Strategy5 Transportation Software Introduces Street-Level Mapping.Business Editors and Technology Writers BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Strategic Concepts, Inc. announces new product Integrated street-level mapping Strategic Concepts, Inc., industry leader in transportation management systems has just released its new street-level mapping interface. Integrated mapping allows trucking company users to visualize operations activity through the use of an on screen Windows mapping system. Dispatchers and planners will be able to create extremely accurate maps on screen to see trucks, routes, loads, customers, shippers, receivers, repair facilities and fuel stops. All maps can zoom from the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. down to street level. Some examples of integrated mapping functionality include: Map Tractor - Displays current tractor as an icon on the map screen. If the tractor is available the icon shows an empty trailer. If the tractor is under dispatch the icon shows the load number, destination state and a full trailer. Trailer Location - Displays location of individual trailer or trailer pools on map. Track Tractor - Displays last 24 check calls on map with time of each check call. Map Tractors - Displays all tractors on map that match dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. and fleet number. Map Available Tractors - Displays all available tractors on map. Map Available Loads - Displays available loads on map. Map Close Loads - Displays all available loads within 150 miles of tractor on map. Map All Loads - Displays all available loads, regardless of distance, on map. Clear Map - Removes all mapped data and redraw To redisplay an image on screen whether text or graphics. The concept is that the first time elements are displayed, they are "drawn," and if something is changed, they are "redrawn." Applications often have a Refresh command that redraws the screen. clean map. Close Shippers - Displays all shipping locations within 150 miles of tractor on map. Road Service Shops - Displays all road service shops on map. Fuel Stops - Displays all fuel stops on map. Strategy5 is supported on the Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Solaris platforms with integrated Microsoft Windows clients, Strategy5 is an integrated package of more than 60 modules for managing small to medium-sized trucking, brokerage and logistics companies. It automates every aspect of a trucking company including marketing, operations, brokerage, accounting, financial, safety, personnel, maintenance and executive management. |
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