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BST MANAGEMENT LTD.| Br inging Agil ity to the Suppl y Chain

Presentation for: Facing the FutureFuture Trends and Topics in the BC Transportation Industry

Freight Movement – GPS Tracking

Matthew MayBST ManagementJanuary 28, 2014 | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver

BST MANAGEMENT LTD. | Br inging Agil ity to the Suppl y Chain

Who We AreThe BST Management Group is a leading Supply Chain service provider.

• The BST Management Group consists of several asset based operating companies that employs more than 400 professional drivers, staff and management personnel.

• Collectively, we provide our customers with a full spectrum of Supply Chain service across Western Canada.

• We offer comprehensive logistics solutions held to the highest standards of Safety, Service and Efficiency.


What We Do• Local Trailer and Less than Trailer Load Pick Up & Delivery

• Loblaw, Overwaitea Food Group, Shoppers Drug Mart, Hudson's Bay.

• Local Container Pick up & Delivery• Canfor Corp, West Fraser Timber, Canadian Tire, Loblaw.

• Regional Long Haul Pick Up and Delivery• Loblaw, Overwaitea Food Group.

• Warehousing, Cross Dock & Transload• Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart.


What is GPS in the Freight Industry• A device that fits into either the truck or trailer and captures the GPS location

information apart from other vehicle information at regular intervals to a central server.

• Other information can include:• Fuel amounts, engine temperature, door open/close, tire pressure, battery

status, cumulative idling, computed odometer, engine RPM, throttle position, GPRS status and a lot more.

• The expansion of telematics and electronic onboard recording devices (EBOR) along with the ability to transmit data over cellular networks vs. satellite networks has allowed for the expansion of information to become endless.


GPS in the Freight Industry

Asset Tracking Driver Performance & Compliance

Routing & Job Management

Planning & Automated Workflows


Asset Tracking


Driver Performance


Driver Compliance


Driver Routing and Job Management• Better visibility and control via technology increases operational flexibility.

• Disruptions and delays, realized soon enough, can be communicated and managed to avoid significant impact to the carriers customers.

• The opportunity to respond more rapidly to priority changes, as with diversion of en route shipments.


Driver Routing and Job Management


Activity Monitoring• Increase the efficiency of stops and improve supply chain communication

through Automated Workflow messages, which are generated automatically based on a geo-fence that's created around a location or event.

• Lower overall communication costs and increase dispatcher effectiveness with communications and reporting based on exceptions in addition to or in place of traditional time-based communications, e.g. hourly updates.

• Increase efficiency of automated paper-based manifest processes. Through automated carrier workflow, load and route information is automatically delivered to the driver upon arrival through an automated manifest that is integrated with your dispatch system.

• Simplify driver interaction with onboard trip management, which allows drivers to view trips, stops, and actions for each stop.


Automated Workflows


Future of GPS

Enhanced Efficiency

Enhanced Safety

Enhanced Security

Enhanced Sustainability


Enhanced Efficiency• A more efficient transportation system.

• Port Metro Vancouver’s Drayage GPS Dashboard.


Enhanced Safety• A safer transportation system.

• A reduction in drivers ‘job stress’ has been recognized as devices now track metrics and activities automatically what drivers used to have to calculate by hand.

• A 12% reduction in total logbook violations and a corresponding 12% decline in out of service (OOS) tallies linked to hours of service (HOS) violations over the past several years as EOBR usage has increased.

• The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) noted that out of the 48,815 North American Standard Level 1 inspections conducted during its 25th annual Road check inspection blitz, just 22.4% of vehicles and 3.9% of drivers were placed out of service (OOS) – the second lowest level ever achieved over the past quarter century.


Enhanced Security• A more secure transportation system.

• The technology also exists to attach pill-sized tracking devices to cargo itself.


Enhanced Sustainability• Fuel efficiency reduces costs, and greenhouse gas and air emissions

• Idling: Idling wastes fuel, increases costs and emits greenhouse gases. Avoid idling

• Route planning: Route planning ensures that delivery vehicles are used to capacity, eliminates unnecessary driving, and can help avoid traffic snags.

• GPS systems and route planning software allow for strategic scheduling while mapping and planning efficient routes.


Why Freight Companies Invest in GPS ?• Increased efficiency and productivity, often thought of as cost reduction

benefits.

• Improved reliability and service quality, usually thought of as tools to retain good customers and grow market share and revenue.

• Derive productivity benefits in industries that depend on freight transportation.

• Reduced environmental effects of freight transport.

BST MANAGEMENT LTD.| Br inging Agil ity to the Suppl y Chain

Thank You !!

Matthew MayT: 604.214.3179E: [email protected]

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