SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartDrive
Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce
collisions and improve fuel efficiency, today announced that Mid
South Baking Company, a leading regional supplier of baked goods to
restaurants and institutions, has rolled out SmartDrive's
video-based safety program across its entire fleet, immediately
impacting the company's safety program. Within the first three
weeks of implementation, Mid South Baking Company improved its
safety score by 68 percent with seatbelt usage increasing by 94
percent, incomplete stops reduced by 67 percent and distracted
driving and unsafe following reduced by 100 percent.
Delivering products to 3,500 restaurants across the Southern and
Western United States, Mid South
Baking Company places a high importance on driver safety, while
also ensuring products are delivered in adherence to the highest
standards of food safety and quality. Following an extensive
evaluation process of multiple providers, Mid South Baking Company
selected SmartDrive for a range of benefits that it offers to
fleets. This included the usability of the coaching application,
the configurable coaching and scoring capabilities, its open
technology platform, which offers up to four camera views and
extended recording capability, and SmartDrive's dedicated customer
success team and partnership approach.
"As a supplier for one of the most recognizable global brands,
our top priority is delivering on our company promise of quality,
food safety and customer service. It is a commitment that
starts at the top and one that every employee is focused on in
their daily work," said Mike Little,
director of transportation for Mid South Baking Company. "We
implemented SmartDrive because we felt there was more we could do
to ensure we were delivering on these promises— particularly in the
area of safety. After deploying SmartDrive's video-based safety
solution, we quickly identified the risk areas that we otherwise
could not see and were able to immediately and positively impact
performance. With SmartDrive's program in place, we are able to
identify the risks that lead to collisions, improving overall
safety and helping us live up to our brand promise."
SmartDrive is the industry's only video-based safety program
that identifies unsafe driving with an open platform, integrating
video, vehicle, audio and driving data for a unified view of risk.
The program automatically offloads footage for expert review and
analysis, and prioritization for coaching, saving fleets like Mid
South Baking time, while helping organizations focus on risk that
may have the most impact on their business. Mid South Baking
Company is also benefitting from SmartDrive's extended recording
capability, capturing more information around incidents and gaining
deeper insight into compliance and safety issues, which the company
was not privy to before.
"From the beginning, our relationship with Mid South Baking
Company has been a true partnership," said Steve Mitgang, CEO of SmartDrive. "We have
worked closely with the company during its rollout to effectively
communicate the goals of the program to employees, enabling
dramatic driver improvement. And, because we are the only program
that integrates with the engine and triggers in real-time from a
broad range of risk indicators, we capture the risk that other
systems simply cannot see. The result is more protection for
fleets and their drivers and faster results for the business.
We're thrilled to welcome Mid South Baking Company to the
SmartDrive family."
For more information on SmartDrive Systems, please visit
www.smartdrive.net.
About Mid South Baking Company
Mid South Baking is a regional supplier of baked goods to
restaurants and institutions with bakeries located in Bryan, Texas and Pelahatchie, Mississippi. Mid South Baking's
team of 400 personnel support our valued customers by
professionally baking and delivering millions of buns and English
muffins a day throughout the south and west.
Please visit Mid South Baking at: www.midsouthbakingllc.com
About SmartDrive Systems
SmartDrive Systems gives fleets and drivers unprecedented
driving performance insight and analysis, helping save fuel,
expenses and lives. Its video analysis, predictive analytics and
personalized performance program help fleets improve driving
skills, lower operating costs and deliver significant ROI. With an
easy-to-use managed service, fleets and drivers can access and
self-manage driving performance anytime, anywhere. The Company has
compiled the world's largest storehouse of more than 80 million
analyzed risky-driving events. SmartDrive Systems is based in
San Diego, Calif., and employs 450
people worldwide.
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