Fujitsu Personal Systems and Transdatanet Partnership Brings Mobile Pen Computing to the Trucking Industry
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — October 29, 1993 — Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc. and Transdatanet Corp. Friday announced a strategic partnership to provide integrated wireless mobile systems for the trucking industry.
Under the terms of the agreement, Transdatanet will integrate Fujitsu's 325Point pen-based mobile computers with its forms-based trucking application software. The mobile solution will communicate wirelessly using Motorola's cellular modems and other PCMCIA modem cards.
The Transdatanet/Fujitsu mobile systems are designed to make delivery verification, dispatch communications, messaging, and vehicle monitoring easier and more efficient by providing drivers with real-time access to dispatch information for pick-ups and deliveries communicated through Transdatanet's advanced modular software. The systems will reduce operating costs, increase driver productivity, and improve the quality of the data collected.
"Fujitsu's alliance with Transdatanet reinforces our position within the transportation industry as a leading provider of enterprise wide computing solutions," said Lou Panetta, Fujitsu's executive vice president. "Transdatanet's approach as a service bureau for the trucking industry enhances our continued efforts to help corporations decrease costs while increasing enterprise productivity."
"Providing integrated mobile systems based on Fujitsu's 325Point enables us to increase our customers' competitiveness by automating driver documentation, giving them immediate invoicing and signature capture capabilities," said Jim Fleming, executive vice president of Transdatanet. "The protocol provided by our software consumes less time and space, and decreases the amount of error typically found in bills-of-lading, driver's logs, and vehicle condition reports."
The Fujitsu 325Point running Transdatanet's application software is easy-to-use, with pen-based capabilities that can be easily operated using only one hand. It will also support custom in-vehicle "cradle" mounting so mobile devices can be safely affixed during travel and easily removed during deliveries and pick-ups.
Transdatanet Corp., headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, specializes in transportation productivity. Transdatanet's advanced modular software is the result of an intensive research and development effort commenced in 1989. In addition to trucking, the company plans to extend its service bureau approach of automating documentation to rail, air and oceanic transportation.
Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, is a leader in providing solutions for data collection and decision support applications through the development of super portable palmtop, pen-based and communicating computers. Its solutions are designed to meet the needs of applications where light weight, small form factor and long battery life are essential.
The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. Fujitsu Personal Systems has North American offices in Santa Clara, Irvine, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, New Jersey3 , Rhode Island, Toronto and international offices in England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Sweden.
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CONTACT:
Fujitsu Personal Systems, Santa Clara
Bill Wittmann, 408/764-9484
Transdatamet Corp.
Jim Fleming, 206/737-9790 Walt & Sommerhauser
Erin Curtis, 408/496-0900