Annual Event Focuses on Driving Transportation
Industry Forward through Impactful Innovation
LAS
VEGAS, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ: TRMB) opened its 2024 Insight Tech Conference with
leaders Rob Painter, president and
CEO, and Michael Kornhauser, sector
vice president, transportation and logistics, discussing the rapid
acceleration of the transportation industry. At the event, Trimble
is unveiling an unmatched slate of innovations focused on driving
better, safer, more efficient and more productive outcomes for
Trimble customers.
"We will continue delivering innovation to help you do your work
better, and continue investing in cybersecurity, in data and in
AI," said Rob Painter. "The global
transportation industry is experiencing a major shift as technology
propels productivity. Trimble is at the forefront of this
transformative moment."
Painter was also joined by Platform Science co-founder and CEO
Jack Kennedy to discuss Trimble and
Platform Science's recently-announced definitive agreement for
Platform Science to acquire Trimble's global transportation
telematics business units. As part of this agreement, Trimble will
become a shareholder in Platform Science's expanded business.
"Platform Science and Trimble will bring unprecedented choice to
the global transportation industry," said Kennedy. "We're entering
an exciting new chapter for Platform Science, for Trimble, and for
the industry as a whole. This partnership marks the inflection
point for a true platform approach to transportation
technology."
This year's keynote also launched major product releases across
Trimble's range of connected transportation technology with
impactful updates to its carrier Transportation Management Software
(TMS), commercial navigation, asset maintenance, real-time
visibility and DVIR solutions: Trimble TMS Order
Module™, Trimble CoPilot®, Trimble TMT Fleet
Maintenance™ Road Call, Transporeon Visibility and
Trimble Inspections.
"Transportation businesses that embrace and adopt the right
technology – with a partner that is focused on making an outsized
impact on operations – will win in today's dynamic freight market,"
said Michael Kornhauser. "We are
furthering our products to make Trimble that technology
partner."
Trimble Launches Cloud-based TMS Order Module
The
all-new Trimble TMS Order Module transforms the
truckload carrier order workflow through the power of
machine-learning and Trimble's industry-standard commercial map
visualization. This cloud-based order entry experience employs
predictive analytics-based tender grading and dynamic area balance
visualization for a TMS order workflow that optimizes while it
executes. All while connecting directly to truckload TMW.Suite and
Innovative customers' existing TMS for a more streamlined
implementation experience.
Updated CoPilot Enhances Truck-Safe
Navigation
Trimble's commercial navigation solution,
CoPilot, boasts a major update of its user interface, making
it more intuitive, responsive and driver-friendly than ever. New
features like predictive parking and trip planning optimize how
drivers navigate their journeys, improving in-cab and back-office
connection while enhancing fleet safety and efficiency along the
way.
TMT Road Call Reduces Impact of Unexpected
Breakdowns
TMT Fleet Maintenance has relaunched
its Road Call module, providing maintenance
managers a one-stop shop for managing vehicle breakdown maintenance
needs. By combining Trimble's industry-standard commercial map
visualization and market-leading fleet maintenance technology, TMT
Road Call delivers fleets a streamlined workflow experience,
driving even greater efficiencies through connected transportation
technologies. Maintenance managers can quickly spot disabled
vehicles, find the best and closest service center and generate
repair orders in a single, cloud-based user experience, saving
time, reducing downtime and maximizing fleet efficiency.
Transporeon Visibility Launches in North America, Seamlessly Connects to Trimble
TMS
Transporeon Visibility brings a
transformative customer service tool to carriers in North America, delivering real-time visibility
and precise ETAs to in-transit shipments for all transportation
types. With direct integration to Trimble's TMW.Suite and
Innovative TMS, as well as other visibility solutions, Transporeon
Visibility provides Trimble TMS customers visibility on their own
terms – with a unified, real-time visibility experience that
supports diverse shipper customer requirements.
