Beyond driving: TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY SPEEDS DRIVER-OFFICE INTERACTION, WORKFLOW

摘要

Until recently, new drivers for TransAm Tracking were being trained for 2.5 hours on how to record hours of service properly on paper logbooks. Now training takes 15 minutes, and no paper is involved. "The learning curve is much less," says Russ McElliot, president of the Olathe, Kan.-based company. Similar to most commercial driving positions, working for TransAm has become more complex. Drivers face new regulations and are expected to meet higher performance standards - but that doesn't mean more training time. At TransAm, the opposite has been true since 2008 when the company began installing a new in-cab computing platform from Blue Tree Systems.