Next Generation LV-Series to Empower Tropical’s Operations Future

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Feb. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PowerFleet, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWFL), a global leader and provider of subscription-based wireless IoT and M2M solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicles and truck fleets, has announced a partnership with Tropical Shipping, a transportation company that services the Bahamas, Caribbean, South and Central America.

Under the terms of the deal, PowerFleet will equip Tropical’s entire U.S. chassis fleet with over 2,000 5G Compatible LTE LV-300 next generation asset visibility systems on existing chassis, as well as new builds.

PowerFleet’s solutions will enable Tropical Shipping’s operations to improve chassis pool visibility and utilization. PowerFleet’s asset tracking will also generate better supply chain resource allocation through real-time in-transit visibility and more accurate arrival and departure information. Tropical expects to also increase efficiency in maintenance management for more reliable service for time-sensitive customer needs.

“Tropical Shipping is committed to partnering with our customers to ensure the well-being of shipments across our entire supply-chain,” said Doug Vogt, Tropical’s VP of Operations and Equipment. “We are extremely impressed with PowerFleet’s full suite of operating functionality and the overall ease of use. The robust reporting and analytics within PowerFleet’s solution will help us improve the on-time service and cargo tracking to our customers and the destinations that we serve.”

PowerFleet CEO, Chris Wolfe, added: “We are beyond excited to work with Tropical to improve efficiencies across terminals. PowerFleet is a trusted resource for companies like Tropical that operate in areas with unpredictable and turbulent weather. Our enterprise asset management and operational and analytics tools allow our partners to protect materials under their watch and make sure they get to where they need to go.”

About PowerFleet

PowerFleet® Inc. (NASDAQ: PWFL; TASE: PWFL) is a global leader and provider of subscription-based wireless IoT and M2M solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicles and truck fleets. The company is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with offices located around the globe. PowerFleet’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to increase efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, and improve profitability. Our offerings are sold under the global brands PowerFleet, Pointer, and Cellocator. For more information, please visit www.powerfleet.com, the content of which does not form a part of this press release.

About Tropical

Tropical Shipping is a transportation company that provides cargo shipping services from Canada and South Florida to the Bahamas and the Caribbean as well as South and Central America, as well as providing inter-island transportation services throughout the region. Established in 1963, the Miami-based company owns a fleet of 17 vessels with carrying capacity of 9,250 TEUs operating Port Terminals and warehouse facilities in select seaside ports to meet freight-shipping needs to and from The Caribbean and The Bahamas.

Today, Tropical operates ships from Canada and South Florida to The Bahamas and Caribbean, as well as providing inter-island transportation services throughout the region. Our customers transport everything imaginable – and we handle it all, from small packages to millions of tons of grocery products and building materials.

Tropical Shipping’s relationship with our Caribbean and Bahamian neighbors is deep and lasting, built on leadership, trust, responsiveness and good corporate citizenship. Everything Tropical Shipping does, every value we stand for, every course of action we take, is intended to deliver the highest level of service to our customers. From booking cargo and cargo tracking to delivering cargo on time, we are focused on reliability and on doing what we say.

LV9000 In-cab to be Rolled Out Fleetwide through Q4 2019

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Sept. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PowerFleet for Logistics, a division of I.D. Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDSY), has been engaged by B.A.H. Express to equip its entire fleet of 200 tractors with I.D. Systems’ state-of-the-art LV9000 in-cab technology platform. The addition of I.D. Systems’ platform will ensure that B.A.H becomes compliant with the Department of Transportation’s newly mandated electronic hours of service regulations.

B.A.H. is a super-regional, inter-regional, and local carrier, which has the ability to accommodate both full and partial truckloads to provide flexible and reliable service to time-sensitive customers. The company is headquartered in Conley, GA, has a 48-state contract authority, and specializes in serving the Southeast and Midwest regions. B.A.H. also maintains a full-service logistics division, which increases the company’s coverage and greatly enhances its overall capacity.

“We were already using I.D. Systems’ in-cab solution with great success,” said Johnie Snyder, VP of safety and compliance at B.A.H. Express. “We were therefore pleased to learn they had an asset-tracking solution that not only made us ELD compliant but provided an incredible level of ‘always-on’ visibility. I.D. Systems worked with us to integrate its in-cab tracking and eLogs system into our existing inhouse platform, which expedited the mandated reporting we share with our customers and industry authorities.”