New Vehicle Inspection Solution Improves Safety, Efficiency
and Compliance
Trimble's new Driver Vehicle Inspection
Report (DVIR) solution for commercial fleets, Trimble
Inspections, is designed to improve fleet safety and
efficiency, promote regulatory compliance and simplify driver and
back-office workflows. Available through Trimble Instinct –
Trimble's flagship telematics and fleet management software
solution – Trimble Inspections adds a modernized, more streamlined
truck and trailer inspection application to Instinct's
best-in-class driver experience.
Insight Tech Conference
Trimble's Insight Tech
Conference began September 15, 2024
and will run through September 17,
2024 at The Venetian in Las
Vegas. This year's event includes multiple days of
networking, expert panel discussions and over 200 educational
sessions. The executive-focused Leadership Series will bring in
over 20 C-Suite speakers to touch on pressing transportation
industry issues like AI, driver retention and freight
fraud. And the all-new Trimble Customer Series
provides Trimble customers an opportunity to share their
experiences and best practices leveraging Trimble technology to
improve their operations.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from Insight's
distinguished keynote speaker, Mike
Abrashoff, former US Navy Commander of the USS
Benfold. After taking command as the most junior officer in
the US Pacific Fleet, Abrashoff led the Benfold to a #1 performance
ranking after experiencing the highest turnover rate the year
prior. Abrashoff's keynote will explore transportation's unique
challenges and how the global supply chain can benefit from an
increased commitment to culture.
For more information on Trimble's Insight Tech Conference,
visit: https://trimble.swoogo.com/insight24-event/home
For more information on transportation & logistics at
Trimble, visit: https://transportation.trimble.com.
About Trimble Transportation
Trimble Transportation is
transforming the global supply chain through intelligent, connected
technology and workflows that are rooted in industry standard
commercial maps and data. At the intersection of the physical and
digital worlds, Trimble Transportation offers SaaS, web, mobile and
installed solutions that improve efficiency, promote safety,
optimize utilization, and enable collaboration. From planning to
delivery, we provide cutting edge procurement, transportation
management, mapping, routing, dispatch, navigation, location, fleet
management, ELD compliance and asset maintenance solutions. For
more information, visit: transportation.trimble.com.
About Transporeon
At Transporeon, a Trimble Company,
our mission is to bring transportation in sync with the world. We
power the largest global freight network of more than 1,400
shippers and retailers and more than 150,000 carriers and logistics
service providers. Every day they execute more than 110,000
transports on our platform and book more than 100,000
dock-appointments for loading and unloading. In the course of one
year, roughly $59bn in freight is
being processed on our platform.
Our leading transportation management platform connects all
actors along the supply chain. It facilitates collaboration between
the different parties, helps to automate manual processes and
provides valuable real-time insights. The modular Application Hubs
solve specific logistics challenges and range from freight sourcing
over transport execution and dock and yard management to freight
audit and payment. Data hubs provide insights into logistics
operations, market developments and carbon emissions, next to
ensuring transparency in the supply chain through visibility. Our
platform works across all geographies and all modes of
transportation, empowering logistics teams to move, manage and
monitor freight.
Transporeon is headquartered in Ulm, Germany, and maintains 18 offices around the
globe with over 1,400 employees across 27 countries. For more
information, visit: www.transporeon.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the ways people
move, build and live. Core technologies in positioning, modeling
and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to
improve our customers' productivity, quality, safety, transparency
and sustainability. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:
TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
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1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the
proposed transaction and the timing thereof, the value and benefits
to Trimble of its equity stake in Platform Science and the
commercial agreements to be entered into in connection therewith,
and the development of technology, delivery of services and the
business performance of each of Trimble and Platform Science
following the transaction. These forward-looking statements are
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related to the proposed transaction diverting management's
attention from other ongoing business operations, (vi)
unanticipated risks, costs or difficulties in separating Trimble's
global transportation telematics business, (vii) that the benefits
from the anticipated commercial agreements with Platform Science
will be dependent upon its performance following the closing of the
proposed transaction, and (vii) the failure to realize the
anticipated benefits of Trimble's equity stake in Platform Science.
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