How a Valley Farms driver saves 1,400 gallons of fuel annually with fuel optimization solution
Recognizing it could improve the fuel economy of its fleet, Valley Farms worked with its drivers to limit idle time at deliveries and sought a means of providing them with real-time coaching to improve shifting and speed control behaviors.
Valley Farms, a Williamsport, Pa.-based unit of Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Buffalo, N.Y., is said to be one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the United States. The provider of fresh milk to customers in Pennsylvania and New York operates 46 tractors, 56 refrigerated trailers and 10 refrigerated trucks.
Challenge—to improve efficiency and lower costs by coaching drivers in fuel saving behaviors