Tag: construction telematics

Telematics

Volvo CE says ActiveCare Direct service takes “the noise out of telematics data”

Almost all of the customers who had a year of the service for free have re-enrolled in the company’s ActiveCare Direct fee-based subscription service. More here.

June 1, 2018

Telematics

Contractors seeing big benefits from telematics, expect it to improve safety and worker shortages

Telematics already play a major role in the heavy truck and equipment industries and will likely become a dominant technology in the years to come. That’s the conclusion of a global survey published today (Tuesday, August 22) of more than 260 companies primarily in construction but also the oil and gas, and mining and aggregates […]

August 22, 2017

Technology

Telematics 101: How to use equipment data to track fuel, plan routes and diagnose problems

Editor’s Note: This is the third part in our ongoing Telematics 101 series of articles. To view the other articles in this series click here. Telematics data is a lot like a map to buried treasure. The information does you no good unless you act on it.  The gold is there. But, if you don’t pick […]

May 27, 2016

Technology

Mack Trucks expands telematics program with GuardDog services support

Last year Mack Trucks announced the launch of a telematics program, GuardDog Connect. This year at World of Concrete, the company announced that the service is now available and standard in all Mack TerraPro cabover models equipped with a Mack MP engine. But more importantly it announced the first four dealers that have been trained and certified in […]

February 3, 2016

Technology

Terex to light up equipment with ORBCOMM telematics

Terex Materials Processing, a division of Terex Corporation, announced that it will begin offering an ORBCOMM telematics solution on Powerscreen and Terex Finlay machines. The telematics system will be offered as standard equipment on Terex crushers initially, but will be expanded to the screeners as well, says Christian Allred, ORBCOMM’s general manager and senior vice […]

February 1, 2016

Technology

Telematics 101: Cutting through the jargon to what you need to know to get started with this fleet tracking tech

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in our ongoing Telematics 101 series. To view the other articles in this series Click here. EW: What is telematics? DS: Think of it as a conduit that takes information from your vehicle or equipment and sends it to a website where you can view it. The word “telematics” […]

January 22, 2016

Technology

John Deere launches WorkSight Fuel Advantage with consumption target “10% lower than Caterpillar”

John Deere has joined the fuel guarantee fray, with a WorkSight Fuel Advantage program that takes direct aim at the Cat Pays You Back program. “We’ve set aggressive fuel targets that are 10 percent lower than Caterpillar,” says Mark Favetti, Deere global tactical marketing manager. Deere says it will also offer North American customers registered […]

December 3, 2015

Technology

Culture Dash: Inside Caterpillar and Uptake’s data-driven race to solve heavy equipment’s tech dilemma

It’s no secret that, among owners and operators in the construction industry, there’s a healthy amount of distrust of or flat-out disinterest in a lot of the technology heavy equipment manufacturers are now loading onto their machines. Adoption rates of telematics/machine monitoring, more economical and customizable engine power modes and GPS grading, are all low within […]

October 16, 2015

Dealers

Vermeer names Ultimate Crew; Holt Cat hits VisionLink milestone; Orion expands & more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing roundup

Vermeer names B&T Drainage winner of Ultimate Crew contest B&T Drainage from Marshall, Illinois, was named the winner of the Ultimate Crew Contest sponsored by Vermeer at last week’s International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo in Louisville. A panel of judges scored each team based on their times, accuracy, safety procedures and teamwork in completing a live drilling competition. […]

October 8, 2015

Technology

Sharpening the saw: AEMP’s 2015 Asset Management Symposium to focus on how telematics can improve safety

Everybody knows telematics can improve productivity, but fleet managers and contractors are just beginning to discover how this technology plays a big role in making heavy equipment and trucking safer. That’s the theme for the Association of Equipment Management Professionals yearly Asset Management Symposium, which will be held October 6-8, in Cleveland, Ohio. The education […]

August 21, 2015

Technology

John Deere extends base JDLink Ultimate telematics subscription to 5 years

John Deere has announced an extension to the base subscription of its JDLink Ultimate telematics service from three to five years. Director of Deere’s WorkSight construction technology solutions group, Jena Holtberg-Benge said the extension came as a response to requests from production-scale customers. “They work in high-volume, high-production situations, so they need their equipment to run longer […]

July 9, 2015

Technology

Volvo CE’s new SmartCare service will monitor and translate your telematics data for you

Volvo Construction Equipment has launched a new fleet management assistance service that takes the manufacturer’s dealer involvement to a new level. The new SmartCare service will include three tiers:Basic, Plus and Complete. As you progress from Basic through Complete, your Volvo dealer becomes more involved in helping to monitor and translate the CareTrack telematics data […]

June 3, 2015