Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | DECEMBER 2014 51 LinkeDrive says it can help fleets increase the driver engagement factor. The company changed its business model to be more than a technology pro- vider; it also plays a support and consult- ing role with drivers to help them with fuel performance. "We made driver engage- ment part of the model," Baer says. s 0EOPLE.ET soon will begin developing a new in-cab driver scorecard for its fleet mobility platforms that will give drivers real-time visibility of any violations of their companies' standards for speed, rpms, idling and sudden deceleration and acceleration events. The scorecard can incorporate viola- tions caught by collision avoidance and lane departure warning systems, which tend to correlate with fuel-efficient driving. Fleets will be able to configure the scorecard us- ing PeopleNet's fleet management portal. While in motion, drivers will be able to monitor their progress on the "safe mode" screen. If violations occur during the measurement period, such as every 20 days, a line on the screen will change from green to yellow and, for more serious violations, to red. The system can alert the office when a driver's score falls below a certain threshold. The new scorecard is designed to get drivers and fleet managers on the same page, says Rick Ochsendorf, executive vice president. "There is no reason for conflict if everyone has the same data," Ochsen- dorf says. s :ONAR offers its ZFuel online appli- cation designed to analyze and display complex data to help drivers and fleet operators improve fuel efficiency. A fuel efficiency score shows drivers how they performed under the circumstances of each trip. ZFuel also calculates the amount of money drivers could have saved during each ignition on/off event if they had taken every possible step to optimize fuel economy. Fleet managers can view a ranked list of drivers according to their fuel efficiency scores and fuel losses, and then drill down to see how individual drivers performed on particular routes. The performance of one driver could be compared against other drivers who drove the same route. An interactive map display helps to identify problem areas. Clicking on a route's red segment zooms in on the area and shows a chart of all the fuel variables for that period, such as speed, tempera- ture, incline and use of cruise control. ZFuel is an option for Zonar's fleet PeopleNet's new in-cab driver scorecard feature will be available for its fleet mobility platforms. Zonar's ZFuel online application analyzes and displays complex data to help fleet operators and drivers improve fuel efficiency.