Telematics

Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon January 27, 2020

Crane Tracking Onsite and Elsewhere

Telematics products have proven to be excellent tools for construction crane fleet asset management — when users effectively maximize the return on their investment. Though technology adoption is high, functionality is low because crane owners are only skimming the surface of what these systems can do....

Mack Trucks - Mon October 07, 2019

Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks Utilizes Reliable Cloud-Based Data Reporting for ELD Compliance

Mack Trucks announced Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks, which leverages cloud computing via Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, to deliver reliable Electronic Logging Data (ELD) and Compliance services....

Volvo - Mon August 26, 2019

Volvo CE Customers See Significant Gains in Machine Uptime Since ActiveCare Direct Launch

For equipment owners, nothing is more important than machine uptime. The same is true for Volvo CE, and the results of two years of concerted efforts to improve uptime services bear this out: Nearly 100 percent enrollment increase in the ActiveCare Directadvanced telematics service since fall 2018— plus a growing list of machine models eligible for the program and additional case alerts for improved machine monitoring....

Volvo - Wed July 24, 2019

Volvo Releases Video Series Lampooning Traditional Equipment Telematics

MID: 140, PSID: 15, FMI: 8 — many construction equipment owners and fleet managers have been hit with round after round of confusing fault codes like this as part of their telematics systems. Instead of deciphering a large number of fault codes, Volvo CE customers with an ActiveCare Direct subscription receive a simple case alertby e-mail about the most urgent issues....

Jared Haughton – SPECIAL TO CEG - Mon June 10, 2019

Eight Tips When Evaluating a High-Hour Used Machine

When looking for a used piece of equipment, you may ask yourself if it's smarter to invest in one with low hours. But the answer to that question isn't always black and white. For one, many people might assume too quickly that a wheel loader with 2,000 hours is in better shape than one with 8,000 hours — but that's not necessarily the case....

Genie - Tue January 29, 2019

New Fleet Management Solutions With Genie Lift Connect Telematics

Developed in direct response to rental customers' unique business needs, the Genie Lift Connect program is a telematics offering focused on actionable information, flexibility and transparency. No matter what size of aerial equipment fleet — from 10 to 10,000 machines — equipment management is something that rental stores do every day....

Craig Mongeau - Wed January 31, 2018

Fleet Intelligence Brings Data Together in One Location

Work your equipment …. Work your data, too. That's exactly the way Scottsdale, Ariz., based Foresight Intelligence sees it. Founded in 2010, the company started out as a business software company — a few years later, by “accident,” said Foresight founder and CEO Dale Hanna, the company decided to apply its software expertise to heavy equipment telematics....

Wed March 22, 2017

Topcon Announces New Wi-Fi Capability for Imaging Station

Topcon Positioning Group announces the addition of advanced connectivity options to its DS-200i direct aiming imaging station. The DS-200i, now with Wi-Fi access, provides real-time, touchscreen video and photo imaging to capture measured positions....