It's the logistics for a company to be able to tell a client that because of a road condition, their shipment is delayed or it will be coming in the next morning. If you go back 15 or 20 years, that was not possible. You'd have an irate company or an irate customer waiting for delivery. The ability for communication and to avoid incidents is a really important step and it's welcome. The electronic logbooks are certainly, for the people who have them, a welcome addition.
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