ATRI conducting study on what motivates drivers employment decisions
Summary
“This ATRI data collection initiative will be critical to understanding why drivers choose the type of employment they do,” said Tom Weakley, OOIDA Foundation Director of Operations and a member of ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee. “Our team is focused on building technology and solving complex network and day-of-operation challenges to make our drivers’ lives better.” Variant’s fleet orchestration platform, Vector, is an ecosystem of interconnected algorithms and services that intake and analyze current and forecasted truck position, telematics data, drivers’ current and forecasted hours of service, shippers’ orders, and operational characteristics. It’s also increasingly connected to live freight markets via application programming interfaces (APIs) and other middleware. Vector automatically reorchestrates the Variant fleet and adapts dynamically to ever-changing events on the road, such as weather delays, mechanical issues, shipper order changes and more. “The technology transforms visibility into business intelligence, becoming continually smarter at helping shippers and carriers manage loads in real time.