Both Drivers and Operations Benefit from New Mobile App Features
he impressive range of features in the McLeod Anywhere Mobile App continues to expand and grow. Coming with the release of LoadMaster and PowerBroker Version 21.1 are two new capabilities
that will save time and money, while also making life easier for drivers.
Trailer Locator
If you’ve ever lost track of one of your empty trailers, you understand how important it is to be able to pinpoint the location of every trailer in your fleet. McLeod partners with several companies that provide trailer tracking technology, but this data is on view for operations, not drivers. We wanted to take it a step further and make life easier for the driver. With the Trailer Locator feature in the Mobile App, the driver can now find the needle in the haystack.
Here’s an example of how it works. Say that you have asked a driver to pick up trailer 349202 from a yard that has hundreds of trailers. Your trailer tracking systemsy e may get the driver close, but there’sere’ still work to be done and time spent finding the exact location of that trailer.
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simply want to confirm the location of specific trailers on a lot. Though trailer tracking technology is providing huge advantages to fleets, there are still many occasions when the system records an inaccurate location for a trailer. That results in operations personnel often asking drivers to look for trailers that their records show to be parked at shipper or consignee. By using the Trailer Locator feature, the driver can find the trailers quickly without idling up and down rows of identical-looking trailers looking for the ones in question.
Trailer Locator is available in LoadMaster Version 21.1.
Time-Off Requests Scheduling time off for drivers can involve a high degree of manual work and potential for human error. Drivers need to get on their phones and try to reach dispatchers or driver managers. They also might send them a text message or communicate through their mobile comm unit. Once the message gets through, driver events must be created in LoadMaster. Sometimes this information doesn’t get recorded immediately, and the opportunity for misunderstanding arises. Drivers who thought they had successfully arranged to have time off understandably get frustrated when they discover a load is being assigned to them.
The Mobile App has a better way. Drivers go into the App and submit requests for time off. These requests automatically route to driver managers, who can approve or deny the request. Once a request is approved or denied,, the driver cannot be mistakenly assigned to a load during their time off.
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