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Omnitracs' Kevin Haugh discusses a product roadmap for the company, including the new Routing, Dispatch and Compliance solution combining a number of functionalities, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Outlook 2017 user conference.
Omnitracs' Kevin Haugh discusses a product roadmap for the company, including the new Routing, Dispatch and Compliance solution combining a number of functionalities, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Outlook 2017 user conference.
Omnitracs' Kevin Haugh discusses a product roadmap for the company, including the new Routing, Dispatch and Compliance solution combining a number of functionalities, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Outlook 2017 user conference.
Omnitracs' Kevin Haugh discusses a product roadmap for the company, including the new Routing, Dispatch and Compliance solution combining a number of functionalities, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Outlook 2017 user conference.
Omnitracs' Kevin Haugh discusses a product roadmap for the company, including the new Routing, Dispatch and Compliance solution combining a number of functionalities, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Outlook 2017 user conference.

Omnitracs unveils Routing, Dispatching and Compliance product

March 1, 2017
Omnitracs launched an integrated Routing, Dispatching and Compliance (RDC) solution here at the company's third annual Outlook user conference. According to the company, RDC seamlessly combines routing, dispatching, trip management, proof of delivery, Hours of Service and Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) compliance.

PHOENIX. Omnitracs launched an integrated Routing, Dispatching and Compliance (RDC) solution here at the company's third annual Outlook user conference. According to the company, RDC seamlessly combines routing, dispatching, trip management, proof of delivery, Hours of Service and Driver-Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) compliance.

"One of the big things we really looked to do is to build and acquire complementary technologies and capabilities," Kevin Haugh, chief strategy and product officer at Omnitracs, told Fleet Owner. That included Roadnet Technologies Inc.'s products providing routing, dispatch and mobile capabilities aimed at private, last-mile delivery fleets, he noted, "but one of the pieces that was missing in there was the whole compliance and telematics aspect."

"A customer can now buy a completely integrated, non-overlapping product that combines all those things," Haugh explained. "This is really integrating and unifying capabilities between Roadnet and XRS [Corp.]," he said, with that latter company an Omnitracs acquisition in 2014. Combining Omnitracs' Roadnet Anywhere and XRS solutions, the new RDC product is available on mobile devices for drivers and through a single management portal to fleet operators.

RDC is designed to address a challenge that distributors face when managing their transportation assets. Companies typically rely on multiple disjointed systems to handle routing, driver performance management, mobile delivery management, and compliance, according to Omnitracs. The new RDC product "seamlessly integrates these capabilities, thereby improving ease of use for the driver while simplifying data management and reporting for fleet management operators."

Fleets might think of Omnitracs' RDC as something like a greatest hits album. "It's easier to implement," Haugh noted, "and it's easier to deal with your vendor, which is us. What we've done is we've taken our best-in-class products and integrated them."

RDC provides fleets with real-time information about routing efficiency, tracking, safety and compliance. Features include route planning/optimization, telematics to monitor driver and vehicle behaviors, a driver mobile platform that includes electronic logs, trip management and proof of delivery. It also includes a web-based management platform that tackles dispatching, Hours of Service and DVIR compliance, and driver score-carding.

"With RDC, managers and drivers can easily balance their business needs by having a comprehensive perspective on all aspects and the ability to quickly make adjustments as needed," according to Haugh. For example, a driver that encounters congestion and is running behind schedule might be dynamically rerouted to avert potential hours of service issues.

About the Author

Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He's written about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined Fleet Owner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he's a keeper of knowledge at Fleet Owner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all around trucking—and still turns a wrench or two. Or three. 

And he's never without a camera, or so rumor has it.

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