TMW Systems and PeopleNet Hold First Joint User Conference
Brian McLaughlin, president of PeopleNet speaking at the In.Sight. conference. Photos: Jim Beach
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Brian McLaughlin, president of PeopleNet speaking at the In.Sight. conference. Photos: Jim Beach
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More than 2,300 people were on hand for a joint user conference hosted by TMW Systems and PeopleNet Inc. Sept. 25-28. Held in Nashville, the 2016 In.Sight Conference represented the first time the two companies, both of which are owned by Trimble, had joined forces on a user conference.
The event featured three days of educational sessions for users of TMW Systems’ family of transportation management software and PeopleNet’s mobile communications system, new product announcements and technology exhibits from 80 of the two companies’ technology partners.
In opening remarks Sept. 26, David Wangler, TMW president said that by working together, “we can transform the way the transportation industry works,” and that by leveraging the two companies’ combined experience they could deliver solutions that “no one else can.”
Brian McLaughlin, president of PeopleNet explained the critical element of the companies’ working together was the ability to deliver, view and analyze critical information from multiple platforms,” in real time.
Among the things the companies have been working on over recent years are the expansion of TMW capabilities into freight management for shippers, third-party logistics providers and non-asset based transportation companies; capturing more information from trucks while on the road, connected maintenance, route planning and trip management, driver connectivity, safety and compliance and business and market intelligence.
Working with partner ALK, another Trimble company, the companies developed a route and trip management product expected to be brought to market next year called TripInsight, which will automate trip planning. The system will encompass ALK’s CoPilot Truck, PeopleNet’s mobile devices and TMW’s transportation management systems. The system is designed to build optimized trips plans that accounts for fuel stops, hours of service rest breaks, traffic, vehicle and load specifics. It will also feature real-time exception management for …Read the rest of this story
