Hitachi Intros Fleet Management System
Hitachi Construction Machinery has announced a new fleet management system called Solution Linkage (SL) Connect.
With easy access from their phones, tablets, or computers, SL Connect telematics users can monitor their machines on different worksites from anywhere in various languages.
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“Mid to large-sized construction companies in North America manage a large number of equipment using multiple systems, facing challenges of management workload and efficiency,” says Satoshi Inose, general manager of DNA development & promotion dept., Hitachi Construction Machinery.
“Solution Linkage Connect aggregates machine operation data by entire fleet, project, and worksite, enabling management and analysis through a dashboard,” Inose says. “The system currently targets Hitachi Construction Machinery models, but in the future users that own machines from other companies will also be able to manage them with SL Connect.”
SL Connect allows users to:
- View information from their Hitachi Construction Machinery machines quickly from one place
- Monitor the utilization information from all their machines
- Geofence an area on the map to separate projects and specific worksites
- Graph and view operating information for each project and worksite
- View the information of machine alarms remotely, in real time
- Download a report detailing the operating information and alarm information of machines.
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Frank Raczon has covered and influenced the equipment industry for 35 years, including 15 years as senior editor of Construction Equipment, and marketing, advertising, and public relations work with the industry's top manufacturers. In addition to authoring "Caterpillar: Modern Earthmoving Marvels" (Motorbooks, 2015), he has won numerous awards in his career, highlighted by nods from the Construction Writers Association, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the Business Marketing Association, and BtoB magazine. Raczon has also won a number of awards from publishing peer groups such as ASBPE and TABPI.