Teletouch Inc. Tyler, Texas, has added exception reporting capability to its low-cost GeoTrax trailer tracking product.

For example, according to Teletouch, fleet managers can now be notified when a trailer is in motion and when it breaks a designated geofence (the borders of a specific area, such as a terminal, shipper or consignee property).
When a trailer starts or stops moving, GeoTrax transmits the location and other data, via satellite, to the mapping software at the trucking company's fleet management office. By knowing when a trailer is moving and when it is on course, companies can log time more effectively and develop more efficient routing, billing and payment procedures.
According to industry sources, accurate start and stop times can be used to document detention billing, widely seen as a way to counter the productivity loss caused by new hours of service rules by discouraging dock delays.
"One of this product's greatest benefits is that, for under $350, Teletouch customers are getting a unit with a motion feature that isn't even available on competing products that cost two or three times as much," said Teletouch President J. Kernan Crotty. "In addition, our mobile asset tracking product sends notifications only when alarms are triggered or at predefined intervals, meaning it costs Teletouch customers only pennies to know where a trailer is and when it started or stopped moving."
Teletouch trailer tracking units are available in three forms. All three feature start/stop functionality. A one-way device (for under $300) sends reports at designated intervals, a two-way device that is "pingable," and a line-powered device attached to a power source reports location, fuel level and overspeed.
Teletouch also makes these devices with a detachable antenna so the device can be mounted on flatbed trailers and inside the chassis rails of trailers.
"Teletouch is the only company that provides start/stop notification capabilities, and we're the only company that can mount a device so it is possible to track a flatbed trailer or a chassis," Crotty said. "Pair those unique elements with our price points, and Teletouch is the only choice when it comes to asset tracking."
For more information, visit www.teletouch.com.