DC Velocity - May 2009

Can it: Navman Wireless North America, a provider of vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions, has added canned message functionality to its next-generation vehicle tracking and logistics software, OnlineAVL2. By allowing fleet managers to create a library of comprehensive standard messages that make sense for their businesses, canned messages eliminate the need for full keyboard typing, and provide team members with a quick and easy means to deliver efficient and clear messages with only a few key selections.

The new feature is an enhancement to Navman Wireless’s real-time vehicle position, integrated maintenance modules, and advanced software for state mileage reporting, automated e-mail reporting, and monitoring alerts. Alleviating time-consuming message preparation that can be difficult for personnel to manage while on the road or during service, the canned messaging functionality can help to improve safety and increase efficiency.

Navman Wireless’s fleet manager-selected canned messages provide a seamless response template for accurate disclosure. The OnlineAVL2 canned message component allows managers to create a collection of up to 100 custom messages that are relevant to their fleet or business. Messages are wirelessly programmed onto the M-Nav integrated messaging and navigation device, and Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) for drivers to use. Canned messages also provide time-stamped documentation that managers can later access in reports by driver or fleet. (Navman Wireless North America, (866) 527-9896, www.navmanwireless.com)

Giving them the slip:

Premier Print and Services

Group Inc. unveils its duplexpackslip, a combination two-sided thermal roll or fan-fold-ed label designed so that the shipping label can be printed on the front side at the same time that a confidential packing slip is printed on the back. The duplexpackslip offers time and labor savings, while eliminating the traditional “packing list enclosed” plastic pouch and paper. The application of the duplexpackslip requires only about a third of the time required by a traditional label and packing list pouch, according to the company.

Other benefits of the new duplexpackslip include increased accuracy and reduced paper consumption, which lowers the total overall cost of the system. The duplexpackslip will accommodate 17 lines of packing slip information. (Premier Print and Services Group Inc., www.duplexpackslip.com)

Early birds: UPS has expanded its early morning delivery service territory in the United States by almost 3,000 new ZIP codes, an increase that brings to more than 23,000 the number of ZIP codes for which guaranteed early morning delivery service is available. UPS Next Day Air Early A.M. provides delivery by 8: 30 a.m.

With the increase, more than 80 percent of U.S. businesses can now receive early morning deliveries, which arrive up to two hours before UPS’s regular guaranteed overnight service delivery time of 10: 30 a.m. In some areas, arrival time can be guaranteed as early as 8 a.m. Saturday service also is available to certain destinations. A complete list of the UPS Next Day Air Early A.M. ZIP codes is available on UPS.com. (UPS, www.ups.com)

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