Top Features of Telematics System

Telematics system is on every equipment fleet and has been an integral part of tractors, cranes and lifts. Manufacturers have known the importance of telematics and have been able to integrate it for the better functionality and security of the machinery. It has been around and is almost required to every company with related business. 

From real time equipment visibility and fuel saving, telematics has improved fleet utilization, prevents fraudulence and equipment theft and maintains optimization with its GPS-based fleet tracking technology. It arms fleet managers with vital information for keeping operations efficient and minimize waste. Yet, these are not the only feature of telematics system. 

Axis Capital Group, a company which rents and sells capital equipment in Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia has prepared this review in honor of the great invention of telematics. This is also vital for equipment owners to learn to ensure that they have the best in their own telematics systems: 

1.            Hardware with anti-theft engineering

GPS are already being installed in equipment nowadays for proper monitoring of your machines’ whereabouts. But hardware is also essential. Telematics have been integrated to the motion sensors that detect movement of a parked vehicle, password-operated controls which can only be opened by the operator or a discreet GPS signal which turns up warning sounds when it detects unauthorized handler. 

2.            Industrial-strength geofencing

The ability to electronically ‘geofence’ jobsites or other work zones is a core telemetry monitoring function that makes it possible to spot unauthorized machine use, detect a theft in progress, and track equipment use and associated costs by project, but systems without large geofence capacities limit or even negate the value of this feature. Choosing a platform that can support 100 simultaneous geofences or more ensures that geofences are automatically reassigned when a machine moves to a new jobsite, eliminating the risk of losing geofence visibility and related benefits if a busy equipment manager forgets to make the switch manually. 

3.            Mobile app

This feature is highly advantageous for working managers since fleet operations and issues don’t stop when you are away from your desktop. Best-of-breed mobile telematics apps do more than displaying maps indicating where each scraper, skid steer or other machine is located. Some solutions can also monitor the current location of your equipment and enables you to ‘replay’ whatever has been happening in your office. Telematics is also able to connect you to your equipment, files and data.