Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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commercial carrier journal | august 2017 43 technology Paragon adds fuel usage visibility to optimization software P aragon Soware Systems, a provider of vehicle routing and scheduling optimization solutions, launched a fuel usage enhancement to its routing and scheduling soware designed to enable logistics operations to accurately com- pare planned versus actual levels of con- sumption. is update to Paragon's Route Execution module means fuel data can be taken directly from an approved Can bus-integrated vehicle tracking system and analyzed against predicted con- sumption figures, calculated during the planning process, to identify where route planning can be improved. "By taking a scientific approach to calculating consumption, our soware is able to accurately predict usage levels by individual route and then compare with the actual performance to pinpoint exactly where inefficiencies are oc- curring," said Richard Street, Paragon development director. "e ability to use accurate weight data at both the trans- port planning and review stages provides an invaluable opportunity to take control of fuel management to reduce transport costs and carbon emissions." Paragon said transport managers will be able to use the added insight to give immediate fuel efficiency feedback to drivers and generate custom us- age reports, based on credible data, for relevant stakeholders within the business, providing visibility and understanding of where excessive consumption is occur- ring within a fleet and what action can be taken to help drivers reduce fuel costs and the associated carbon emissions. Paragon's routing and scheduling soware is designed to use payload, speed, vehicle type and curb weight data to estimate the fuel usage for any journey. With fuel consumption influenced by the vehicle load, the calculation considers the weight of cargo being collected and dropped off at every stage of a planned route by making use of load data taken from a company's order management system, achieving a high accuracy rate for multidrop transport operations. – Aaron Huff VDO and RoadLog – Trademarks of the Continental Corporation www.vdoroadlog.com Don't sell your truck. Simple, secure ELD compliance is here. VDO RoadLog ™ offers simple, affordable solutions for FMCSA ELD mandate compliance. • Available with no monthly fees. • Built-in printer to get through inspections faster. • Backed by Continental, a leader in compliance systems, with over five million ELDs in use worldwide. You've got the driving covered. Leave the mandate to us. www.vdoroadlog.com (855)-ROADLOG roadlog-sales@vdo.com CO4397 CCJ_RoadLog Dont Sell Your Trucke_HalfIsl_8-17_v1.1.indd 1 7/7/17 10:31 AM Untitled-3 1 7/10/17 3:04 PM Paragon said transport managers will be able to gain added insight from the fuel usage enhancement to give immediate feed- back to drivers and generate custom reports.