Telematics: Your business productivity booster

Telematics is a monitoring system used to measure and manage business high value mobile assets, as cars, motorcycles and machines. There are several measure types available, as we will present next, collected real-time through wireless communication protocols (radio or satellite).

One of the greatest benefits of this technology is the practical applicability in remote geographical areas and constant moving production assets. Regardless of the distance, it is possible to capture key information regarding metrics / measures and take the most appropriate decisions per situation.

Productivity scenarios applied to Telematics

Operations management gains access to business information related to assets performance and drivers / operators usage behaviour. The accurate practical implementation of this information has a direct impact in resources productivity. We highlight the following:

Cost Reduction

It is possible to continuously measure levels of fuel, energy, water, etc. and therefore optimize preventive maintenance of vehicles and machines. This way, it is possible to gain a greater asset usage rate and therefore reduce maintenance costs or prevent incidents caused by mechanic malfunctioning.

Real-time monitoring

Knowing real operating status of each asset makes facilitates resources management. Telematics enables informed decision taking on pending urgent situations.

Example: driving elapsed time points driver work hours. Matching current geographic location with next service route, manager can call end of work day, avoiding extra hours payment.

Working culture upgrade

The awareness in teams that assets usages is being monitored opens an opportunity window to create improved behavioural patterns, helping to prevent incidents or maintenance risks.

Example: In the event of a machine being used in a geographical area out of the configured limits or in physical conditions not included in equipment specifications, system sends a management notification for situation handling. 

Intelligent management

Via detailed reports and dashboards, several indicators are organized and shared regarding vehicles / machines usage and working. This information will help management sizing resources inline with expected business needs, maximising usage rate per asset type.