Exchange of trailer and truck data without hardware retrofitting
KRONE and the logistics platform RIO have agreed on an extensive collaboration to drive forward the expansion of their digital services. The partnership represents a central building block in the networking of vehicle data for both KRONE Telematics and RIO. The aim is to simplify communication between trucks and trailers and to make route planning clearer for dispatchers.
The cooperation enables transport companies to transfer trailer data from KRONE Telematics to the RIO platform with immediate effect.
RIO specialises in providing telematics, transport management and driver communication for haulage and transport companies from a single source, regardless of the vehicle manufacturer. Specifically, transport companies can display the combined position data of their trucks from RIO and their trailers from KRONE Telematics in a fleet overview on a single digital map or share individual vehicle positions with a customer via a link. Further telematics data will follow successively over the course of the year.
Maximilian Birle, Head of KRONE Telematics & Digital Services: "Thanks to the new cooperation with RIO, we are expanding access to productive digital services for our customers. By conveniently integrating truck and trailer data, KRONE can further increase efficiency in the transport sector for its customers and thus help them to cope even better with the growing challenges of modern supply chains."
"There is no question that the full potential of digitalization can only be realised together. The cross-OEM data integration without hardware retrofitting, as we are implementing together with KRONE, is a real added value and offers transport companies a practical basis for the digitalization of their transport processes. This partnership marks an important milestone for RIO, as all relevant commercial vehicle brands are integrated on our platform with KRONE," explains RIO CEO Jan Kaumanns.
About RIO
RIO is a software company based in Munich that specialises in digital services in the logistics and transport industry. The product portfolio offers a variety of collaborative cloud solutions for transport service providers and shippers, including OEM-independent offerings in the areas of telematics, transport management and driver communication. The flagship product is the modular transport management system (TMS) Cartright with its driver app Pocket Driver, which was specially developed for small and medium-sized companies. A central service for shippers is the cloud-based supply chain solution, which enables suppliers, logistics service providers and industrial companies to exchange relevant data securely and organise logistics processes more efficiently across companies. RIO is a subsidiary of the TRATON GROUP and employs around 130 people at its sites in Munich and Paderborn. Every day, the company processes an average of 115 million status messages from 210,000 vehicles for over 82,500 users. www.rio.cloud
