Category: Trucking News

Telematics and fuel economy

I was reading a recent report from Frost & Sullivan and came across some interesting statistics about telematics and fuel economy. According to the company, fleets using telematics devices can expect as much as a 25% decrease in fuel costs and a 30% reduction in idle time. Those are some pretty impressive numbers and they say a lot about how inefficiently many fleets are currently operating.

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Q&A: Defining Big Data for trucking

The term “Big Data” gets thrown around a lot in the freight world, but what does it exactly mean? And will its definition direct how it helps the trucking industry?

Everywhere you go in the freight transportation world, it seems everyone is talking about “Big Data” and how it will influence if not outright change supply chain strategies, logistics operations, even read more

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