CR England Installs Fuel Saving Software

CR England was part of a recent press release by a technology company. That release disclosed information about some recent software upgrades that CR England had made. The release also named Knight Transportation.

CR England along with Knight Transportation recently decided to invest in new software from TMW Systems and Manhattan Associates Carrier Suite. The software is designed to help trucking companies make routing and fuel purchasing decisions.

Here is a quote from Ron Hall, the director of business strategy for CR England, " We are currently fully implemented on Driver & Load [and] on Drop & Swap"

The Driver & Load can make it so drivers do not have to deadhead many miles out of the way for freight when their actually was a load nearby. Hall also said that the software would help with this issue mainly because, "You don’t typically see one planner looking at another guy’s workload. Driver & Load allows us to evaluate moves between markets that make sense."

This software commonly known as "decision support systems software" when implemented completely will give CR England an opportunity to lower fuel costs. Knight transportation will also benefit in a similar fashion.

The implementation and fewer dead head miles will also help with load planning and overall fleet efficiencies and help with truck utilization across geographic markets.

The online news source Transport topics first ran this story about the press release on August 26th, 2009. and also included the information in its August 2th print edition of Transport Topics.