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Two experienced fleet managers tell how telematics data helps make their companies more competitive, explain how to adopt the technology
There will come a time in every construction company’s life, when a trigger event will make the deployment of telematics not only advisable, but even necessary. And that time is fast approaching for almost every company, said Guy Gordon, CEM, director of asset management at Aegion, and Dan Samford, vice president equipment assets, Herzog Contracting. […]
November 10, 2014
Construction Equipment
How telematics is reshaping the future for equipment managers
The Association of Equipment Management Professionals’ 2014 Asset Management Symposium kicked off Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, with a record-breaking crowd packed into a standing-room-only ballroom at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. This year’s symposium was dedicated to a single subject–off-road telematics–and began with a panel discussion from three of the industry’s leading practitioners. In a […]
November 5, 2014
Workforce
How a “Circle of Retention” can bring better hires to construction companies
The biggest challenge facing the heavy equipment industry is the lack of qualified workers in any skill area. The problem is not impossible to solve but as with football or any other sport, winning requires preparation, planning, goal setting, training and mentoring. This is more work than many contractors and fleet managers anticipate and certainly […]
October 1, 2014
Technology
A crash course in telematics: AEMP Asset Management Symposium will have answers to questions everybody is asking
If you have a lot of questions about telematics and how you can make this technology work in your construction business, you’re not alone. Telematics is reshaping the way we do construction, but the learning curve is steep and many contractors struggle to master it on their own. Recognizing this, the Association of Equipment Management […]
September 15, 2014
Workforce
How one construction firm is using drag racing to recruit new talent
If you want to catch a fish you need bait. And if you want to catch the attention of a mechanic, a 10,000 horsepower, 300 mile-per-hour car is a good start. Mechanics and technicians, as we all know, are in short supply. To recruit them Herzog Contracting, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the […]
September 4, 2014
Technology
AEM/AEMP draft telematics standard released; will enable unified reporting of mixed fleet systems, including 19 data points
If you’re looking for a telematics program that can enable you to gather all your information into one unified database, regardless of how many different brands of equipment you’re running, the AEM/AEMP draft telematics application programing interface (API) is now available—and it’s free. What the program does is standardize the telematics data from different brands […]
September 4, 2014
Business
Master the art and science of telematics (and get inspired too)
If you’re trying to learn as much as you can about telematics you won’t want to miss the closing keynote speaker for the Association of Equipment Management Professionals 2014 Asset Management Symposium. Christopher Rezendes, president of Inex Advisors, will talk about the emergence of the “Internet of Things,” the worldwide deployment of tiny devices that […]
August 20, 2014
Technology
Need to know more about telematics? Learn from the best at AEMP’s 2014 Asset Management Symposium
Telematics is reshaping the way we do construction, but the learning curve is steep and many contractors struggle to master it on their own. Recognizing this, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals has dedicated the conference education portion of its 2014 Asset Management Symposium to telematics. The symposium will be held November 3-5, in Nashville, […]
July 31, 2014
Construction Equipment
AEMP to collaborate with ARA on education, training and research
The Association of Equipment Management Professionals today announced a partnership agreement with the American Rental Association. The collaboration will enable the two groups to share information, education and training opportunities and research initiatives. “Equipment fleet management is a key element to running a profitable equipment rental business and AEMP has excellent education, certification programs and […]
July 16, 2014
Telematics
Managers of largest heavy equipment fleets in America voice frustrations with telematics: torrents of data, unintuitive software
Last week I attended the Association of Equipment Management Professionals annual retreat and strategy session.  As chairman of the AEMP’s conference education committee I have a lot of opportunity to rub elbows with end user members and I usually pick up some good intelligence on what the managers of these big fleets are thinking, what […]
June 18, 2014
Telematics
German trade association endorses AEM/AEMP telematics standard
Just months after two United States based equipment associations announced a new standard to govern fleet telematics, a German-based trade association has said they like it and want to participate. The Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced today that VDBUM will be supporting the new telematics standard. VDBUM serves […]
May 20, 2014
Telematics
AEMP-AEM to release beta of new telematics standard in coming weeks; registration open now to OEMs, providers
This morning, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced that a beta version of their new telematics standard will be released in the “coming weeks.” The associations have opened up registration to receive the beta when it is released. OEMs and third party telematics providers can register at http://www.aemp.org/aemaemp-telematics-standard/. […]
March 24, 2014
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