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Internet access from mobile devices (especially smartphones and tablets) has greatly improved the work environment of long-distance truck drivers in recent years. Using your favorite search engine, identify at least three apps that a trucker might use to do two or more of the following: obtain routing information, manage fuel consumption, find truck stops or truck-friendly rest areas, record what they have hauled and where they have hauled it, track required permits, locate Department of Transportation weigh stations, maintain electronic log books, or find potential loads and place bids to carry them. For each app you identify, write a paragraph that explains what the app does, how much it costs, and on what type of devices it runs.

Question 2

You have just started work as an intern in the purchasing department of Westridge Systems, a manufacturer of electronic control systems for manufacturing assembly lines. You do not know much about electronic equipment, but your supervisor has given you the task of identifying vendors who sell oscilloscopes that interface with personal computers. Use the ThomasNet Web site to locate at least three vendors who offer such a product. For each company, determine whether it offers products for sale on a Web site that discloses prices and details about the products specifications. Summarize what you have learned from your research about how each vendor sells its oscilloscopes online in a report of approximately 150 words.

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Answer to Question 1

• Trucker Tools:


• Compatible with Android devices


• Finds truck stops


• Tracks a load  allows you to follow a load's route and receive updates on its location in real time.


• Plans your route; saves on fuel


• Accesses permits and factoring services through companies that compete for your business


• Gets current local weather


• Searches for nearby truck wash locations


• BigRoad


• Works on most Android, iPhone and iPad devices


• Keeps track of your duty status changes and builds a clean, compliant and fully editable log through the day.


• Automatically calculates available drive time and recap


• Sends driver logs, vehicle inspection reports (DVIR), and scans documents directly to your fleet from the app; prints or saves PDFs of logs


• GPS-enabled map with traffic, HOS availability, and one touch access to find truck stops, weigh scales, dealer locations, and other points of interest.


• Daily Driver Logs (E-Logs / eLogs): helps to eliminate miscalculation & improve accuracy


• Supports U.S. FMCSA DOT & Canadian hours of service rules, property- and passenger-carrying rules, short-haul, oilfield, and state rules for Alaska, California & Texas


• Creates vehicle inspection reports (DVIR / PTI).

Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigroad.ttb.android

• Trucker Path


• Compatible with Android devices


• Provides detailed information about weight station/truck stop location, reviews, and directions


• Locates closest truck stops


• Bulk DEF locations


• TripPak pickup times


• Locates next service dealer or tank cleaning

Locates low clearance bridges

Answer to Question 2

Possible vendors include:

Saelig Company (http://www.saelig.com/)
Lists oscilloscopes under test equipment
Categories include:

• Bundles


• Benchtop


• Handheld


• PC-based

MetricTest (http://www.metrictest.com/ )
Categories of oscilloscopes

• Manufacture


• Used


• New


• Rental specials


• On sale

Test Equipment Depot (http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/newequipment/oscilloscopes.htm)
Categories of oscilloscopes

• Analog


• Digital


• Digital with Analog Mode


• ScopeMeters


• Virtual Oscilloscopes


• View by Manufacturer

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