New capabilities to improve driver and dispatch efficiency, provide additional automation of inspection reporting and repairs, and enabling customized vehicle data reports 

DALLAS and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 19, 2011 – PeopleNet^®, the leading provider of innovative and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, today announced that it is working with TMW Systems on several development projects that will automate workflows and improve reporting for carriers. According to Randy Boyles, PeopleNet Vice President of Tailored Solutions who made the announcement at TMW’s user conference, TransForum 2011, being held today through Sept. 21 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, said, “The projects are designed to improve driver and dispatch efficiency, streamline the inspection reporting and repair process, and provide management the ability to create customized reports including engine monitoring data. These projects are the latest in our 12-year relationship with TMW Systems. Our two companies now serve 250 fleets in common, comprising more than 40,000 PeopleNet in-cab units.”

The development projects, in various stages of development and testing, include:

•  TMW TruckMate/PeopleNet Enhanced Automated Workflow

To ensure accurate billing and improve customer service, embedded decision tree forms combine multiple order numbers in a single manifest queue to the driver for essential delivery information. The flexibility to jump in and out of a form or go to the next applicable place in a form increases driver efficiency.

• TMT Fleet Maintenance/PeopleNet eDVIR and Vehicle Management

Features that make the management and workflow of DVIRs more efficient include the addition of Domicile Shop to the Inspection Ticket Grid, relevant DVIR retrieval for DOT audits, identification of “DOT critical” and non-critical inspection items, elimination of multiple records for the same defect, addition of the repair order number to the mechanic’s acknowledgement, and user-defined deletion of eDVIRs.

• IDSC MatchAdvice/PeopleNet eDriver Logs^®

To improve the accuracy of estimated-time-of-arrival calculations used in matching recommendations, hours of service from electronic logs is automatically updated and calculated in IDSC MatchAdvice for use in matching drivers with trucks and loads.  

• TMW Data Warehouse /PeopleNet Vehicle Management

The inclusion of Vehicle Management data into the TMW Data Warehouse reporting system expands the range of business and maintenance analytics that customers can build without the need for IT assistance.  

About PeopleNet

PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company’s leadership includes: Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award, Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics’ 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; and M2M Value Chain Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.

About TMW Systems 

TMW Systems is the leading provider of enterprise software to transportation and logistics companies. TMW’s solutions address every aspect of for-hire and not-for-hire, asset and non-asset based operations. Customers include for-hire fleets, brokers, 3PLs and private fleets along with heavy-duty vehicle service centers. With offices in Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Raleigh, and Vancouver, TMW currently serves more than 2,000 customers managing over 500,000 power units and maintaining more than 1.7 million assets worldwide, including North America, Europe, China and Latin America. For more information, visit www.tmwsystems.com or call (800) 401-6682.