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We’ve extended the nomination deadline for the Microlise Driver of the Year Awards to the 26th February to give you more time to tell us their stories.
The 21.2 product release adds new functionality to the system and builds on some of the improvements made over the course of 2020. Significant enhancements have also been made to our Planning & Optimisation product, which we are pleased to announce is now available to customers in the Middle East. A future update to the…
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Transport technology, like everything else, has moved along at pace. The days of manually adding entries to wall planners to manage vehicle maintenance are long gone…and all of the potential pitfalls that went with it. Nowadays, TruFleet provides intelligent fleet management software…
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Due to current delays in the shipping of components, operators are being strongly urged to ‘order now’ if they have not done so already, in readiness for the introduction of DVS on 1 March 2021 and to avail of the recently announced grace period. Grace Period To help with delays in parts and fitting, TfL…
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The Microlise Driver of the Year awards celebrate the men and women that our industry is built on. The awards honour drivers who consistently display driving excellence and superior customer service and 2020 will without doubt provide us with outstanding examples of drivers who went above and beyond to keep our supply chain functioning at…
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According to recent data from Transport for London (TfL), more than 100,000 HGVs on London’s roads are owned by operators who have not applied for a Direct Vision Standard (DVS) permit. The data reveals that over 44,000 safety permits have been issued, with most of them falling into the one-star category (46%) and 24% falling…
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The rise in fast delivery models for everything from grocery and gardening supplies to high-end fashion means that fleet operators are under constant pressure to make more deliveries with fewer resources, with the current pandemic exacerbating the issue for some operators. A transport planning and optimisation solution can provide fleet managers with the capacity to…
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And so for the final product release of 2020. New features have been introduced alongside enhancements to existing functionality. This includes building upon previous releases, with the expansion of the journey merging capability introduced in the 20.10 release, some enhancements to journey allocation, and improvements to fleet utilisation reporting. JOURNEY MANAGEMENT Journey Management customers can…
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Europe’s largest truck manufacturers are set to announce an end to sales of diesel engines by 2040 – a decade earlier than planned. Instead, Daimler, Scania, MAN, Volvo, DAF, Iveco and Ford will focus on the development of hydrogen, battery technology and clean fuels. The companies have formed an alliance and signed a pledge to…
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The transport & logistics space is pretty crowded when it comes to technology. This makes it difficult to assess the value of one offering over another, or to find the ideal solution for your business when separate components, some of which may already be preinstalled, often come from different suppliers.
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During peak periods when demand is high, fleets are often stretched to their limit. Extending the fleet can prove costly and leave excess capacity when work eventually slows down. Most operators therefore choose to either hire vehicles and agency staff or pass on excess work to sub-contractor fleets. The problem with both of these options…
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