* Arkansas - Optimize savings and efficiency in trucking
-- Last week, Matt Herndon, vice president of operations at PAM Transport, stood in a large room filled with several dozen managers keeping track of those 1,600 trucks. A map of the United States (of A.) appeared on a large screen showing colored dots that represented a PAM “asset,” as the vehicles are called by trucking executives... Each asset has an in-cab mobile device that allows Herndon or a driver manager to pinpoint the exact location of a specific truck. As winter weather threatened, Herndon said the asset map could be combined with a weather map so officials can quickly ascertain which assets are likely to be affected by storms... Matt said, the technology allows the company to send direct messages to every truck nationally or to every truck in a specific region or even an individual truck, and it also allows truckers to contact the company from the road. Not unlike the old CB days when an eastbound trucker would relay weather and road information to a westbound colleague, truck drivers act as a company’s eyes and ears... (Photo: PAM Transport's trucks fleet) - Tontitown, ARK, USA - Arkansas Business, by Marty Cook - Mar. 9, 2015
* Kentucky - Startup Weekend winners develop Uber-like truck service
-- The most recent one was held over the weekend at FirstBuild, the GE micro-factory on the University of Louisville campus. The winner was MOOV, a matchmaker of sorts for people who own trucks and people who need help moving big or heavy items. Think ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft — but for truck owners looking to pick up extra cash by loaning out their vehicle, or perhaps a little manpower to help a nice stranger out... The winning team of seven consisted of the aforementioned firefighter, banker and architect as well as students and a business owner. They created a working website and were even open for business on Sunday, although they were doing the matchmaking by hand, team member Kat Williams said... The judges gave the nod to MOOV thanks to its growth over the three-day period as well as its strengths in customer acquisition, market size and its business model, according to judge Trisha Finnegan...
(Photo: MOOV, a service that connects truck owners with people needing a truck to move, won this spring's Startup Weekend. From left to right, standing: Ashlyn Ackerman, Kat Williams, Michael Sugar, Matt O'Brien and Chen Lu. Kneeling: Michael O'Brien and Teng Shao) -
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