Heyl Truck Lines has chosen Blue Tree Systems' R:COM technology to improve efficiency, safety, and customer service. R:COM provides reefer temperature management and in-cab solutions like fuel management and driving style monitoring. Heyl Truck Lines was looking for a solution to address food safety regulations and prevent cargo theft. The technology will provide temperature and refrigeration unit data to satisfy regulations and improve cargo protection. It will also enable vehicle tracking, turn-by-turn navigation, and driving behavior reports to enhance productivity and customer service.
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Heyl Truck Lines Chooses Blue Tree Systems
1. Heyl Truck Lines Chooses Blue Tree Systems
R:COM reefer temperature management and in-cab solutions are improving
efficiency, safety and customer service
Roanoke, Virginia – March 20, 2014– Blue Tree Systems, Inc., a provider of trailer
tracking, reefer monitoring and fleet management solutions, today announced that
Heyl Truck Lines is implementing its R:COM reefer temperature management
system and its In-Cab feature set, including Fuel Management and Driving Style
Management solutions. The R:COM technology is helping the carrier reduce cargo
theft and better address food safety regulations.
“We chose Blue Tree Systems for refrigerated trailers and tractors after evaluating
options on the market from several suppliers,” said Alan Heyl, president of Heyl
Truck Lines. “We felt they would address our needs better than any other products at
a more favorable price. Those needs include a reefer management system to
address customer requirements for information verifying their loads meet food safety
regulations, and a tracking and communications system to prevent cargo theft,
improve productivity and efficiency, and enhance customer satisfaction.”
Family owned and operated since 1949, Akron, Iowa-based Heyl Truck Lines hauls
temperature-controlled and dry freight in the lower 48 states and Canada from
facilities in Iowa, South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Washington, and Calgary, Alberta.
The company operates about 450 tractors and 775 refrigerated
trailers. Implementation of the R:COM system includes integration with the carrier’s
enterprise management software from Innovative Computing Corporation.
R:COM reefer temperature management allows Heyl Truck Lines to access detailed
cargo temperature and refrigeration unit operating histories, improving cargo
protection and providing information to satisfy food safety regulations. Data logged in
the system includes temperature set points, alarm settings and fuel levels. R:COM
also provides live updates of refrigeration unit settings, operating mode, equipment
alarm codes, and fuel level and cargo temperatures.
R:COM in-cab solutions provide Heyl Tuck Lines with vehicle location and tracking
data to enhance productivity and customer service, and help prevent cargo theft. The
Blue Tree Systems R:COM solution uses the latest GPS technology to provide
accurate and reliable positioning data, and trip, stop and time at location reports.
The R:COM driver communications suite features truck friendly turn-by-turn
navigation and messaging. Fuel Management capabilities through a direct
connection to the engine CAN bus includes live data on fuel tank levels. R:COM’s
Driving Style Management feature monitors, records and reports driving behavior for
coaching to improve fuel efficiency and safety.
“By adopting Blue Tree Systems R:COM reefer temperature management and in-cab
solutions for its fleet, Heyl Truck Lines is using technology that will help it improve
2. efficiency and enhance safety and customer service,” said L. T. "Chip" Powell,
director of US operations at Blue Tree Systems. “We are pleased to be able to help
Heyl Trucks Lines use R:COM to meet its needs.”
About Blue Tree Systems Ltd.
Blue Tree Systems, established in 1995, provides the R:COM Fleet Management
solution to both U.S. and European markets. The comprehensive system includes a
range of features designed to maximize fleet efficiency and improve customer
service. Capabilities of the solution can be selected to meet any variety of
operational requirements, and allow fleets to more efficiently manage assets and
lower operating costs by making effective decisions that result in improved business
operations, fleet flexibility and higher service levels. For more information, visit
www.bluetreesystems.com.
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Susan Fall
LaunchIt Public Relations
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