Since its founding by Waymon and Barbara Hemmings in May of 1990, B.A.H. Express has expanded to Concord and Kings Mountain, NC, Calhoun, GA, Knoxville, TN, and New Orleans, LA. Due to its strategic location outside Atlanta, a major transit hub, as well as continued investments in technology and service, B.A.H. has continued to expand and remain ahead of some of the industry’s more established players.

“It is always encouraging to see current customers expand their relationship with us, as it validates the efficacy of our solutions and demonstrates our ability to maintain quality customer relationships,” said Norm Thomas, General Manager of PowerFleet for Logistics at I.D. Systems. “We look forward to continuing our successful relationship with B.A.H. and generating value for both of our businesses by integrating our LTE-based PowerFleet LV9000 within their fleet.”

About I.D. Systems

Headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Florida, Texas, Germany, and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems provides its suite of PowerFleet wireless IoT solutions around the globe for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial vehicles, rental cars, trailers, containers, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to increase efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, and improve profitability. I.D. Systems will be rebranded as PowerFleet (Nasdaq: PWFL) following the close of its acquisition of Pointer Telocation. For more information, please visit www.powerfleet.com.

Innovative Technology Enables AIM to Set Itself Apart from Other Providers

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 30, 2019 — I.D. Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDSY), a leading provider of enterprise asset management and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technology, is helping American Intermodal Management, LLC (AIM), an industry leader in chassis provisioning and asset management across the U.S., extend the value proposition of the chassis beyond a piece of equipment to integrate itself into its clients’ supply chains. With the most recent order, AIM will now have its entire 11,000-unit fleet powered by PowerFleet.

Working with AIM since 2016, PowerFleet® for Logistics by I.D. Systems continues to collaborate on technology to streamline core business intelligence and tailor asset management solutions that work to improve operational efficiency, increase agility and achieve a greater overall business value. PowerFleet’s chassis tracking and sensor solutions help AIM’s lease and rental customers maximize chassis utilization – offering greater visibility and comprehensive, reliable data. Targeted benefits include reduced transit cycle times, improved operations, enhanced productivity and lower operational cost.

“Our objective has always been to leverage transformational technologies with the goal of improving operations and increasing efficiencies across our business,” said Than Seeds, CEO, AIM. “That’s why we look forward to continuing to partner with PowerFleet in order to capitalize on their innovative technology and produce a greater economy for all our stakeholders.”

Norm Thomas, General Manager of PowerFleet for Logistics, explained: “We appreciate our continued partnership with AIM and their commitment to our product roadmap. We make it our business to give our partners a competitive edge that they ultimately experience as streamlined operations, increased accountability and money saved. That’s why we’re constantly innovating, integrating and customizing our technologies for our customers.”

About American Intermodal Management (AIM)

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, American Intermodal Management, LLC (AIM) was formed in 2016 in response to strong industry demand desiring alternatives for chassis provisioning, and asset management across the U.S. AIM owns and leases technology enhanced marine chassis to customers who transport marine containers between ports, rail ramps and distribution centers in North America. The AIM business model combines integrity, proactive-disciplined management processes, high quality assets, innovative technology application, and a passion for excellence to achieve maximum value creation. Currently, AIM has over 11,000 chassis deployed at the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and is continually expanding its footprint.

About I.D. Systems

Headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Texas, Florida, Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading global provider of wireless M2M solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial vehicles, rental cars, trailers, containers, and cargo. The company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to increase efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, and improve profitability. For more information, please visit www.powerfleet.com, the content of which does not form a part of this press release.

This article was originally published at CCJ on October 29, 2018 by Aaron Huff

I.D. Systems was ready for a technology refresh when Chris Wolfe became chief executive 18 months ago.
Since 2010, the company has supported the Veriwise trailer tracking platform it acquired from Asset Intelligence, a former business unit of General Electric.

The LV-710 sensor from I.D. Systems has an integrated Freight Cam that takes pictures of the cargo and measures the percentage a trailer is loaded.

At this stage in his career, Wolfe wanted new products that did more than track assets. In the early 1990s he developed the first asset tracking system for Roadway Express and Penske Logistics. He later joined Qualcomm’s Wireless Business Solutions group, which he left in 2005 as president.

“If I just came out with new trackers, I would be bored,” he says.

