Rand McNally Commercial Transportation launches Dock2Dock solution

The solution equips carriers and shippers with GPS-accurate, truck-specific routing that allows Class 8 and longer combination vehicles (LCVs) to route from the origin’s dock to the destination’s dock.

SKOKIE, Ill. — Rand McNally’s new IntelliRoute Dock2Dock solution is the first in the commercial transportation industry to provide truck-attributed dock-to-dock navigation on city and inter-neighborhood streets, according to a Rand McNally news release.

Rand McNally’s proprietary commercial transportation navigation and digital mapping technology has been enhanced with datasets from NAVTEQ, a leader in premium-quality digital map data.

The solution equips carriers and shippers with GPS-accurate, truck-specific routing that allows Class 8 and longer combination vehicles (LCVs) to route from the origin’s dock to the destination’s dock.

In light of rising fuel costs, IntelliRoute Dock2Dock software provides precise routing technology to minimize “out-of-route” miles and maximize fuel efficiency, leading to increased productivity and profit, the release stated.

“IntelliRoute Dock2Dock navigation fills a critical need for carriers to route and deliver efficiently from the first to the last mile,” said Donna Koppensteiner, vice president of the enterprise division for Rand McNally. “With soaring fuel prices, every mile counts. IntelliRoute Dock2Dock cuts time and cost by helping prevent delays, hefty fines or accidents that can occur when drivers aren’t aware of truck routing restrictions to and from highways. Our customers also anticipate increased on-time deliveries and potential additional deliveries because drivers will spend less time navigating and backtracking on local streets.”

For the past 25 years, Rand McNally Commercial Transportation has been the industry leader and innovator in developing truck routing, mileage and navigation solutions.   Rand McNally’s team of GIS professionals has augmented and enhanced its proprietary transportation data with NAVTEQ Transport data to create the most reliable, comprehensive and complete address-to-address mapping and routes.  The IntelliRoute Dock2Dock routing solution will include more than 6.5 million miles of U.S. truck-attributed roads, with more than 23 million links that contain unique truck attributes.

“By incorporating NAVTEQ map data and NAVTEQ Transport truck attributes into IntelliRoute Dock2Dock software, customers will enjoy a level of routing accuracy and quality that they can’t find anywhere else,” said Roy Kolstad, vice president and general manager of Enterprise Americas, NAVTEQ. “NAVTEQ supplies IntelliRoute Dock2Dock with more than 6 million miles of roadway in the U.S.  The complete identification of truck attributes for height and weight restrictions also serve to route more complex truck combinations.”

The new product will be available as an online download for existing IntelliRoute customers beginning in October 2008.  The IntelliRoute Dock2Dock solution easily integrates with other logistics packages using an application program interface (API).  Companies interested in the product should call Rand McNally’s Commercial Transportation division at (800) 234-4069.

For more than 70 years, Rand McNally has provided innovative print and digital mapping, routing and mileage solutions to the commercial trucking industry.  Shippers and carriers rely on the company’s suite of software solutions, IntelliRoute and MileMaker, for Household Goods (HHG) rating and routing, as well as practical routing and mapping.  Truck drivers across the country depend on the best-selling Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas line.

Rand McNally provides thousands of mapping, routing and trip-planning tools to the consumer, business, education and commercial transportation markets.  For more information, click here.

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has more than 3,800 employees located in 194 offices and in 42 countries.