U.S. Postal Service awards contract to I.D. Systems Inc. For wireless fleet management system - Networks - Brief Article

Mobile Internet, The, June, 2003

I.D. Systems, a provider of wireless asset management solutions, announced that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has ordered the company's Wireless Asset Net fleet tracking and management system for a fleet of industrial vehicles at the USPS Buffalo, New York, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). This is the eighth USPS facility to acquire the Wireless Asset Net system. The order for the Buffalo P&DC is valued at approximately $250,000, and system deployment is expected to occur this year.

The Wireless Asset Net is designed to improve workplace safety and security by restricting industrial vehicle access to trained, authorized operators (as required by OSHA) and by providing electronic safety inspection checklists. The system is designed to reduce maintenance expenses by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems identified by operators in real time, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than on a calendar basis, and helping plant management determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. The system is also designed to help improve productivity by controlling access to ensure equipment is in the proper place at the right time and by providing management with reports on vehicle utilization.