Posts by Craig Bond

As more than 50,000 executives from over 21,000 oil and gas companies head to Calgary, Canada next week for the Global Petroleum Show, exhibitors are hard at work preparing to showcase their ELD compliance solutions. This year’s theme ‘Shaping the Future of Energy’ aims to provide participants with new insights into trends and emerging technologies…

The volume of reported cargo theft in the United States averaged 49 per month in the US in 2018. According to the annual SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center (SCIC) report, there were a recorded 592 cargo thefts with the highest number at 171 in Q4 at an average value of $142,342.  On the SCIC 5-point…

Chassis fleet optimization may sound like an obvious part of doing business, but it’s often easier said than done. Over time, as your chassis fleet grows and challenges arise, you realize that things aren’t running as efficiently as they could be. As chassis telematics solutions become more ubiquitous, companies without the technology may find themselves at…

At a time when driver retention and fuel efficiency are critical issues, saving three and a half minutes by bypassing weigh stations is something that fleets can’t ignore. For every minute a truck lines up at a weigh station, it costs fleet owners time and money. Drivewyze® PreClear weigh station bypass, America’s leading weigh station…

Sensor-based fleet telematics utilization is on the rise in the transportation industry, and is helping carriers of all sizes boost their bottom line, improve driver satisfaction and increase security. Just ten years ago, many companies couldn’t see ROI in telematics solutions. High prices and complicated integration processes limited adoption to only the largest fleets. Since…

If you have a business that requires wireless LTE connectivity for low- or high-bandwidth situations, internet failover, or in-vehicle networks, there are several things to consider before choosing IoT router solutions that can save you headaches in the long term. The right IoT router solution gives your business reliable connectivity when you need it most….

Real-time chassis tracking, monitoring and control is proven to enable better business planning, streamline operations, minimize theft, improve preventative maintenance and repair, and enhance customer service. With so much at stake, why are so many companies hesitant to adopt telematics technology for their chassis fleet operations? When put into those simple terms, outfitting a fleet…

While limited 2G coverage options will remain available until as long as 2020, nearly all companies in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) spaces who have traditionally relied on 2G connectivity have already been impacted by the 2G sunset in one way or another. In the rapidly expanding IoT market, as most carriers…

It is often said that nothing is certain, except death and taxes. But in the age of connectivity, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t agree with adding network outages to that list. Let’s face it, we live in a connected world with expectations of 100% uptime, not only from business owners and employees,…