make changes and minimize disruption. Providing proactive management and analysis of real-time trailer performance is the key differentiator.
Other areas for increased efficiency and cost savings from Isotrak’s trailer tracking include:
•Setting geofences around depots and customer stores to alert managers when a trailer is 20 minutes away (customer-specified), giving them the opportunity to assemble a team to unload and turn around the trailer in the most efficient way possible. Alternatively, geofences can be set around restricted places to let transportation managers know when a trailer is somewhere it shouldn’t be.
•For those running refrigerated trailers, temperature monitoring can be done easily and automatically, allowing for 100% control over refrigerated product quality. Temperatures are monitored in real-time with alerting recorded to setpoint information.
•Providing alerts and reports to monitor other pertinent trailer information, including maintenance and scheduling. Both the owner and visitor locations can be alerted to upcoming service requirements, thereby reducing the likelihood of accidents or damage, and enhancing the overall audit trail and compliance.
For more information on Isotrak’s trailer tracking module, visitwww.isotrak.com/northamerica/fleet-management-solutions/trailer-tracking/.
