Dispatch Optimization and Hours of Service
Posted by Chuck Melton on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 @ 03:03 PM
Dispatch Optimization and better Hours of Service integration are key areas that we at Melton Technologies will focus on in 2012. Recently, Ben Keller and I met with our old friend, Markus Egger, in Dallas, Texas to discuss key features. Markus, who owns the software firm, EPS, is one of the leading third party experts in Microsoft technology and a renowned software architect. He was also the designer of our NetTrac (TM) product.
Ben and Markus discuss dispatching
Markus was in Dallas at Microsoft’s invitation to spend the afternoon at their facility giving well over 100 developers his periodic State of .NET presentation, which this time focused more on an overview of Windows 8. (Just today, the Washington Post is quoting Microsoft personnel that Windows 8 will be launched in October of this year). As a trusted Microsoft “regional director”, Markus is privy to more inside information than most of us.
Markus Egger at Microsoft
We were able to meet with Markus in the morning to discuss his engagement to design our next generation Dispatch system. Of course, our interest in talking to Markus is to ensure we are employing the best technology to do this. As with everything, we want it to be more web friendly and we want the dispatcher to be able to view a variety of scenarios as he considers hours of service, least mileage solutions and customer considerations to match the right load with the right driver and vehicle. We feel Markus is an exceptional talent to head up the design of this product.
Stay tuned because as soon as we get a working prototype we would like to invite selected users in to offer their feedback and suggestions. If you are interested in being on a next generation Dispatch User Design Team, please let me know.