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Manchester, NH: Cadec Global customer Poland Spring, a division of Nestle Waters, has reduced idle time by 41 percent and is on track to save over $21,000 in fuel in 2008, thanks to Cadec's advanced fleet management software.

Poland Spring had been using Cadec's Mobius TTS advanced fleet management software and On-Board Computers (OBCs) in its entire fleet of 40 trucks for the previous year, primarily for its paperless logging capabilities. In January 2008, it expanded its use of Mobius to include tracking idle time. The fleet management team filtered the data by driver and posted the results and according to Chris McKenna, North East Inside Fleet Manager for Poland Spring, "Driver behavior started to change almost immediately.”

From January through May, Poland Spring achieved a 41 percent reduction in idle time–a total of 2,300 hours, or a run-rate of 5,100 hours annually. That's the equivalent of taking 12 cars off the road in terms of carbon emissions.

In addition, Poland Spring saved more than $9,000 in fuel during the five-month period, and is on track to save more than $21,000 in fuel in 2008.

"Results have exceeded our expectations and we were able to affect change much more quickly than we thought possible,” says McKenna.

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