Ryder System, Inc., a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions, has introduced “RydeSmart 3.0,” the next-generation onboard telematics system.

According to the company, the new RydeSmart 3.0 offers greater usability and vehicle intelligence to fleet management end users and includes inbuilt improved features to make it easy for customers to access and monitor their fleets anytime, anywhere.

Currently available as a software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) product, RydeSmart works like a full-featured GPS fleet location, tracking, and vehicle performance management system offered to Ryder's full-service lease customers.

Users can install this compact hardware and software unit in the vehicle and connect to their existing computer and diagnostics systems. RydeSmart even holds the capacity to communicate wirelessly via a dedicated and secure connection to a Web-based application that can be accessed by fleet, safety and driver managers.

John Gleason, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing at Ryder Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) said that they have expanded analytics, improved mapping, and new interface of RydeSmart 3.0 to provide fleet managers with greater visibility and easier-to-use navigation.

“Because RydeSmart is a turnkey solution, companies leasing from Ryder will not have to worry about investing in the equipment, maintaining it, or learning how to use it. Ryder has already done the work for them and simply walks them through the process of using RydeSmart to manage their fleets more effectively,” Gleason added.

RydeSmart, on the market since 2007, is helping Ryder lease customers to improve the performance of their fleets by continuously monitoring vehicles' location, mileage, speed, and direction, as well as other key performance and diagnostic data -- such as idle time, fuel consumption, average speed, miles logged, and hard braking events.

RydeSmart also offers regulatory compliance through paperless trip reporting for interstate fuel tax calculations and Department of Transportation hours of service eLogs, reports, alerts, and audits for drivers.

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