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J.B. Hunt Selects Maptuit® to Deliver Fleet Optimization Service Across Truck and Dedicated Fleets
Burlington, MA – October 4, 2004 – Maptuit Corporation, a provider of sophisticated transportation optimization solutions for the trucking industry, today announced J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) has chosen to deploy Maptuit’s FleetNav™ across its truck and dedicated fleets. After extensive evaluation against other offerings on the market, J.B. Hunt selected Maptuit for its superior truck-to-door routes and optimized fuel plans.
“We took our evaluation and testing process very seriously as we wanted to find the best navigation and fleet optimization solution on the market,” said Craig Harper, COO of J.B. Hunt. “As a result of their optimized truck-to-door routes, tailored to our transportation needs, Maptuit is providing J.B. Hunt with a solution that will help us reduce out-of-route miles, optimize fuel costs and manage our variance.”
“Having J.B. Hunt select Maptuit validates our commitment in providing the trucking industry with superior technology and exceptional services,” said Jeff Papows, CEO of Maptuit. “We value the feedback we receive from J.B. Hunt, and their insights into the future needs of the marketplace, as this will help form the future manifestations of FleetNav benefiting all of our customers.”
Maptuit’s FleetNav is integrated into J.B. Hunt’s custom dispatch system. Using FleetNav Directions™, their drivers have access to the highest quality routes and truck-to-door directions helping them get to their customer safely and on time. With FleetNav Fuel, J.B. Hunt is able to leverage Maptuit’s flexible fuel optimization solution, enabling them to adjust the parameters used in creating fuel plans at the driver or fleet level. By using FleetNav Alert™, J.B. Hunt has access to a management solution that gives them a real-time view into their fleet’s activity, as well as a reporting capability to help them measure their fleet’s current and past performance.
About J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, focuses on the safe and reliable transport of full truckload freight to a diverse group of customers throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. Our business operations are primarily organized through three distinct, yet complementary, business segments that include dry van, intermodal and dedicated contract services. Utilizing an integrated approach, we provide capacity oriented solutions centered on delivering customer value and industry leading service.
About Maptuit Corporation
Founded in 1999, Maptuit (www.maptuit.com) provides a transportation optimization solution to over tens of thousands of heavy trucks in the United States and Canada. With patented technology, and built around the industry's most sophisticated model of the North American road network, Maptuit supplies the infrastructure needed to find addresses, calculate efficient truck-friendly routes, and determines the optimal way to assign and deploy resources.
Media Contact:
Noreen Vincent
Maptuit Corporation
781.685.4693
Noreen.Vincent@maptuit.com
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