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Tablet era – would it transform the logistic sector

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Applications from Android Tablets and Android phones

Thanks to the i (innovation) age, iPod, iPhone and iPads have become game changers. The music industry, mobile phone market and now the netbook segment is set to undergo sea change. With the growth of Android seen on the horizon, the open source alternative for Tablet PC is soon becoming a reality. These new generation – royalty free touch screen devices that runs on google Android operating  system on Android phones should come as a boon to the semi organized freight and logistics industries in the developing world. Ease of use, breaking language barriers, lower cost of ownership. ease of maintenance and mobile connectivity through existing modes are key reasons for acceleration in adoption. Some of the areas where mobile computing could help freight and trucking companies are as follows

Applications for freight logistics using android

  • Warehouse and yard management
  • Tracking of consignments from warehouses and open spaces
  • Door delivery consignment monitoring
  • Ease of inspection and compliance
  • Verification of accounts
  • Monitoring of trucks from yards and workshops
  • Enabling accurate information on dispatches
  • Performing routine maintenance of trucks on the move
  • GPS integrated services
  • Cost reduction in providing door delivery services
  • City map and route planning
  • Provide customer service in remote locations
  • Introduction of eWaybills for security and convenience
  • Customer locality applications that could run on android mobile handsets
  • Ensuring safety of consignments using tablet PC
  • Organizing en-route information of goods loaded and unloaded
  • Home delivery services such as florists, pizzas, cakes etc

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Daily coverage of trucks

Friday, November 27th, 2009
The average speed of trucks on Indian roads is about 20 km/ hour, it says. So, a truck in India can cover only 250-300 km a day compared to 700-800 km in developed countries such as the US and Europe.
The study, based on a survey carried in 2008, took into account 50 trips on 10 routes. This includes 30 trips on the Delhi-Bangalore route, three trips on Delhi-Mumbai route and two on the remaining routes.
 
According to Mr D.P. Agarwal, Vice-Chairman, TCI, “Between 2001 and 2009, vehicular fleet in India has increased at 9.4 per cent, whereas the National Highways network has grown by 2.4 per cent only. Due to inadequate road infrastructure, which results in lower average trucking speed, commercial vehicles in India average 250-300 km a day, whereas the counterparts in developed nations travel more than double the distance.”
 
Truck drivers face delays at check-posts and on-road for filling in forms required by various government departments, checking of documents and physical checking of the vehicles, drivers and consignments by Regional Transport Offices and traffic police, and collecting highway toll and taxes.
 
Source Ciilogistics India

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Truck cargo fleet management – hosted solution

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Looking at an easy way to manage your trucks ?

Small/medium trucking, freight fleet & cargo management system with: truck dispatch, per load profit, per km expense, trip sheet, trip review, and truck maintenance

We have an easy to use web hosted solution that works for you.

  • Instant setup
  • Pay as you go subscription model
  • No additional hardware requirements
  • Works on low bandwidth broadband
  • Automatic backup
  • Access truck information through your blackberry phone
  • Virus protection
  • Multi branch access
  • Reliable technology

Reports

  • Statement
  • Truck Profit and loss
  • Truck reporting
  • Truck expense information
  • Truck Invoicing
  • Driver information
  • Fuel Manager
  • Mileage analysis

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Vehicle tracking and consignment enquiry

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A GSM/GPRS based vehicle tracking system is an alternative to the expensive satellite based vehicle tracking systems being used by freight and logistics companies in the Western countries. All these solutions are capable of tracking the company fleet of trucks and keeping the traffic control information on the location and speed of various trucks operating throughout the country. The GPS also helps in tracking stolen trucks, a common problem for those operating in some regions of India. Usually a gadget is installed in the vehicle to be monitored – a remote station for centralised control and monitoring.

SA-FMS can integrate with these industry standard devices to provide up to date position of the consignment for customers.

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Data analytics for freight logistics

Monday, December 1st, 2008

The quantum of data generated by Freight Management System introduces termendous scope for business analysis. With the help of cutting edge data mining tools the possibilities are endless

  • Measurement of customer business trends
  • Alerts on dip in customer business volume
  • Best performing booking stations
  • Most profitable truck routes
  • Trans-shipment volume analysis
  • Customer classification on the basis of monthly freight volume
  • Cost of serving customers
  • Communicating on a continuous basis with most profitable customers
  • Truck load utilisation and load profitability

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