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Construction Equipment
More than Telematics: Data wrung from machines building future for heavy equipment OEMs
While there was an overarching technology theme to the massive ConExpo show earlier this year, the big story in the heavy equipment industry has been all about data. Specifically, the data coming off your machinesâ telematics, and how that data can become a key part of your overall jobsite management picture, not to mention a manufacturerâs [âŚ]
May 29, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Cat: Connected assets, âvoice of the machineâ will drive growth, big productivity advances
Caterpillar says itâs putting its future bets on the huge opportunities it sees beyond the iron, in comments made this weekend on the eve of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017. âInstead of Cat being a brand on the jobsite, weâre pushing to make Cat the jobsite brand,â says Paolo Fellin, Cat vice president, global construction and infrastructure. Cat [âŚ]
March 6, 2017
Construction Equipment
Catâs Oberhelman: âWelcome to the age of smart ironâ
In the coming years, the talk from Caterpillar will be technology, technology and more technology, if the remarks Cat Chairman/CEO Doug Oberhelman made at the Munich, Germany, bauma trade show today are any indication. âWe talked about technology at the last bauma in 2013, and the digital transformation is even more important now,â he commented [âŚ]
April 12, 2016
Technology
Caterpillarâs online fleet management quiz is quick way to get acquainted with telematics
Much of Caterpillarâs focus as of late, beyond its corporate focus of drastically reducing costs, has been on technology. Specifically, outfitting machines with more technology and sensors so that Cat customers are able to mine the most minute operation data possible from their equipment, and thus being able to make better decisions when it comes [âŚ]
December 4, 2015
Technology
Caterpillarâs Era of Analytics: Coaching customers, autonomous machines and more tech the Iron Giant is planning for the future
Five years ago, hardly any heavy equipment was connected with telematics, says Paolo Fellin, vice president of construction and infrastructure industries at Caterpillar. Today, he says, the company has more than 300,000 connected machines worldwide. âTwo years ago, when I visited customers and talked about technology, sometimes they would get a glazed look in their [âŚ]
July 17, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar will pay back $1 for each gallon of fuel you burn beyond its benchmarks
This week Caterpillar unveiled a new fuel guarantee initiative that will give participating contractors $1 back for every gallon of diesel their newly acquired machines burn above the benchmarked rates established by the company. The Fuel Consumption Guarantee program will run between May 1 and December 31 this year. Contractors who buy an eligible Cat [âŚ]
May 15, 2015
Business
Caterpillar to crunch even more data through acquisition of marine analytics firm ESRG
Just in case you didnât think Caterpillar was really serious about this whole Big Data thing, the company today announced it has completed the acquisition of a marine industry analytics company. Caterpillar Marine has acquired ESRG Technologies Group, a Virginia Beach-based company specializing in marine telematics and analytics. The acquisition will bring ESRGâs telematics software, which [âŚ]
April 15, 2015
Business
Caterpillar doubles down on dedication to equipment data with new Analytics & Innovation division
Following through on its March promise to work to begin rolling out predictive diagnostic improvements to its Produc Link telematics service âin the coming months,â Caterpillar has announced the creation of a new division within the company that will focus solely on data and creating new ways for its customers to put the information to work. [âŚ]
April 13, 2015
Technology
Caterpillarâs predictive diagnostics will enable more ârepairs before failureâ in future telematics updates
Itâs not too often that youâll see a construction boss smile while talking about an equipment operator mishandling a machine. But with a recent job, taking place hundreds of miles away from his office, Allen Feller got a taste of the magic of telematics. Feller is the co-owner of Feller Enterprises, an excavation firm based in St. George, [âŚ]
March 12, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar is planning a Big Data lab that will assist in telematics development
Caterpillar has announced an expansion of its efforts in the realm of telematics and how the company analyzes the large amounts of complex data it collects from its customersâ machines. According to a report from the News-Gazette, Cat plans to open the new lab in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign. The company made [âŚ]
September 15, 2014
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