The Wireless Revolution: Pioneering Uses Of Information Technology In Trucking

Wireless networking applications in trucking have yielded significant increases in productivity. The economic value of many applications of Information Technology (IT) rest on the same principles: information improves decision making, and better systems of communication enable people to implement those decisions more efficiently. For every industry, productivity reflects not only how well inputs are transformed into outputs, but also how well information is applied to resource allocation decisions. Information technology can improve productivity by improving such decisions.