ISAAC Instruments held its annual User Conference at the Montreal Science Center on November 16 and 17. Gathering more than 200 participants and an array of experts from the transportation industry, the conference aimed to enhance the knowledge of participants on current topics and to review the challenges facing the industry for the coming years. Participants were polled on their interest regarding the development of new features.
Main Themes: Intelligence, innovation & integration
These three themes were at the heart of presentations during the conference:
- Intelligence: making informed decisions by leveraging business intelligence
- Innovation: innovating through processes, know-how and technologies
- Integration: improving efficiency by integrating multiple technologies
ISAAC took this opportunity to unveil its five main innovations which are detailed in a separate article. These are: the ISAAC InView Camera system, the ISAAC InRealTime V5 web portal, the Pick-up and delivery and Trip sheet modules, and the ISAAC Fuel Coach, all to be available by the end of March 2018.
A Fully Loaded Schedule
Thanks to our 13 speakers, 4 transport industry experts and 4 panelists, the conference was rich in content and discussions.
Ms. La Tonya Mimms, Lead transportation specialist for the FMCSA Enforcement Division and Program manager for the FMCSA electronic logging device implementation, exceptionally travelled to Canada to answer questions about the ELD Mandate to come into effect on December 18, 2017. To consult the article that provides more detail on the covered topics, please click here.
Also, four users of ISAAC shared their experience on the solution’s integration in their organization and how it provided efficiency gains. The panelists were M Jeff Leroux from Cascades, Ms. Manon L’Espérance from Groupe Robert, M Jean-François Lecomte from Groupe TYT and M Jérôme Veer from VTL Transport.
Engineer M Benoit Vincent involved in developing the Canadian ELD rule since 2011, depicted the current situation and announced the upcoming steps regarding the Canadian regulations.
Cain Lamarre firm lawyers Me Stéphane Lamarre and Me François Rouette discussed how the use of telemetry can prevent road incidents. To learn more on this subject, please read How telemetry helps you with prevention and safety.
Cleary, this 3rd edition of ISAAC’s user conference was a big success with participants who appreciated the event that occurred over two days this year. “I talked to my peers and they too appreciated the conference. The logistics, speeches, food, your open-mindedness and answers to questions exceeded my expectations” said M. Jean-Yves Delisle, General Manager of Cascades Transport and Transit Inc. It can then be said that in terms of content, the conference delivered both quantity and quality!
