@Road Launches New Solution Targeted at Mobile Professionals; New @Road RoadFORCE Service Suite Measures Productivity and Streamlines Corporate Mobile Asset Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 @Road (Nasdaq:ARDI ARDI Association Rwandaise pour la Promotion du Développement Intégré (French) ARDI Accounts Receivable Dollar Inventory ARDI Action Rwandaise pour le Developpement Integre ARDI Annually Renewable Disability Income ), a leading provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management MRM Mobile Resource Management MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry) MRM Mormonism Research Ministry MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat ), today announced the availability of its RoadFORCE Service Suite, a set of hosted applications targeted at sales professionals and corporate mobile workforces. RoadFORCE includes state-of-the-art features such as comprehensive productivity, business activity and mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his reports to assist managers in effectively managing sales force activities and accurately measuring output. The new RoadFORCE Service Suite is comprised of two application modules: Sales Management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a Module and Resource Management Module. The RoadFORCE service is powered by a core set of enabling features to meet enterprise security and scalability needs. These features allow for multiple user support, information access control and hierarchical groups for personalizing information. Organizations that will benefit most from RoadFORCE include those in the pharmaceutical, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , technology and insurance industries. Enterprises in almost any industry, however, can benefit from using RoadFORCE as their sales management tool. "RoadFORCE demonstrates how the LocationSmart(TM) technology platform built by @Road can benefit an entirely new market," said Krish Panu, @Road CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President. "Sales professionals face a number of challenges to improving productivity, including a lack of scalable, user-friendly tools to manage resources, increase efficiency, and improve customer service. We are excited to be one of the first to offer a solution designed to address specific challenges of mobile sales force management. We look forward to offering this @Road solution to a new corporate customer base." The RoadFORCE Service Suite key benefits include: -- Access to detailed metrics showing number of customers visited and time spent with customers compared to time spent on the road -- Customer call reports that capture vital customer information and notes about each visit -- Business activity reports to help manage expense reimbursement and other sales force costs -- Business-versus-personal mileage breakdowns over a specified time period allowing for easy completion of business mileage reimbursement requests and tax reporting -- Proactive asset maintenance tools using virtual odometer readings to help manage leasing costs and extend asset lives -- Mobile worker activity reports for the development of safety policies to minimize insurance-related costs -- On-demand mobile worker location to identify position in the event of an emergency Pricing for RoadFORCE, including airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. , ranges from $38-58 per month per subscriber and from $490-580 per iLM(R) per subscriber and leverages the existing @Road platform and service infrastructure. For more information on this new solution and other @Road solutions and services, please call @Road at 1-877-4AtRoad or visit the Web site at www.atroad.com. About @Road Based in Fremont, Calif., @Road is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management. Its patented LocationSmart technology platform combines wireless, positioning and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technologies with the Internet into a fully integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. that supports the delivery of location-enhanced wireless Internet services for businesses and mobile professionals. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to successfully market and sell RoadFORCE, the market acceptance of the RoadFORCE services offered by @Road, the infancy of the wireless data industry where there is no established market for @Road products and services, and dependence of @Road on wireless networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. dated March 28, 2002 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: iLM is a registered trademark of At Road, Inc. @Road, the @Road logo, RoadFORCE and LocationSmart are trademarks and/or service marks of At Road, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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