Using Technology to Lower Both Costs and Carbon Footprint

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:14:02 GMT

The economic downturn has been marked by unprecedented volatility, making it very difficult for companies to plan, budget and operate effectively, especially businesses that depend on large fleets of cars and trucks to service their customers. In a challenging economy, more and more companies are looking for help and turning to technology and analytics for solutions to not only dramatically cut costs but increase productivity while shrinking a company’s carbon footprint. Bob Mitchell talks about the use of telematics –a technology that uses devices hardwired to the vehicles’ engines to feed a constant stream of data back to a central computer that monitors all the vehicles in real time, reporting back on driver behavior, engine performance, vehicle location and more.

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Tags : capital, cars, costs, dwj, energy, fleets, ge, green, operations, productivity, solutions, telematics, trucks

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Using Technology to Lower Both Costs and Carbon Footprint