As a child I used to watch The Jetson's, a space age cartoon that originally aired from 1962 to 1963. By the time I saw the show the series was in syndication. It made you envision a form of transportation used by George Jetson and his family that was much different than the fossil fuel burning engines of today. The technology was extremely innovative throughout the futuristic utopia of robots, aliens, and aerocars powered by mystery.
Now lets fast forward to our own industry. Things like geofencing, automated arrival and departure notifications (workflow), and real-time alerting are regular offerings. We have the ability to have our equipment connected to technicians and support throughout our organization to help make split second decisions to protect service and utilization.
What is next? If you were a part of our ATRI conference in Dallas, Texas last week you would have heard a lot of discussion about autonomous trucks. Live routing that allows us accurate information about traffic and crash conditions with timeliness and ease of use will drive our supply chain as we all attempt to work within the hours of service limits that are placed on our Professional Drivers.
Vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure connectivity will help the supply chain become more efficient and safe. Who would have dreamed this when we were making daily check calls from a pay phone. The future holds great promise for transportation.
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