New Xata Corp. Software Allows Fleets to Pair Compliance, Productivity Apps

By Greg Johnson, Staff Reporter

This story appears in the Oct. 24 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

Xata Corp. has unveiled a product called ComplianceConnect that allows fleet managers to add the compliance component of driver productivity software without paying extra costs.

This move is a major development because fleet managers generally have used proprietary driver productivity software for about five or six years, Christian Schenk, Xata’s vice president for product marketing, told Transport Topics.

But with changes looming in trucking regulations, motor carriers that haven’t already done so must purchase compliance software to ensure drivers and fleets meet Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules, Schenk said.

With ComplianceConnect, fleet managers won’t have to buy anything when they use Xata’s electronic onboard recorder product, Xata Turnpike, Schenk said, because ComplianceConnect allows Xata Turnpike to work with driver productivity TMS software — even products developed by other companies.

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