Trimble and McNeilus Companies, a subsidiary of Oshkosh, have formed a strategic alliance to offer Trimble's fleet management solution as a factory-installed and aftermarket option on McNeilus' ready mix concrete mixers.

McNeilus will become the industry's first concrete mixer manufacturer to offer customers a complete Internet-based location service, according to the announcement.
As part of the alliance, Trimble's recently introduced Telvisant Mobile Resource Management System will be marketed, distributed and sold through McNeilus' sales channel. Customers will access fleet information from a co-branded McNeilus/Trimble web site. In addition, McNeilus and Trimble will work together to develop future technology that will continue to improve fleet management for the concrete industry.
McNeilus will offer Trimble's Telvisant Mobile Resource Management System on its line of concrete mixers. Telvisant is a complete solution that includes hardware, wireless connectivity, software and service. The platform allows fleet managers to use location-based services to improve productivity. In addition, the Telvisant platform is compatible with most dispatch and enterprise software products used by concrete producers.
To be efficient, ready mix concrete dispatchers must constantly check incoming customer orders against concrete production and delivery capacities. Historically, truck drivers have used radio, cell phones, or text messaging to send information to dispatchers. The problem: Drivers must provide status updates manually, and do it consistently. Often the dispatcher receives incomplete or inaccurate information from the field.
Trimble's Telvisant Mobile Resource Management System solves this problem by using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and other sensors to automate the delivery cycle. Dispatchers no longer need to depend on drivers for timely status information. Instead, they will receive automated information via the Internet which includes truck status when loading at the plant, leaving the plant, arriving at the job, starting the concrete pour, ending the concrete pour, washing the trucks, leaving the job, and arriving at the plant to complete the delivery cycle. Trimble's Telvisant system automates the entire process.
Trimble also announced it has signed an agreement with Systech Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software for the concrete and aggregate market, to integrate Trimble's Internet-based fleet management solution with Systech's ready mix dispatch software.
For more information, visit www.mcneiluscompanies.com and www.oshkoshtruck.com.