Water technology company Xylem Water Solutions has rolled out a TomTom system featuring integrated tracking, navigation and vehicle diagnostic devices to its 192 commercial vehicles. 

The move, supported by TomTom partner F16 Consulting, will enable Xylem to provide customers with reliable ETAs, ensure its drivers arrive at site, on time, and generate substantial fuel and efficiency savings.

Paul Whiteside, logistics manager at Xylem Water Solutions, said: “We are regularly measured against Service Level Agreement KPIs by our customers and TomTom will help ensure we hit our agreed targets.

“Our engineers will benefit from not only the safest, but also the quickest, possible journeys to customers, while avoiding congestion with smart IQ Routes and HD Traffic navigation technology.

“Improved routing, combined with driver performance monitoring tools, will also help cut fuel costs and, in turn, our carbon footprint. Having achieved the CEMARS standard for managing carbon emissions, this investment marks another crucial sustainability development with clients increasingly scrutinising our green credentials.”

TomTom’s ecoPLUS fuel diagnostic device reads fuel consumption data directly from vehicles on the road to help optimise mpg. This information, along with data on speeding, harsh braking and steering, is fed back to drivers in real time through their navigation devices and back to managers in TomTom’s WEBFLEET fleet management software.

“TomTom’s solution will also help us to better manage road risk, improving the safety of our mobile workforce,” added Whiteside.

“The impressive technology, combined with TomTom’s enviable brand reputation, made the business case for our investment extremely compelling.”