Our company is focused on providing our customers with a comprehensive program of transportation and logistics services.
A continued investment in technology plays a key role in that objective. It is a phenomenal management tool and allows us to communicate with our customers at a higher level, in real time and on a 24/7 basis. It helps measure productivity and pinpoints areas that can be improved for our company and our customers. Some of the key benefits include:
- Document imaging for online archiving of proof of delivery and bill of lading documents
- Blackberry equipped driver force for real time shipment updates
- Web based track, trace and reporting capabilities
- Satellite and GPS technologies indicating exactly where our vehicles are at all times
- Yard management enhancements with RFID installed on all our trailers
- Shipping systems allowing customers to automate the entry process, displaying complete costing information for every shipment
- State of the art warehouse management and inventory control at all logistics facilities with RFID and barcoding support
Armour has embarked on many technological
firsts in the Canadian transportation industry:
- First company in Canada to acquire an electronic engine to power our tractors
- First to acquire LTL400 transportation software
- First to adopt optical imaging of documents
- First to have satellite tracking (GPS) installed in our LTL fleet
- First to use RFID tags for yard management
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