MVT delivers for customers and drivers with in-cab tablets

Truck drivers are essential workers providing an invaluable public service. But it's getting harder for trucking companies to find people who want to spend their life on the road, especially when outdated in-cab technology gets in the way of drivers' increasingly digital job." The transportation industry has a 100 percent turnover rate with new drivers," says Mike Kelley, CIO of Mesilla Valley Transportation. "There are lifestyle reasons for that, but it's also asking them dumb things, like 'Are you there yet?' Fleet managers should already have that information."

Starting in 2019, MVT began equipping each of their 1,600 trucks with a ruggedized Samsung Galaxy Tab Active, which gives drivers access to a state-of-the-art telematics solution from Platform Science. The new fleet technology fully integrates workflow, electronic logging, navigation and messaging. It also pulls comprehensive real-time data from the truck's engine, its safety cameras and any back-office tools such as the dispatch system and customer relationship management (CRM) software, as well as geofences around customer locations.

Now, a single user-friendly dashboard gives drivers all the information they need, including where and when to stop, instructions for each stop and where to refuel for the best gas prices.

As the tablet guides drivers seamlessly from one destination to the next, it also displays a digital countdown clock (as an ELD), enables real-time messaging with dispatch and continuously monitors the truck's engine for error codes and safety incidents. Driver forms are prefilled with customer data, and the tablets' GPS lets fleet managers know when drivers enter and exit customers' property.

Learn more about how Mesilla Valley Transportation is using Galaxy Tab Active devices:

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