The perplexity About Mixed Fleet Telematics

Large construction and rental fleet owners know and understand the value that telematics systems bring to their fleets such as monitoring for maintenance to better plan down-time, right-sizing the vehicle for the given job at hand and finding opportunities for training to improve operator performance. Likewise, the Manufacturer gathers their facts with these systems to drive innovation and design improvements as well as monitor the current generation of machines to make the next group smoother and capable of more up time.

It is common practice for fleet owners to acquire a large fleet of mixed machine brands. As this occurs, issues present themselves as each original equipment manufacturer provides their own mixed fleet Large construction and rental fleet owners know and understand the value that telematics systems bring to their fleets such as monitoring for maintenance to better plan down-time, right-sizing the vehicle for the given job at hand and finding opportunities for training to improve operator performance. Likewise, the Manufacturer gathers their facts with these systems to drive innovation and design improvements as well as monitor the current generation of machines to make the next group smoother and capable of more up time.

It is common practice for fleet owners to acquire a large fleet of mixed machine brands. As this occurs, issues present themselves as each original equipment manufacturer provides their own mixed fleet telematics solution. The fleet proprietor could then have different cloud-based portals to manage and view all their data.

Mixed fleet telematics manufacturer suppliers of engines and chassis are starting to add their telematics offering to the landscape for the same reasons as the machine original equipment manufacturer; a better insight of the life of their mechanisms through data assembly which is then utilized to create better designs in their next generation.

Without taking a holistic view of the end user’s experience, the telematics landscape becomes fragmented requiring an ever-increasing number of locations a fleet manager needs to go to see and utilize the data from his vehicles.

Common Standards

The solution to this shattering exist in within protocol which is used to define common Parameter Group Numbers for the body data so that aftermarket telematics solutions can collect the data needed by Fleet Managers.  Telematics fleet proprietors would then have more regulation over what is collected from the available data. Although this solution comes with a trade-off of requiring additional hardware, it does provide a single location to visualize and utilize the data collected from the fleet.

Common cloud Standards

A better solution to the mixed fleet quandary is to utilize common standards like the AEMP developed Earth Moving Machinery Telematics Data directive. This standard seeks to create a common API schema for the various back end portals to share data. This would allow fleet owners to consolidate data into a single cloud platform and view their entire fleet all at the same time.

Looking Forward

The opportunity is there for original equipment manufacturers who have the end-user experience in mind.

By solving this common problem for fleet managers, original equipment manufacturers can differentiate themselves and gain a big advantage over their competition. Ultimately, it is up to the industry as a whole to decide and define the appropriate communicated approach so that all manufacturers and/or solution providers can incorporate the agreed-upon approach. Letting both constructors and telematics fleet managers to realize the true benefits of Telematics within a single solution, regardless of machine brand or provider. solution. The fleet proprietor could then have different cloud-based portals to manage and view all their data.

Mixed fleet telematics manufacturer suppliers of engines and chassis are starting to add their telematics offering to the landscape for the same reasons as the machine original equipment manufacturer; a better insight of the life of their mechanisms through data assembly which is then utilized to create better designs in their next generation.

Without taking a holistic view of the end user’s experience, the telematics landscape becomes fragmented requiring an ever-increasing number of locations a fleet manager needs to go to see and utilize the data from his vehicles.

Common Standards

The solution to this shattering exist in within protocol which is used to define common Parameter Group Numbers for the body data so that aftermarket telematics solutions can collect the data needed by Fleet Managers.  Telematics fleet proprietors would then have more regulation over what is collected from the available data. Although this solution comes with a trade-off of requiring additional hardware, it does provide a single location to visualize and utilize the data collected from the fleet.

Common cloud Standards

A better solution to the mixed fleet quandary is to utilize common standards like the AEMP developed Earth Moving Machinery Telematics Data directive. This standard seeks to create a common API schema for the various back end portals to share data. This would allow fleet owners to consolidate data into a single cloud platform and view their entire fleet all at the same time.

Looking Forward

The opportunity is there for original equipment manufacturers who have the end-user experience in mind.

By solving this common problem for fleet managers, original equipment manufacturers can differentiate themselves and gain a big advantage over their competition. Ultimately, it is up to the industry as a whole to decide and define the appropriate communicated approach so that all manufacturers and/or solution providers can incorporate the agreed-upon approach. Letting both constructors and telematics fleet managers to realize the true benefits of Telematics within a single solution, regardless of machine brand or provider.