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…data ports or more sophisticated telematics systems, is joining the connected enterprise. According to Jeremy Sassatelli, telematics sales and operations manager for Toyota Material Handling USA, adoption of telematics has doubled in the last three years. Many fleets large and small have seen the value in collecting and acting upon fleet data to ensure uptime, right-size fleets, control maintenance costs,…
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…(UBI), also known as automotive telematics insurance, monitor vehicle use to more accurately assess risk. Factors that can be monitored include miles driven, driver behavior, and vehicle type. Similarly, electronic logging devices are now in widespread use following the 2017 ELD Mandate enforcing the federal Hours-of-Service (HoS) regulation. With onboard computers, truckers’ time driven is monitored to ensure they are…
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…more safely, efficiently and effectively. “Telematics is important beyond day-to-day operation,” says Michael Heyden, Toyota’s national manager of aftermarket sales. “It is becoming essential to fleet replacement strategies, not to mention decisions to expand or shrink fleets,” he adds. There’s also the matter of labor needs and availability affecting lift truck buying. Enter automated lift trucks and their interaction with…
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…bending and reaching. “That’s where telematics gets into it,” Castetter says. “We’ve been preaching that a happy operator is a productive operator, but it’s only a theory until you can put numbers to it. With telematics, customers can see they did something for operators and now they move more pallets or have fewer incidents. Whatever they are watching, they have…
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…for operational improvements from connecting telematics, warehouse execution, labor management and more. But, if you imagine each thread of communication as a string, many operations look more like spaghetti than a neatly woven braid. “The key is to establish one central point of conversation or data transmission.”Mike Maris, Senior Director of Transportation and Logistics, Zebra Technologies “There seems to be…
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…IoT is great at using telematics, sensors and geo-positioning signals from devices to pinpoint location and condition of assets, but much of the IoT’s value will come using that awareness to make better decisions, says Joe Vernon, senior manager of North America supply chain technologies for Capgemini. “What’s different in this digital age is all the awareness that can be…
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…added features and options like telematics solutions and robust support for maximum uptime. “In the lower utilization category, a lot of manufacturers have struggled with how to play in that space,” says Martin Boyd, vice president of counterbalanced solutions at Hyster Company. “Manufacturers have spent enormous amounts of time and energy establishing their brands in the marketplace and it can…
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