TMW Systems is a developer of enterprise management software for the surface transportation services industry, including
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
,
freight
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,
trucking
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and heavy-duty repair and maintenance. The company was founded in
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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and now has offices in
Dallas
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,
Indianapolis
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,
Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and is an east-side suburb of Cleveland. The population was 18,827 at the 2010 census.
History
Mayfield Heights was initially built up as a streetcar suburb of Cleveland. It wa ...
,
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
,
Oklahoma City
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,
Raleigh
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...
,
Vancouver
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and
Melbourne, Australia
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.
History
Following the
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
The Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act, more commonly known as the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 (MCA) is a United States federal law which deregulated the trucking industry.
Background
Motor carrier deregulation was a part of a s ...
, which deregulated the trucking industry, Tom Weisz founded TMW Systems in 1983.
In 2005, Wachovia Capital Partners and PepperTree Capital Management acquired TMW Systems. In 2006, TMW Systems acquired
Vancouver
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-based Maddocks Systems, Canada's largest provider of trucking software. TMW Systems also acquired
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
-based TMT Software Company, a fleet maintenance software provider, in May 2007. TMW Systems completed its acquisition of Integrated Decision Support Corporation in September 2007. In late 2009, TMW Systems acquired Innovative Computing Corporation of
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
, an enterprise software company. In May 2011, TMW Systems announced the acquisition of Appian Logistics Software—a leading logistics and supply chain software provider.
On August 27, 2012, TMW Systems was acquired by
Trimble of Sunnyvale, California for $335 Million in cash.
Today, TMW supplies solutions covering the transportation services sector. It supplies technology for improved operational efficiencies, improved transactional velocity, resource utilization and long-term profitability.
TMW Systems has customers in the
trucking
Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations e ...
,
3PL, brokerage,
private fleet,
construction
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,
municipal government
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, retail repair and
waste management
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This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring ...
industries.
Products
TMW Systems products are broken down into four categories: Enterprise Transportation Software (for brokers, carriers, 3PLs and fleet operations), Optimization Software (for transportation), Asset Maintenance Software (for captive fleets or repair centers), and Appian Software (for logistics).
Enterprise Transportation Software
* TMWSuite
* TMW Go! (Apple iPhone app)
* TruckMate
* TL2000
* Innovative IES, Innovative Access and Innovative Access Plus
Optimization Software
*IDSC Netwise
*IDSC ExpertFuel
*IDSC TripAlert
*IDSC MatchAdvice
Asset Maintenance Software
*TMT Fleet Maintenance
*TMT Service Center
*Cloud Services Hosting
in.sight
TMW Systems hosts an annual user conference called in.sight User Conference + Expo (formerly TransForum). The conference is open to other Trimble companies, vendors, and TMW customers. At the conference, TMW customers attend classroom sessions on TMW software, listen to guest speakers and network with TMW staff and other customers.
[ Tuesday, 6 July 2021 ]
Notes
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