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trailer world Issue Two 2012

18      Issue Two 2012 Interview How easy is the operation of telematics solutions? Do you have to be an IT expert to be able to use your products? Jendras: If you look at society today, where everyone uses the In- ternet or a Smartphone, I believe that the operation of telematics ap- plications should not pose any problem. We have placed great value during development on usability, so that it is child’s play to operate. How have telematics applications developed over the course of time? Jendras: Telematics was formerly intended to help with the lo- cation of vehicles, so that the carrier can identify where his vehicles are. The next approach was based on qualitative aspects: the aim was to create added value by preventive monitoring. Telematics solutions are now advancing into the new dimension of economic efficiency calculations. The carrier should be able to determine from the data generated how he can use his fleet better and more efficiently. This brings him to a whole new level of costing for his company. Thanks to the know-how of BPW, we at idem can process and prepare the data so that it provides valuable information for the carrier. Information is collected, pooled and then evaluated, so that our customers can see where they can make improvements, and how they can use their fleet more efficiently. What do your joint future plans look like? Brauers: As one of our next joint projects for example, we want to register a continuous measurement of wear on the brake linings. The objective is as follows: when the sensor reports that the brake lining is approaching its wear limit, a corresponding warning mes- sage is transmitted to the carrier’s dispatch office. At the same time a relevant service point is displayed, where the linings can be replaced. In this way we create genuine added value for the carrier, because this enables him to carry out real preventive maintenance of his vehicles. He can therefore react in good time or in advance. Jendras: And this in turn reduces the downtimes, because we can show from the data that we collect what spare parts will soon be nec- essary, and where these are in stock. In the ideal case, this means that several service stops can be combined. Our system would then re- port that within the next 200 km, other components also need to be maintained in addition to the brake linings. This saves a great deal of organisational work … Brauers: … and also a great deal of money. If the brake linings become worn down too far, they will sooner or later be running metal- to-metal. This causes further costs and ruins any reasonable calculation. We can protect the carrier against this with our preventive solutions. At IAA: Dr.-Ing. Bert Brauers (l.) is planning further joint telematics projects with idem GmbH. »What we are doing here brings real added value to the haulier.« Dr.-Ing. Bert Brauers, Member of the Management/Sales at BPW

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