Trailer brains

Courtesy of Kokomo Tribune, August 04, 2005
As its largest customer and former parent General Motors Corp. has struggled, Delphi Corp. looks to expand beyond the auto industry. A new Delphi transceiver designed in Kokomo might open the door. Parked in front of the Kokomo world headquarters of Delphi Electronics & Safety Wednesday morning was General Electric Co.'s Mobile Solutions Center, a 53-foot-long, drop-deck trailer in which GE's technology team is taking a nationwide tour. Inside, local Delphi engineers explained the technology of Delphi's new satellite transceiver unit. GE will use the DS300 with its VeriWise asset intelligence system, which allows fleet owners to track and monitor mobile assets such as over-the-road trailers.
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Protecting Your Cargo: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Reprinted with permission from Inbound Logistics magazine (March 2005) www.inboundlogistics.com/subscribe Copyright Inbound Logistics 2005
Each year cargo theft takes a major toll on companies that transport goods, with estimated losses totalling more than $15 billion annually -- and rising. Advanced technologies and anti-theft devices now on the market help companies maintain the integrity of freight in transit. Here's a look at the products that can protect your cargo.
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GE takes new trailer tracker on the road

Courtesy of Rocky Mountain News, April 14, 2005
Satellite technology helps operators keep tabs on semi-trailers: A GE "road show" stopped by the Navajo Express truck facility in north Denver to demonstrate a satellite-tracking system that helps companies keep tabs on the location of their trailers and the status of the cargo inside.
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Finding your fleet

Courtesy of The News Tribune April 6, 2005
Say youre a South Sound fleet manager with 500 semitrailers out on the road between the Port of Tacoma and the rest of the country. Theyre in Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Kansas, the Carolinas. At least, thats what you think. Thats what you hope. But youre not sure. It happens. Trailers get misplaced. They get lost between here and wherever theyre going. The driver said he left it at the loading dock. But which loading dock?
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On the right track: New technology allows trucking industry to keep tabs on trailers

Courtesy of: Las Vegas Sun, March 8, 2005
In a semi-trailer outfitted with plasma-screen displays, leather couches and a small classroom, a group of General Electric Co. employees Monday morning monitored the paths of 30 low-orbit satellites. While it comes as little surprise that the international conglomerate would be interested in such satellite technology, the company is applying it aggressively to a traditionally low-tech industry -- trucking.
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Changing the Box

Courtesy of: Fleet Owner, January 1, 2005
Cheap is not a word Clifton Parker uses to describe his fleet's 950 trailers. As president of TL carrier G&P Trucking, Parker is spending more to get trailers that will last longer and for tracking systems that will enable him to verify that they're generating maximum revenue.
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GE Mobile Solutions Center On 2005 Road Trip: First Stop ATA, Alexandria, VA.

Courtesy of: TruckingInfo.com, December 23, 2004
GE launched a nationwide tour of its new state-of-the- art Mobile Solutions Center with a stop at the headquarters of the American Trucking Associations. Professionals from GE's Trailer Fleet Services business (formerly known as TIP), will use the custom 53-foot drop deck unit to educate the trucking industry about specific GE products, services, technology and research focused on transportation and cargo management.
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