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Roadbuilding

Construction Symposium to feature “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” session

Our Construction Symposium in Dallas, Texas, now about a month away, will feature a variety of educational sessions for construction professionals. The first session will focus on telematics. Led by Max Fuller, chairman and CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” will detail what companies need to do to take full […]

July 15, 2013

Business

Learn about “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” with Max Fuller at The Construction Symposium

We’re just about a month away from our Construction Symposium event in Dallas, so we figured we’d begin telling you a bit about some of the awesome educational sessions this free event has to offer construction industry professionals. The first session will be led by Max Fuller, the chairman and CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises. […]

July 15, 2013

Telematics

Don’t ignore telematics: How gradually adopting the technology greatly benefits your largest expense

“We think machine communication and connection is a huge change event for the industry, a complete game changer,” Kevin Karlix, John Deere’s director of sales, North America, told editors at a recent company press event. “In fact, we understand that construction equipment lenders in China are now requiring a remote disable on machines they finance.” […]

July 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Case ProCare to to cover machines with SiteWatch telematics

Case Construction Equipment will soon begin offering ProCare, the company’s new factory support program for heavy machinery, according to our sister site, Equipment World. The company will deliver ProCare as a standard feature on all Case machines that include SiteWatch telematics. The program consists of a three-year Advanced subscription to SiteWatch, a three-year/3,000-hour full-machine factory […]

May 2, 2013

Business

Case ProCare ties telematics, scheduled maintenance together in one comprehensive coverage plan

Case Construction Equipment has announced a new factory support program called ProCare that the company calls the industry’s “most comprehensive” heavy machinery coverage available. ProCare will come standard on all Case machines built with the company’s SiteWatch telematics service. The coverage includes a three-year Advanced subscription to SiteWatch, a three-year/3,000-hour full-machine factory warranty and a […]

May 2, 2013

Telematics

Volvo remote technology chief discusses how telematics have changed the service call

During  the unveiling of Volvo Construction Equipment’s expanded Shippensburg, Pennsylvania plant, I got to visit Volvo’s CareTrack center — the hub of its telematics operation. There I met Bill Sauber, Volvo’s manager of remote technologies, and as you’ll see in the video below, a passionate proponent of telematics. Bill’s no stranger to Equipment World, as […]

April 26, 2013

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Caterpillar CEO talks Bauma, telematics and customers

From Munich and the Bauma show, Caterpillar recently posted a video interview to YouTube with its Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman. In the video Oberhelman says he really enjoys the opportunities to learn that a show like Bauma affords him. “This is kind of where it all comes together because you have customers here that […]

April 19, 2013

Business

Case launches SiteWatch telematics solution

Case today announced through its website the launch of its first telematics solution SiteWatch. The company says SiteWatch delivers vital machine performance data “to any computer, any time, anywhere.” Case touts standard telematics features with SiteWatch, including the ability to reduce excessive idling in order to save on fuel, theft recovery and prevention, maintenance scheduling […]

February 26, 2013

Technology

Researchers develop system to improve GPS accuracy in cities up to 90%

In the bustle of a city full of traffic, narrow streets, tall buildings, trees and other obstacle, GPS can have a hard time accurately locating a vehicle whether its your family sedan, or your dozer. In an open field, the margin of error of GPS location is 50 feet. But urban settings increase that mark […]

February 18, 2013

Telematics

Thief steals backhoe in broad daylight

The video below just goes to show you how much of a problem equipment theft is becoming. In Houston recently, a thief walked up to a construction site, donned a safety vest and swiped a backhoe, valued at $40,000, in broad daylight. A camera at a convenience store on the corner of South Gessner Road and […]

January 30, 2013

Business

LoJack and TomTom partner to provide fleet telematics

LoJack announced today that it has formed a partnership with TomTom to offer fleet telematics in the first quarter of this year. LoJack will begin marketing and installing TomTom products and services including its WEBFLEET fleet management service. Users will be able to stay on top of fuel use, routing and real-time traffic data with […]

January 24, 2013

Business

AEMP 2012 Asset Management Symposium: A fresh new look at telematics

AEMP, Association of Equipment Management Professionals, telematics

November 5, 2012