Rand McNally today introduced significant additions to its IntelliRoute® and MileMaker® commercial trucking solutions to help carriers and shippers save time and money. These enhancements will provide more flexibility and customization in freight rating and truck routing, more specific routing in Mexico, and the most up-to-date U.S. ZIP and Canadian postal codes, weigh stations and toll costs.
First to incorporate street-level data for Mexico
Rand McNally, with its new IntelliRoute® Dock2Dock software announced in September, is now the only provider of street-level routing in Mexico. Carriers and shippers can now route on city and inter-neighborhood streets throughout North America.
More customized routes by truck type to reduce costs
Carriers and shippers can now use Rand McNally’s IntelliRoute and MileMaker software to customize their routing options for trailers that are 48 feet or less in length across all of Rand McNally’s standard routing methodologies: HHG, Practical, Dock2Dock and Lowest Cost. As a result, customers can negotiate freight rates based on accurate, truck-drivable routes tailored to individual truck configuration or type of goods carried. According to a June 2008 report from C.J. Driscoll & Associates and GE Capital Solutions, industry experts indicate that accurate routing can produce an 8 percent savings in fuel costs. This can result in hundreds of thousands of dollars for large carriers, such as those in the tank truck industry.
Quarterly data updates keep drivers apprised of road changes
The December 1, 2008 toll rate increases in New Jersey are just one example of more than 918,000 updates Rand McNally is releasing in December to keep all customers current on data that will affect their routes. These changes include updated and new toll roads and costs; new U.S. ZIP and Canadian postal codes; new ferries and costs; as well as information about weigh stations, rest areas, service plazas and welcome centers. Rand McNally collaborates with government agencies such as the United States Postal Service and state and provincial departments of transportation, as well as toll facility operators, to provide its customers with current data each quarter.
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First to incorporate street-level data for Mexico
Rand McNally, with its new IntelliRoute® Dock2Dock software announced in September, is now the only provider of street-level routing in Mexico. Carriers and shippers can now route on city and inter-neighborhood streets throughout North America.
More customized routes by truck type to reduce costs
Carriers and shippers can now use Rand McNally’s IntelliRoute and MileMaker software to customize their routing options for trailers that are 48 feet or less in length across all of Rand McNally’s standard routing methodologies: HHG, Practical, Dock2Dock and Lowest Cost. As a result, customers can negotiate freight rates based on accurate, truck-drivable routes tailored to individual truck configuration or type of goods carried. According to a June 2008 report from C.J. Driscoll & Associates and GE Capital Solutions, industry experts indicate that accurate routing can produce an 8 percent savings in fuel costs. This can result in hundreds of thousands of dollars for large carriers, such as those in the tank truck industry.
Quarterly data updates keep drivers apprised of road changes
The December 1, 2008 toll rate increases in New Jersey are just one example of more than 918,000 updates Rand McNally is releasing in December to keep all customers current on data that will affect their routes. These changes include updated and new toll roads and costs; new U.S. ZIP and Canadian postal codes; new ferries and costs; as well as information about weigh stations, rest areas, service plazas and welcome centers. Rand McNally collaborates with government agencies such as the United States Postal Service and state and provincial departments of transportation, as well as toll facility operators, to provide its customers with current data each quarter.
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