AGGREGATES MANAGER / October 2016
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Data collected through telematics inform
owners and operators how they can
improve an operation's efficiency and
profitability.
more about those machines so he can
make better decisions — call an operator,
stop a problem before it starts. That's what
matters. That's telematics at work."
Moving more for less
In the aggregates industry, where mar-
gins are tight and fl eet managers and
owners are constantly under pressure to
move more product for less, fi nding ways
to improve productivity and uptime is just
a part of survival.
Today's telematics programs lend
themselves to the challenge. And when
used best, they provide an entire team
— from owners to fl eet managers to oper-
ators — information they can use to make
positive changes that impact the mine's
effi ciency and profi tability.
Strigle says the benefi ts are a little
like the butterfl y effect — it's hard to note
where the positive outcomes stop once
they start; but if you have to break it into
three major categories on which telemat-
ics has the largest impact, it's preventive
maintenance, operator training, and fl eet
management.