The transportation and logistics market was heavily focused on electronic driver logs and technology to improve the quality of life for drivers. Plenty of companies already served those needs.

“How do we optimize the rest of the supply chain?” he wondered.

Shippers are spending nearly $800 billion per year for the transportation and logistics of goods worth $14 trillion.

The market opportunity for transportation technology, he says, is “in the goods—the cargo.”

Shippers and carriers would both benefit from better information on the status of shipments and conditions of cargo. But he wanted something to make I.D. Systems really stand out.

An idea came while watching a science fiction movie, Lucy. The title character is played by actress Scarlett Johannsen who accidentally ingests a substance that unlocks 100 percent of her brain’s cerebral capacity. She gains superhuman physical and cognitive powers.

Computers and smartphones are very tactile instruments. They use two senses — touch and sight. What if I.D. Systems could get the other senses of transportation workers and managers involved in managing assets, shipments and cargo status?

“The brain can handle a lot more,” he thought.

The LV-300 tracking system integrates with wireless sensors in a trailer.

On Oct. 28 at the American Trucking Associations annual Management Conference and Exhibition (MCE) in Austin, Texas, I.D. Systems introduced a new telemetry and analytics product platform that includes an image-based cargo visibility detector and environmental sensors.

Integral to the platform launch is an interactive voice-user interface — an intelligent assistant named Lucy — that gives transportation workers and managers information to make real-time decisions without the need to manually run reports.

Telemetry portfolio

The I.D. Systems telemetry portfolio is called the LV Asset Tracking and Freight Visibility Series (LV Series).

The LV Series uses a common platform for wireless sensor integration and visual image confirmation to track the location and monitor the condition and status of the cargo. The LV Series can also monitor tire pressure, anti-lock braking system lights, and other elements of a trailer.

The three base asset tracking models (LV-100, LV-300 and LV-500) vary according to power management technology such as a long-life primary battery, rechargeable battery, or dual-power source. Each includes I.D. Systems’ drive-segment detection as well as time-based and sensor-event reporting.

The LV-500 device from I.D. Systems is a solar-powered option.

The LV-710 is a vision sensor that detects cargo and measures loaded levels using a wireless high-definition camera and image recognition processor. It also has a door sensor and cargo-area environmental sensor. It integrates with the family of LV asset tracking devices and a new YardView smart phone app.

The LV-710, LV-720 and LV-730 can include on-asset sensors as well as LV-740 pallet-level sensors that measure temperature, humidity and shock.
When utilized with LV-740 pallet sensors, the LV-710 can detect and report if and where pallets are loaded, as well as environmental alerts (e.g. temperature, etc.), to deliver complete cargo visibility.

Lucy, a Voice-User Interface

Lucy is an integrated voice-activated system that provides dynamic interaction with a fleet’s asset and cargo database. The system provides in-transit reporting, real-time status and analytics without manually running reports.

Lucy leverages voice-activation technology with the Bing search engine to provide users with up-to-the-minute traffic, weather and ETA predictions and updates along planned or existing routes.

The dialogue with Lucy mirrors natural language. The user asks questions and can zero in on the type of information they are looking for, explains Dan Romary, vice president of data analytics and business intelligence of I.D. Systems.

The voice-user interface can be customized based on market segment such as intermodal chassis, regional and private fleets. It can be customized by user role and by their shifts as well. If any problems carry over from one shift, those problems—such as a late load or a trailer with required maintenance—will be passed on to the next shift to manage.

The LV-100 tracking device has self-contained batteries and communicates with wireless trailer sensors.

Lucy can be integrated into third-party systems such as transportation and warehouse management or tractor tracking systems.
During an online demo with CCJ, Romary asked Lucy a question:

“How many cargo alerts are there?” After specifying the alerts, Lucy asked, “Would you like me to contact the appropriate shift supervisor?”
Another possible question for Lucy is:

“Lucy, can you send me a picture of trailer 7654?” The system could trigger the LV-710 device in the trailer to take a photo of the cargo and transmit it instantly, he says.

Yardview is a new handheld app that will be Lucy enabled. Future integration with third-party systems could put Lucy in the cab with a driver, or on a driver’s smartphone, he says. When a driver pulls up to a yard, Lucy could instruct the driver which trailer to hook up to and its status, Romary says.

I.D. Systems says the new LV Series product platform and Lucy will be available for field testing in the fourth quarter and commercially available in the first quarter of 2019.

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