Shippers produce the symbol with standard printers. A hand-held scanner used by a driver reliably reads the document in less than a second. Information no longer languishes in truck cabs waiting for the mad rush at the end of the day. As drivers progress on their routes, information about shipments accumulates at the hub. Traffic managers see shipment patterns and can actively plan rolling stock and personnel requirements before the pickup fleet arrives at the hub.
Shippers can print it on existing paper documents with existing printers.
Drivers can read it into portable computers with a hand-held scanner in less than a second. Even with substantial damage to the symbol, the entire message can be accurately and easily extracted with no additional effort. Field Operations Real time field information requires effective data capture technology coupled to a wireless wide area network. The data capture technique must allow drivers with little or no computer background to quickly input required information. With wide area radio communications, carriers pay third party providers a fee based on the amount of data moved.