PC Miler Hazmat

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PC MILER HazMat generates point-to-point mileage and driving directions for hauling hazardous materials while ensuring compliance with nationwide hazmat, governmental and DOT regulations both in the U.S. and Canada.

PC MILER HazMat benefits include:

  • Effective rate negotiation and analysis

  • Enhanced dispatch and routing with hazmat-specific driving directions

  • Accurate driver pay and payroll auditing

  • Ensures driver compliance with DOT and hazmat regulations

  • Actual mileage summarization for fuel and mileage tax reporting

  • See a visualization of the generated route on the PC MILER RouteMap™

  • Reflect individual hazmat permits in your routing

PC MILER HazMat Features

PC MILER HazMat includes the following major features and applications:

  • Point-to-Point Distance Calculation:

    • Rate determination, negotiation and billing

    • Driver pay

    • Instant customer quotes

  • Routing and Optimization:

    • Dispatch and routing · Hub routing

    • Route optimization · Route resequencing

    • Trip time and cost estimates · Instant rate quotes

    • Load planning · Matching driver availability to loads

    • Truck stop routing (proximity analysis)

  • Detailed Driving Instructions:

    • Guide drivers to delivery locations · Route verification for rating purposes

    • Proximity analysis · Trip time and cost estimates

  • State Mileage Summary Report:

    • Fuel and mileage tax reporting

  • Map Quality Graphics:

    • Dispatchers and drivers can visualize operations routes

    • Route verification for rating purposes

PC MILER HAZMAT ROUTING DATABASE

PC MILER calculates routes for hazardous materials based on over thirty different road categories.

U.S. hazardous material routing restriction/designation information taken from The National Hazardous Materials Route Registry provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); and various other state and federal sources. Canadian hazmat data derived from government and municipal sources in each Province and Territory.

ROUTE ENTRY

PC MILER HazMat allows entry of an unlimited number of stops for a route. You can route to border crossings, highway junctions, truck stop locations, and CAT Weigh Scale stations, in addition to towns, cities, ZIP/Postal Codes, latitude/longitude coordinates, infoUSA points of interest (if installed), and custom-named locations.

Every time you run a route, four calculations are made for each leg of the trip: miles between stops, cumulative miles from the origin, cumulative cost of the trip, and cumulative drive time for the trip. A lane routing general hazmats is shown below:


Route Entry Window

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING TYPES

PC MILER HazMat enables users to run Practical or Shortest routes, with or without National Network, 53' Trailer and/or Toll Discouraged route parameters for various types of hazardous materials. In PC MILER HazMat, the hazardous materials routing selections include: General, Caustic, Explosives, Flammable, Inhalants, and Radioactives. The Route Entry Window’s Options dialog box allows you to mark these settings per route, or as a global setting. (To calculate non-hazmat PC MILER routes, select None.)


Options Dialog Box, General Options Tab


Options Dialog Box, Hazardous Routing Tab

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING

When you generate a route for hazardous materials, hazmat-prohibited and -designated roads will be highlighted in the RouteMap window. On the map, the Restrictions legend shows the highlight color for various designations (to display this legend, go to the Map menu > Legends). The road restriction legend provides additional help in determining restricted road segments.


PC Miler Hazmat RouteMap


Map Restrictions Legend

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ROUTE RESTRICTIONS IN REPORTS

The PC MILER HazMat Detailed Route Report includes the same information as PC MILER’s with the addition of the Restrictions column. If you generate a route using one of the hazardous material route types, restricted route segments will be labeled “Restricted” in this column. Routes designated as preferred for hazardous materials will not be indicated on the report as they’ve already been considered when the route was generated.


Detailed Driving Instructions with Hazmat Restriction Message

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING COMPARISON AND COMPARISON REPORT

PC MILER HazMat enables users to simultaneously compare up to eight different routes. The example below shows three routes from Pittsburgh, PA to Philadelphia, PA. The three routes show the differences between a Shortest, Practical, and Practical-Radioactive route. On average, operating mileage for vehicles hauling hazardous materials (hazmat) are five to fifteen percent longer than rating miles, and even as high as 40 percent longer. Use PC MILER HazMat’s tools to perform the basis of your rate negotiations, such as the Comparison Report. The Comparison Report lists total mileage, cost and time estimates:


Comparison Report

ROUTE TYPE MILEAGE PERCENT DIFFERENCE

Below is a graphical representation of each route on the PC MILER HazMat RouteMap, where the light blue route is the Shortest route, the light purple is the Practical route and the light pink is the Practical-Radioactive route.


Practical vs. Shortest vs. Practical-Radioactive Route

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PERMITS

Customers who have obtained permits can change the status of hazmat prohibited roads in the database using the Adjust for Permits option. This feature allows you to directly click the prohibited road(s) on the map that you wish to make accessible for routing. The adjusted route segments will now have a bright green outline. The custom road settings you create can be removed by clicking again on the same road with the Adjust for Permits button active, or by using the Custom Roads Manager.

    
Restriction Override Shown on the RouteMap


Custom Roads Manager – Hazmat Permits Tab

PC MILER HazMat Connectivity and Interface Modules

PC MILER HazMat is also fully compatible with the suite of PC MILER Interface Modules and Connectivity Products: PC MILER Connect, PC MILER Mapping, PC MILER Spreadsheets, PC MILER BatchPro, and PC MILER TCP/IP. These connectivity products enable users to perform visual real-time dispatch and operations analysis, generate point-to-point distances and drive times, and integrate PC MILER HazMat with all leading transportation and logistics management software systems. (For more information on the features of these products, see the PC MILER Product Line Brochure and the PC MILER Interface Modules Feature Sheet.)

System Requirements

ENVIRONMENT: PC with a minimum 700 MHz processor (1-2 GHz processor recommended)

PLATFORMS:

  • PC/LAN Windows® (2000, 2003, Vista, XP, includes 64-bit support)

  • AS/400

  • UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, SCO, Sun – Solaris) and Linux

  • Citrix Metaframe

  • Windows Terminal Server· IBM mainframe

  • TCP/IP functionality for use with other platforms.

OTHER:

  • 510 MB Hard Disk Space

  • 256 MB RAM

  • CD ROM Drive

  • Color Quality settings supported: 16-bit and 32-bit (8-bit not supported)

  • Screen Resolution 800 x 600· Internet connection for license activation