"Green fleets are not only more responsible fleets, but more profitable ones as well,' said Martin Demers, CEO of FleetMind. 'If your fleet is not managed effectively, you will generate unnecessary emissions and excess costs that negatively impact your bottom line. Current economic conditions and a growing concern for the environment are providing the impetus for more and more fleet managers to implement green policies and solutions. It is FleetMind's mission to help make leaner and greener fleets a reality."
FleetMind's green fleet solution tackles core fleet issues that impact the environment - fuel consumption, mileage and driver behavior - and provides tools to address these as follows:
Improve fuel consumption management
Fuel costs account for a major portion of total fleet operating costs which makes managing fuel consumption a critical part of green fleet management. FleetMind helps reduce the amount of fuel burned by the engine by using alarms to monitor and reduce idling, identify aggressive driving patterns, identify vehicle maintenance problems and collect ECM codes so that engines can be repaired before problems escalate. '
Reduce overall mileage and emissions
FleetMind's onboard Driver Direction functionality optimizes each truck's routes to reduce time spent on the road and the number of engine hours per day. 'Driver Direction also provides a graphical view of route stops to the driver, and will automatically re-calculate the route when a driver selects an out-of-sequence manual stop.' This ensures that each route is optimized for time and distance to reduce overall mileage and emissions.
Monitor and educate drivers
Driver behavior is fundamental to ensuring high levels of fleet efficiency. FleetMind's real-time monitoring of driver behavior and driving patterns allows fleet managers to influence and educate drivers on more fuel and emissions-friendly driving approaches. FleetMind's FleetMap lets managers select from a number of layers which determine the level of detail and plot the vehicle's position according to reported events. Using FleetMap, managers can further reconstruct the route taken by a driver on any given day, view alarm criteria such as exceeding specified speed limits, and identify drivers that are deviating from assigned routes or making unscheduled side trips.
FleetMind Solutions, Inc. is the technology leader for fleet management solutions. FleetMind was founded in 1996 by bringing together leading-edge computer systems expertise for harsh, real-world environments with breakthrough research and development in telematics for heavy trucks. FleetMind designs, manufactures, and markets wireless enabled on-board computers, driver terminals and business automation software that extend the reach of our customer's enterprise back-office systems all the way to the truck and driver. Our solutions have allowed some of the largest transportation and Waste Management fleets in North America to link their drivers and vehicles to business operations in real-time,'delivering proven business results and'a true competitive edge. FleetMind puts YOU in your driver's seat.
