The company operates Burlington's Management Information Systems group and is looking to sell a similar service to other fleets. Carriers that sign up for Platinum Service effectively outsource their information technology to HighwayMaster. The system's data are backed up daily with two copies. One copy is stored in an off-site bank vault. Platinum Service has a three-tiered pricing structure, depending on the number of software applications desired.
Carriers pay on a usage basis.
Those wanting the full package, including advanced applications such as driver and load optimization, pay 10 cents per mile per truck. Future applications will support document imaging and Internet load tendering, Highwaymaster officials said. The company said its system will interface with software packages like ALK Associates PC-Miler. The company signed up its first customer in November. R.G. Transport, owned and operated by Red Gold Inc., a producer of tomato products, purchased HighwayMaster's cellular communications system in July of 1996.