Taking cost out of the supply chain through better resource management has become a business imperative for many. Fleet management is crucial to this endeavor. Truck utilization can be greatly improved if we can optimize the services of fewer trucks across more customer orders. Coupling route restrictions, delays and weather factors, the task of truck management is difficult. Add in the perishable nature of concrete over time, operators face enormous problems with maintaining quality control with standards of service. Often the solution has been to build-in contingency both in terms of product design and mix and also in the number of trucks available at the plant. addresses need to locate fleet resources in real time. also has the ability to monitor concrete health during the transition from plant to project site.

uses state of the art GPS technology and GSM wireless devices to collect information on truck status, position and telemetric data on product health. Data is collected at a central office where is it made available to schedulers. A route optimization tool aids controllers in making decisions on resource deployment.