C&S’s fleet delivers to both local and regional routes with Class 7 and Class 8 trucks, and this implementation brings C&S’s Xata-enabled fleet to more than 1,000 vehicles.
Xatanet 4.0 is designed to improve fleet miles per gallon (MPG), monitor mobile assets in real-time and reduce time needed to track regulatory compliance. Xatanet allows users to receive real-time location and mapping of fleet assets and for the real-time exchange of driver, vehicle, route and delivery information via a two-way wireless communications network. According to Xata, many Xatanet customers have eliminated the time-consuming tasks associated with manually managing drivers’ logs and DOT audits.
Michelle Livingstone, senior vice president of transportation, C&S Wholesale Grocers, said: Xatanet and Xata’s fleet operations experts will provide us with tools that will reduce our costs and better serve our customers. We plan to use Xata’s Implementation Services and advanced on-site training to ensure our drivers and fleet managers are proficient in using the tools.
David Gagne, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Xata, said: Including C&S Wholesale Grocers, Xata now serves 30 of the 100 largest privates fleets in the US. Our professional Implementation Services will ensure that C&S realizes a quick and substantial return on investment and can better serve its customers.
