E-business solutions are easily applied to transport, from the call for tenders right through are easily applied tofrom the call for tenders right through to the follow-up of transport performance, most commonly using an on-board information system. Here we provide a first example of how the information system can interact directly with transport performance.

Considering the driver of a truck carrying goods, it is possible to :

• monitor driving and break times,

• manage social law related to the drivers,

• manage salary and compensation,

• exchange information between trucks and staff;

• transmit order delivery planning,

• physically track the truck.

In fact, the software of the on-board information system should be able to analyse all the information in logical categories: Geographical positioning and cartography; alerts monitoring; transport management; driving parameters (speed, gas oil consumption …); maintenance of trailers and trucks; managing of social factors related to employees.

Remark

In an activity involving a number of strong individual characters as drivers alone on the

road, the implementation of an on-board information system will only work if the human

factor is taken into account as part of a communication and training action plan.