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  Trailers are the lifeblood of freight transport. The more fleet operators know about their location, utilization and real-time conditions, the better they can manage them and the cargo inside. After-market smart trailer technology turns unconnected trailers into smart assets, providing real-time visibility into what’s happening inside and outside. This visibility helps fleet operators improve their trailer utilization and ensure that goods are delivered without incident — two especially valuable benefits given the ongoing trailer shortage and supply chain crisis.  With an open device-to-cloud, or edge-to-cloud, platform such as the smart trailer platform in development from CalAmp, companies can choose the sensors and telematics devices they prefer, regardless of the device manufacturer or trailer manufacturer. Cloud-based fleet management software such as CalAmp iOn lets them view and run reports on the data they produce. Here’s a look at some aftermarket sensors and telem...

  Connected vehicles and assets are part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Using powerful, real-time data to direct asset management in areas including proactive maintenance, routing and getting the right size and mix of fleet vehicles.   Connected vehicles and assets are part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Using powerful, real-time data to direct asset management in areas including proactive maintenance, routing and getting the right size and mix of fleet vehicles. This next generation of telematics gateway offers a flexible vehicle interface technology that is compatible across multiple fleet types with a more robust LTE network connectivity. They are also built to withstand harsh environments, making it easier and safer for our customers to operate in any climate and conditions. The TTU-3640 New to the CalAmp telematics gateway product line is the TTU-3640 which delivers on all of the above features and more! The TTU-3640 is designed to support various vehicle ass...

  If you’ve ever been in an ambulance in the Commonwealth of Virginia, you can thank field inspectors from the state’s Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) for ensuring that the vehicle is up to code and the EMTs are up to speed. These inspectors travel the state’s 42,774 square miles, checking the training, certification and credentials of emergency medical personnel. “You don’t want an emergency medical technician whose training expired three years ago taking care of you,” said Frank Cheatham, Fleet and Logistics Administrator for the OEMS. Cheatham is responsible for overseeing the operations and maintenance of assigned vehicles used by field inspectors as well as pool vehicles used by regional offices. He found himself in need of a GPS-powered fleet tracking solution to solve several pressing problems that were causing the department headaches. Who’s driving which vehicle?  Field inspectors take their dedicated agency-owned vehicle home every night, but many other w...

  Lost in the Dark The owner of a small restoration services company had a problem – his technicians kept leaving their service flashlights behind at job sites.  These aren’t just any cheap flashlights, they are professional grade high output flashlights used by fire departments, costing about $200 apiece. Even if the flashlights accidentally left behind were ultimately recovered, the owner’s technicians couldn’t perform their duties at the next job site without the flashlight, which meant sometimes doubling back and driving an hour or more back to the previous job site to recover the flashlight.  This would often delay a schedule by hours or a whole day, create unhappy customers, and cost the owner both goodwill and revenue.  Since two technicians ride in each truck, it would also add considerably to the owner’s labor budget every time a flashlight was left behind. An illuminating Solution CalAmp dealer and service provider ArgoTrak approached the owner, originally ...

When snow falls in Kearny, New Jersey, a suburb of Newark, the community counts on the town’s fleet of 18 multi-purpose vehicles to salt and plow the roads. With tight resources and no drivers to spare, Kevin Murphy, assistant superintendent for the Department of Public Works, relies on real-time visibility into the location of each vehicle to give residents the quality street services they demand. Using the GPS fleet tracking system from CalAmp, Murphy can manage the vehicles from anywhere — including his truck or his home — via tablet. This became a vital feature during the COVID lockdown. “I’ll have a tablet with me out in my truck, in my car or even sitting at home,” said Murphy. In the past, he noted, before the town used GPS tracking, “If we had a breakdown, I’d have to try to figure out who to send. Now I use my tablet to reassign drivers to make sure the whole town is covered.” “It’s really, really helpful in a snowstorm,” added Murphy. GPS tracking also helps him respond to r...

The pandemic-related shipping crisis is shaping up to affect another holiday shopping season. While companies can’t do much about closed container ports, air terminal delays or container shortages, investing in inexpensive supply chain tracking technology can help them protect the integrity of shipments and make the most of available containers, trailers and workers. Telematics devices for warehouse automation Today, even many large companies are still manually tracking the flow of goods entering, exiting and moving within warehouses and fulfillment centers. But a shortage of trained warehouse workers, coupled with the need for social distancing, makes automating this work increasingly important. Automation is easily achieved by affixing Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) tags to cartons, packages and pallets and adding tag readers in the form of telematics gateway to strategic locations such as entry and exit doors. The latest gateway devices designed for dense environments have the capacity...