Tag: Blue Ink Technology

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD data handling: ‘Privacy is paramount,’ but practices vary

An ELD provider that’s committed to integrity, some industry watchers suggest, will make obvious to potential customers any secondary or outside use of their data that’s granted through the service agreement. Likewise, the company would give customers a conspicuously simple way to opt out of unnecessary data sharing.

June 5, 2019

Channel 19

New onboard scale interfaces with driver smartphones

Blue Ink Tech’s new “Air Scale” is of a piece with the company’s mission to help combat, by elimination of, the variety of “interruptions that drivers face on a daily basis” that suck time and money from their businesses.

March 13, 2019

Business

For small fleets, tracking can be ELD fringe benefit

“I hate the ELD, I hate that it’s mandated,” says small-fleet owner-operator Rob Hallahan, but I “like the utilities that come with it,” including location tracking and sharing.

December 6, 2018

Business

Tire-pressure monitor pairs with ELD

Blue Ink Technology announced its tire-pressure monitoring system that is capable of reporting inflation status within the BIT ELD mobile app. Learn more here.

October 2, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

New ELD option for hotshots, mid-duty haulers

Blue Ink Technology has worked hard to develop the technology to meet the ELD mandate standards. Check out their latest option for hotshots, mid-duty haulers.

May 9, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD ‘panic buying’ as time runs out

Who’s ready? As last-minute preps for the ELD mandate continue for many, some companies try to accommodate panic buys while still other operators plan to wait beyond the Monday, Dec. 18, enforcement date, anticipating soft treatment at roadside.

December 13, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

When cellular service adds monthly fees to ELDs

Most any BYOD-type ELD with dedicated tablets will come with monthly costs for a data plan. If you’re pairing a BYOD ELD with a smartphone or tablet you already have with a service plan, such cost wouldn’t necessarily figure into your back-of-the-envelope investment calculation.

October 23, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs at the ‘right price’: No-monthly-fee e-logs explored

In the crowded ELD market, a few companies set themselves apart with systems requiring no monthly fee. Who they are, and considerations of support, availability and utility.

October 20, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD data: Take control of yours to avoid IFTA, IRP audit fines

If you’re in the situation of many owner-operators and small fleets and looking to squeeze a little return-on-investment out of an ELD you may be forced to adopt, tread carefully with players new to the industry getting into the partial automation of IFTA/IRP data collection.

June 16, 2017

Channel 19

Getting into an ELD just got a little less expensive

The Continental VDO RoadLog dedicated e-logger isn’t the only electronic logging device in the no-monthly-fee camp anymore. Introducing here two BYOD/smartphone-app-based ELDs that flip the BYOD pricing model on his head.

March 9, 2017