Category: Technology

An FMS interface to bridge the driver age gap (and maybe much more)

BOLT System’s Amazon Alexa IoT experiment flirts with next-gen, conceptual user interface.

CINCINNATI. It’s not an official product or add-on service yet, but BOLT System is developing a number of hands-free functions that could be available soon for fleet managers using its platform. And the real point of the exercise, says BOLT Chief Technology Officer Jerry Robertson, is that such an interface is likely “where trucking needs to go” in order to attract young talent — and maybe also help hang on to those industry veterans as long as possible.

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An FMS interface to bridge the driver age gap (and maybe much more)

BOLT System’s Amazon Alexa IoT experiment flirts with next-gen, conceptual user interface.

CINCINNATI. It’s not an official product or add-on service yet, but BOLT System is developing a number of hands-free functions that could be available soon for fleet managers using its platform. And the real point of the exercise, says BOLT Chief Technology Officer Jerry Robertson, is that such an interface is likely “where trucking needs to go” in order to attract young talent — and maybe also help hang on to those industry veterans as long as possible.

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