DALLAS, TEXAS: June 9, 2009 – Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) and PeopleNet, a provider of Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for fleet management, have partnered to provide new mobile in-cab scanning solutions for fleets and drivers on the PeopleNet BLU™ platform.
“Our innovative mobile solutions are the perfect fit for the powerful PeopleNet BLU platform,” said Kelley Walkup, division vice president and general manager for ACS Expedited Solutions. “ACS is taking another step in making life easier for drivers and fleets by providing new solutions through a well-established platform like PeopleNet BLU.”
ACS provides the truckload market scanning and document delivery services that deliver trip documents within minutes through TripPak SCANNINGÒ, Capture ANYWARE® and TripPak EXPRESS. TripPak SCANNING is the 100 percent imaging solution for outsourced scanning. Through Capture ANYWARE®, carriers can utilize one, all, or a combination of the following submission methods for receipt of their mission critical documents: full-service truck stop scanning, terminal scanning, in-cab scanning, fax, email, and more.
"This partnership is a natural with ACS’ business process improvement solutions, which complement PeopleNet's profit-driving operational applications and industry-leading mobile communications," said Bridget Wahlstrom, product manager for PeopleNet. "The combination offers fleets an additional way to reduce operating costs and improve fleet productivity through in-cab scanning solutions."
About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management. Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago. Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. For more information about PeopleNet and its products and services, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
About ACS
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. Each year, ACS makes moving people and products around the world easier by processing approximately 10 million travel transactions for 12 major passenger airlines; helping 700 trucking companies make deliveries; and processing two million documents every day for a worldwide shipping and logistics leader. Whether it’s helping consumers make airline reservations, purchase hotel and vacation packages or assisting companies in managing their accounts, providing customer support or streamlining planning and scheduling, ACS keeps the world moving. For more information about ACS and its products and services, visit www.acsexpeditedsolutions.com.
