Terry Skelton - Comments

The "Electronic Age" is upon us. Forcing companies to maintain inefficient paper systems solely for the purpose of obtaining a signature in original form is ludicrous. In our company in the US we have approximately 1000 drivers (for round figures). The regulations then require that we maintain, monitor, and file approximately 30,000 paper RODS on a monthly basis. These need to be then examined and reports completed of any violations committed and finally filed for posterity. The process is very costly and does not allow for timely intervention. The greatest costs are occurred in hiring, training, and monitoring of administrative staff. This hiring and training of administrative staff must be done on a frequent basis as there is substantial turnover and personnel develop and move-on. An electronic system allows for the RODS to be transmitted and filed automatically in electronic format and the data analyzed to provide timely reports to be acted on by management. All fairly ?Hands-off? with the results being up to date, timely, and consistent.