Pitt Ohio Express Chooses PeopleNet's Onboard Computing System
PeopleNet technology enhances Pitt Ohio Express' direction as a virtual transportation company
LAS VEGAS - TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION, March 7, 2005 - In a major signing within the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, PeopleNet, the leading provider of onboard computing and mobile communications systems to the nation's transportation industry, today announced that Pitt Ohio Express has equipped its fleet with PeopleNet's onboard
computing and mobile communications system.
A leading regional LTL freight carrier, Pitt Ohio Express operates a fleet of about 1,200 tractors, 3,000 trailers, and 300 straight trucks in a service area that includes Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware.
"Within the supply chain arena in which we operate, we were looking to increase our value to our customers," says President Chuck Hammel III of the decision to implement the PeopleNet solution. "We liked the technology because it allowed us to improve our efficiency by improving our times between stops and pickups and deliveries."
Beyond the technology, Hammel says he valued the PeopleNet culture. "They understand their limits and they were willing to make changes to their product to make it fit our operating environment rather than forcing us to adopt our processes to their product."
Pitt Ohio had looked at implementing mobile communications technology in 1999, but the initiative was dropped because the technology was expensive and it failed to address many of the
LTL-specific issues faced by the company, according to Scott Sullivan, vice president of information technology for the company.
"Our mission is to retain a customer focus by operating as a virtual transportation company," he says. "We must provide information on 10,000 shipments a day when people ask for it (Pitt Ohio is currently experiencing 20,000 hits per month from customers tracking their loads). We must continue to provide a 98% on-time pick-up and delivery record. And we have to do this in a price-sensitive environment while protecting our operating ratio."
The PeopleNet system has become the standard for GPS-based location tracking, two-way voice and data communications, electronic driver logs, and Internet-based fleet business tools to
provide consistent, reliable communication between business owners, dispatchers, drivers and shippers.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, PeopleNet is the fastest-growing provider of Internet-based onboard computing and mobile communications systems to the transportation industry, including
truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets. The company serves several Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. and Canada and has signed more than 1,000 customers since its inception more than 11
years ago.
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CONTACT:
Ellie Walradth
PeopleNet
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