Operational issues faced by a freight carrier
- For traffic operators:
- Uncertainty
- A lack of real-time information regarding vehicle’s location, driver's condition and cargo status
- Hidden violations
- Speeding, job instructions and rules violations as the cargo is shipped remain undetected
- Lack of transparency
- Vehicles on the route cannot be monitored, especially outside Russia
- For drivers
- Paper navigation
- Complicated route sheets and high cost of route-deviation
- Multitasking
- There are a lot of control points that have to be duly taken care of, apart from the route itself
- Communication issues
- A lack of convenient communication tools with traffic operator, management, intermediaries and customers