FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166
TMW Systems Certifies PC*MILER 24
Grapevine, Texas — September 21, 2010 - ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced the successful certification and integration of industry-standard PC*MILER® 24 and PC*MILER|Tolls 24 by strategic alliance partner TMW Systems. PC*MILER's twenty-fourth annual edition includes critical map data updates such as truck restrictions and truck-specific toll costs.
ALK will demonstrate PC*MILER 24 at the TMW Systems TransForum User Conference and Exhibition at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, September 19-22. TMW Systems, a leading software provider to logistics firms, trucking, construction, utility, and municipal fleets, has certified the new PC*MILER release to ensure their customers take advantage of the new enhancements.
"Given the current economic climate, businesses continue to look for ways to improve cost management and transactional velocity," said David Wangler, President and CEO of TMW Systems.
PC*MILER 24 is well integrated with technology solutions offered by TMW Systems, essential tools for billing, driver pay, and managing operating costs. PC*MILER reduces out-of-route mileage, saving time, tolls, and fuel. PC*MILER 24 provides a substantial map data update encompassing 627,000 new and updated North American truck restrictions and 21,700 miles of new and updated truck-restricted roadway.
The recently updated map data includes 3.52 million commercial truck restrictions, such as bridge heights, clearances and load limits. Its 427,600 urban road designations help keep commercial vehicles out of city centers and on designated truck-through routes around the city.
PC*MILER is the industry's most comprehensive and accurate truck-specific digital map data. New features and enhancements include:
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Least Cost Routing generates optimal routes based on custom fuel efficiency and operating cost settings.
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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions estimator calculates carbon footprint per route.
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Comparison Reports analyze multiple routes, or the effect of different routing options on the same route.
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Free quarterly updates of U.S. ZIP Codes.
PC*MILER is integrated with a number of technology solutions offered by TMW Systems, including Optimization Software products IDSC ExpertFuel, IDSC TripAlert and IDSC MatchAdvice, and can be incorporated with the full range of enterprise transportation software hosting now offered by TMW Managed Services. This service offering from TMW is designed to reduce IT risk and infrastructure investments, ensure system scalability and streamline technology deployments.
“The integration of PC*MILER 24 with TMW Systems' products provides customers with a highly effective means to manage and optimize their businesses,” said Craig Fiander, Vice President, Marketing – PC*MILER Solutions. “Customers receive accurate routing, mileage and mapping that is integrated into one of the most widely used transportation management solutions available.”
For more information, visit: www.pcmiler.com and www.tmwsystems.com.
About ALK Technologies, Inc.
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.
About TMW Systems
TMW Systems is the leading provider of enterprise transportation software, including TL2000, TruckMate, Innovative IES and TMWSuite. For use with all major operations platforms in the trucking industry, TMW also offers TMT Fleet Maintenance software, IDSC ExpertFuel for fuel purchase optimization, IDSC Netwise for yield optimization and IDSC MatchAdvice and TripAlert to improve asset utilization. Customers include private and for-hire trucking, 3PLs and shippers, brokerage, construction, ready-mix concrete, municipal fleets, heavy-duty repair and waste management operations. With offices in Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Raleigh, and Vancouver, TMW currently serves more than 1,800 customers managing over 400,000 power units and maintaining more than 1.2 million assets worldwide, including North America, Europe, China and Latin America. For more information, visit www.tmwsystems.com or call (800) 401-6682.