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NewsSeptember 15, 2015

Companies Announce Software Integrations With TMW

At the start of TMW’s TransForum User Conference and Exhibition, several companies announced integrations with TMW Systems software including ALK Technologies, Comdata, Orbcomm and XRS.

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NewsNovember 3, 2014

Omnitracs Completes XRS Acquisition

Omnitracs completed its $178 million acquisition of fleet management software company XRS, the company announced. The company began the acquisition process in September.

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Articlesby Jim BeachNovember 3, 2014

Omnitracs Talks About Its XRS Acquisition

Omnitracs announced it had agreed to acquire XRS Corp., Minneapolis, in a deal valued at $178 million. Approved unanimously by XRS’ board of directors, the deal is expected to be finalized by the fourth quarter of this year.

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ProductsSeptember 15, 2014

McLeod Loadmaster Software Integrates XRS Data

McLeod Software is now integrating the XRS mobile platform into its LoadMaster application in a partnership between the two companies.

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NewsSeptember 2, 2014

Omnitracs to Acquire XRS in $178 Million Deal

Omnitracs, the original pioneer of tracking and communications in the trucking industry, announced it's buying XRS Corp., which led the industry in going to a mobile platform using the bring-your-own-device strategy.

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NewsAugust 5, 2014

TIMTC, USDOT Sponsor Webinar on Freight Technology

The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition and the U.S. Department of Transportation invite industry stakeholders to learn how technology assessment tools can help carriers identify investment opportunities and improve operations.

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ProductsJune 23, 2014

XRS Adds Features to Fleet Management Platform

XRS has added new trip management, form editing, IFTA fuel tax reporting and other features to its mobile fleet management management platform designed to improve compliance readiness and overall fleet and operational performance monitoring.

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ProductsApril 14, 2014

XRS Announces Trip Management Solutions For Private Fleets

XRS Corp. is announcing a new addition to its mobile fleet optimization solution aimed at bringing insight into customer’s routes, called TRP, allowing for better on-time delivery metrics, enhanced driver productivity and real-time information into daily operations.

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Articlesby Jim BeachFebruary 12, 2014

Pushing the Telematics Boundaries

Most large fleets have extensive experience with telematics: GPS location and mobile communications systems that collect data and communicate it back to a server where the fleet can access the information. As the amount and kind of data has increased in recent years, fleets have adopted tools to make sense of all that information and use it across their operation.

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Articlesby Jim BeachDecember 31, 2013

Going Mobile: The BYOD Debate

Mobile computing is quickly becoming the platform of choice. Tablets and smartphones are far outselling laptop or desktop computers in the consumer market, and a growing number of trucking operations are deploying these devices.

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