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Bradco Supply Leverages Telargo Fleet Management Services for Streamlining Operation of More Than 1000 Vehicles.


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 Distributor to Deploy Telargo's Mobile Asset and Resource Management Service to Its Entire Vehicle Fleet in More Than 150 Locations

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Telargo, Inc., a leading provider of mobile asset management solutions, announced today that Bradco Supply, a national distributor of building materials, is deploying Telargo's fleet management solution in more than 1,000 vehicles. With over 154 branch operations in 29 states and more than 3,200 employees, Bradco required a robust solution for the real-time management of its mobile assets to maximize its fleet and equipment utilization, increase productivity and drive down operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales .

Telargo's mobile asset management solution provides customers with business intelligence to optimize their fleet operations, drive profitability and achieve service excellence. Telargo enables customers to extract the most value from their mobile assets by delivering real-time operational information, time saving functionality and value-added customer services. The Telargo solution is comprised of a comprehensive suite of Web-based tools to track, monitor and manage mobile assets (i.e. vehicles, workforce, equipment), coupled with in-vehicle technology to gather data and enable interactive communication.

"We looked at different solutions and came to the conclusion that Telargo was the most comprehensive, flexible and intelligent solution for our growing requirements," said Kevin Tremmel, Corporate Fleet Manager of Bradco. "Telargo offered us greater visibility into each vehicle, on every trip, in real time. Along with tools for automated au·to·mate  
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1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory.

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 reporting, including the IFTA IFTA International Fuel Tax Agreement (trucking)
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 fuel tax requirement, Telargo is helping us further improve our operational efficiency."

Mr. Tremmel continued, "Telargo's service will save us time and money by eliminating excess administration time and increasing the accuracy of our reporting. We have used other solutions that offered fundamental 'track and trace' capabilities but Telargo offers us the data intelligence which will help us to improve our field operations, communication and customer service."

Bradco completed a successful pilot program with Telargo that included more than 100 vehicles in September. The company is currently engaged in a company-wide deployment of Telargo's services in more than 1000 vehicles which is expected to be completed by early 2007.

Bradco will be utilizing Telargo's solution for location intelligence, workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. , automated fuel tax reporting, preventative maintenance using on-board On board usually means to be traveling on some vehicle. For example, Baby On Board. Compare with overboard.

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), additional sensors and enterprise integration. All of these features are accessible through Telargo's Control Center, an intuitive Web-based interface.

"Telargo's robust and flexible solution enables customers, such as Bradco, to manage multiple critical business functions--from fleet and mobile workforce to complex logistic lo·gis·tic   also lo·gis·ti·cal
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[Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation
 processes," said Bogdan Pavlic, 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.  of Telargo. "Leveraging Telargo's solution will give Bradco the potential to realize a number of competitive advantages - reducing operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
, increasing fleet productivity, accelerating work processes and improving customer service. Telargo's vast solution repository will also allow Bradco to take a step-by-step, modular approach to deployment and implement one improvement after the other; this means that as the company's needs and requirements grow, the solution will easily and seamlessly grow with it."

About Telargo, Inc.

Telargo is an innovative provider of mobile asset management solutions. Through a comprehensive suite of Web-based tools to track, monitor and manage mobile assets (i.e. vehicles, workforce, equipment and cargo), Telargo enables customers to optimize their resources, maximize productivity and minimize expenditures. Telargo's solutions empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems  business owners to implement best practices for advanced fleet and workforce management.

For more information, please visit: www.telargo.com
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