Press Release
@Road and TransDecisionsTM Forge Strategic Alliance to Help Customers Maximize Value of Mobile-Worker Resources
Integrated Solution to Couple the @Road Mobile Resource Management Service with TransDecisions' Mobile Logistics Solution
Fremont, CA -- January 28, 2003 -- @Road (Nasdaq: ARDI), a leading provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management (MRM), today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with TransDecisions, a Boston, MA-area developer of innovative logistics software for enterprises and transportation.
According to the agreement, the two companies will work together to develop and market an integrated solution consisting of the @Road MRM service and TransDecisions' mobile logistics and scheduling system. For the first time, @Road customers will have access to a hosted and fully automated routing and dispatching system, which would seamlessly integrate work order data, customer business rules and traveling instructions with mobile worker location information.
The planned union of these technologies would enable customers to deploy one solution meeting a broader set of MRM needs, which is expected to accelerate the return on investment commonly realized through the independent implementation of these systems. Companies deploying the joint solution can expect more efficient and effective field operations, lower operational costs and improved service to end customers.
"TransDecisions is a valued partner and key collaborator in our effort to offer customers a complete range of MRM services," said Krish Panu, CEO of @Road. "We are excited to be developing a hosted MRM routing and dispatching solution to be offered as part of our pay-as-you-go subscription model. The planned combination of the TransDecisions service with our existing platform provides further proof @Road is a one-stop shop for customers seeking location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions that improve the productivity of field operations."
@Road has developed a comprehensive, hosted MRM platform using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite network, wireless communications and the Internet. Customers using the service have access to a wide-range of tools, including activity and workflow reporting, mapping, location-on-demand, two-way text messaging and maintenance scheduling.
The TransDecisions Fleet Logistics Solution (FLS) is a high performance routing and scheduling engine, which was designed specifically for high-volume decision environments such as web-driven applications, decision analysis and real-time logistics. The FLS is intended to work with applications where speed of calculation and accuracy of results is critical.
Ideal for companies with large field service or food distribution organizations, the @Road-TransDecisions solution would automate the process of integrating customer-service requests with mobile-worker resources. As work orders come into the solution, they are given a set of characteristics including time, date, location, priority and time-to-complete. The solution manages a database of mobile worker availability and skill sets, along with other information such as road conditions and characteristics. The solution initiates a set of routing algorithms to optimize the assignment of work orders to mobile resources. The output includes batch, real-time and mixed job assignment and routing results in compliance with the customer's business rules, along with schedules, route sheets and driving directions for each mobile worker.
The @Road MRM service including automatic routing and dispatching is expected to be available in the second half of 2003. For more information, please call your @Road sales representative or visit the @Road Web site at www.atroad.com.
About TransDecisions
TransDecisions, Inc. is a leader in Mobile Logistics and Location Based Services (LBS) technologies. The company specializes in the development of large-scale mobile resource management solutions with complex geographies, customer patterns and mobile worker skill sets. The company's enterprise class solution is database-enabled, 100% coded in JAVA/J2EE, and is specifically designed to operate in the Internet and wireless environments. TransDecisions is focused on providing inter-operable solutions to its customers, which fit seamlessly within their existing operational environment.
For more information on TransDecisions, please visit www.transdecisions.com.
About @Road
@Road (Nasdaq: ARDI) is a leading provider of mobile resource management (MRM) services, a rapidly growing category of productivity solutions integrating location technologies, wireless communications, transaction processing, software applications and the Internet to help companies better manage mobile workers. Any size organization, in any industry or public sector, in which improving the productivity of mobile workers has an impact on revenue, expenses, customer service and competitive advantage, will benefit from @Road MRM services. Because @Road offers its services on a hosted basis, customers avoid expensive and complex software and IT infrastructure investments. Since @Road delivers its MRM services using a pay-as-you-go subscription model, customers experience an immediate and measurable return-on-investment.
@Road delivers its MRM services to over 84,000 mobile workers in North America every day. The company has headquarters in Fremont, CA, and secure networked data centers on both U.S. coasts. For more information, visit the @Road web site at www.atroad.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to successfully develop, market, deliver and support the services described in this press release, dependence of @Road on mobile data systems technology, wireless networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others, and general economic and political conditions. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K dated March 28, 2002 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
@Road is a registered trademark of At Road, Inc. TransDecisions is a trademark of TransDecisions, Inc.
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