KonaWare Automates Operations at Gillam Farms With the KonaWare Mobility Platform, RFID, and GPS Technologies. Gillam Farms of Judsonia Arkansas, one of the largest producers of blueberries and blackberries in the US, signed a five-year, $250,000 contract with KonaWare to wirelessly automate their entire production and logistics process. The solution will leverage the KonaWare Mobility Platform, WMS-Lite, and will include RFID and GPS-based technologies. A main objectives of this long term project is to ensure the highest quality, freshest product possible reaches Gillam’s customers. To learn more contact us.

KonaWare Partner, Datatrac, Enhances Transportation Logistics Solution With RFID Technology. Datatrac Corporation announces it has added Radio Frequency Identification Data (RFID) collection capabilities to the eTrac system, its flagship shipment tracking product. Datatrac partnered with Mississauga, ON, based Psion Teklogix (LSE: PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing, wireless data collection, imaging and RFID and Menlo Park, CA, based KonaWare, Inc. to further enhance its real-time track and trace capabilities for transportation logistics. Read the rest in RFID Solutions Online.



ORTEC and KonaWare Partner to Provide Even Greater Efficiencies in Logistics Dispatch Operations. KonaWare Inc., a leading wireless software applications provider for logistics, field service, and telematics, and ORTEC, a leading provider of advanced planning and scheduling software, have come together to offer an end-to-end solution for fleet routing, dispatch and mobile communication.

ORTEC has integrated KonaWare's Transport Pick-up & Delivery functionality with ORTEC's route optimization and dispatch solution. According to Michael Van Duijn, Managing Partner of ORTEC, "By adding KonaWare functionality, we can offer our customers even greater, real-time supply chain visibility, at the edge of their enterprise, resulting in a more efficient dispatch operation, and a vast choice of mobile hardware platforms." Read the rest in Wireless Business & Technology.

KonaWare and ORTEC Present Joint Solution for Fleet Routing, Dispatch and Mobile Communication at the 5th Annual Wireless & Mobile Technology for Trucking & Delivery Fleet Conference. KonaWare and ORTEC will be in booth 24 at the Wireless and Mobile Technology for Trucking and Delivery Fleets Conference. This event will be held at the Radisson Downtown Miami Hotel February 20 - 21. Click here for event information.

FMCSA Proposes Mandatory EOBRs for Habitual Violators. Agency Would Offer Incentives for Others to Use Voluntarily. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a rule Thursday to mandate the use of electronic on-board recorders for habitual violators of federal hours-of-service rules.

The rule would require mandatory use of EOBRs by “motor carriers that have demonstrated a history of serious noncompliance with HOS rules,” the agency said. It defined serious noncompliance as a rate of violation greater than 10% over a two-year period. Read more...