Princeton, New Jersey - November 2, 2012 - ALK Technologies,
Inc., a global leader in GeoLogistics™ and navigation software, and the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD) announced the release of the Defense Table of
Official Distances (DTOD) Version 26.1, the official standard of vehicular land
distances for all DoD household goods, DoD freight, and travel reimbursement
for military personnel. The DTOD is deployed over the Internet using PC*MILER
Web Services, ALK's hosted interfacing application.
The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC),
which serves as the liaison between the U.S. DoD and commercial carriers, is
one of the world's largest shippers with more than $5 billion spent annually on
transportation services. The DTOD also is used by the General Services
Administration (GSA), which provides transportation purchasing services to most
non-Defense U.S. government agencies.
All motor carriers and logistics companies that handle
freight or personal property shipments for the SDDC or GSA must use the most
recent version of DTOD to generate distances for payment and audit purposes.
PC*MILER 26.1 and PC*MILER|Worldwide 26.1 are the commercial
versions of the DTOD that enable carriers and logistics services providers to
generate DTOD distances. Additionally, the comprehensive suite of PC*MILER
integration products has also been updated and enhanced. PC*MILER interfaces
with all leading transportation, logistics and fleet management systems.
The release of Version 26.1 marks the fifteenth year that
ALK Technologies has been the official provider of critical mileage data and
services for the U.S. DoD. The DTOD 26.1 generates routes, distances, transit
times, maps, and driving directions over the entire international highway
network, providing seamless coverage of 227 countries worldwide.
The DoD uses an enterprise version of PC*MILER Web Services
to deploy DTOD quickly and efficiently to the 17 applications and tens of
thousands of personnel who rely on DTOD distances. DoD applications and
personnel can seamlessly access DTOD updates and releases from central mileage
servers, without the delays and expense associated with shipping and updating
software at each application and personnel site.
About ALK Technologies:
About ALK Technologies
ALK Technologies, a global leader in
GeoLogistics™ and navigation software, is focused on developing innovative
solutions for transportation, logistics, mobile workforces and consumers. For
30 years, ALK has led the transportation industry with high-quality routing,
mileage and mapping solutions. Product lines include award-winning CoPilot
Live, the GPS navigation software of choice for fleets, mobile operators,
hardware OEMs, systems integrators, professional drivers and consumers. ALK's
PC*MILER is widely recognized as the industry standard and is depended on by
transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide. Our newest
product, ALK Maps is a development platform designed for the transportation
industry and provides commercial routing, geocoding and mapping visualization
for enterprise applications.
