Telematics Integration Gives Exchange Members Complete Visibility & Control

CX North America is now able to provide complete visibility and control for both in-house and subcontractor fleets following agreements with 10 of the leading telematics specialists. As a result, data from many of the best-used vehicle tracking tools can now be combined through its freight exchange to create the first system-neutral telematics integration platform for the logistics and road transport sectors.

“The telematics marketplace remains incredibly fragmented, so while adoption is now much more widespread, many disparate systems have no means of communicating to each other,” explains Transport Exchange Group’s Head of Business Development Simon Bunegar. “We now have the ability to integrate tracking data from virtually any system, so members of the CX North America can not only have visibility of their own vehicles, but also those of their trading partners.”

Carriers, freight forwarders and logistics providers can take advantage of private, public or hybrid exchanges, with the ability to see the location and status of vehicle, regardless of who is operating them (subject to security filters). This is providing increased confidence when committing customer loads to other members of CX North America, improving utilization, achieving operating efficiencies and ultimately increasing profitability.

The integration also enhances the value proposition for smaller fleets that had previously failed to justify the cost of telematics. They can now be part of an extensive virtual, fully-tracked fleet, making them more attractive to larger organizations that are looking for end-to-end visibility of their operations. Furthermore, it will also help companies promote unused capacity to other members, minimising empty running and boosting revenues.