Tablets in the Cab: A Paradigm Shift Transportation and IT Share Groups Fort Worth, TX Kirby Smith Intellifuel Systems, Inc. Titusville, FL
Agenda Leveraging Technology In the Cab
InCAB Genesis
InCAB Demo
Data Points: Custody Transfer
Customer Designed
Load Closure Group Exercise
Hardware Paradigm Shift
Solution Roadmap
Questions
Dimensions of Quality
Douglass Distributing
Leveraging Technology in the Cab • Two developments regarding data points – Custody transfer to the truck at the terminal – Custody transfer out of the truck at the destination
• One development regarding hardware – iPads and other tablets
Dimensions of Quality Accuracy
Scalability Reliability Flexibility Timeliness
Dimensions of Quality (cont.) • Accuracy – Drivers are not data entry clerks – Load closure data should flow all the way to your billing system - automatically
• Scalability – Manual processes drive profit out of your business – Let software recon your BOL’s and delivery tickets
Dimensions of Quality (cont.) • Reliability – Single electronic process vs. a multitude of manual processes.
• Flexibility: One size does not fit all! – The solution you want should fit your environment, including your dispatch software.
Dimensions of Quality (cont.) • Timeliness – Risk increases and profits decrease as the time between an event’s occurrence and the time you know about it increase. – Dispatch and accounting should have immediate load closure information.
• Legibility?
InCAB Genesis – Marketer Designed • A group of marketers with private fleets just like you • “Blank sheet of paper” approach • Group participants – Owners, COO’s, Accounting, Transportation Managers, Sr. Dispatchers, I.T. and... – a DRIVER. Retif Driver Joel Grafagnini
InCAB Genesis – Marketer Designed (cont.) • Guiding principles from the design team: – Drivers must master the tool in 30 minutes or less. – The driver must never have more than 8 options on a screen
• Subgroups with frequent teleconferences
InCAB Present– Currently Available • Core for transports – – – – – – – –
Robust messaging with dispatch Pre & post trip inspections EZ-Close with BOL Recon, BOL photos for others Paperless delivery tickets Tracking with event logs DOT elogs IFTA reporting Immediate updates for dispatch
InCAB Present– Currently Available • Tankwagon 1: batch balancing and meter totalizer manual capture
InCAB Future– Solution Roadmap (cont.) • Allocation: how to automatically reposition the trucks when faced with supply outages • Tankwagon 2: auto capture of meters • Wethosing • Best Buy: Interfacing with solutions like DTN Fuel Buyer Pro • JBUS Bluetooth interface to iPad
InCAB Demo
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.