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TAPA EMEA PREMIER PARTNER VIEWPOINT


ELEVATING PREDICTIVE STANDARDS


The future of telematics in fleet management - the best tool to enhance operational efficiency, safety and environmental impact of logistics flows...


Telematics and road transportation Road transportation sits at the heart of the economy, crucial to the delivery of goods to consumers on a daily basis. However, it is also an industry that faces increasing challenges in energy management, remote workforce dependency, non-optimized loads, unplanned downtime and regulatory constraints and safety issues.


As road haulage becomes ever more complex, driven by new regulations, rising cost pressures and an expectation that fleets can deliver ever more quickly, safely, sustainably and reliably, operators are increasingly turning to digital solutions to enable them to remain competitive in the market. Therefore, real- time supply chain visibility is the new norm.


However, the key to unlocking value for fleets in the future, goes beyond “connectivity” and more towards “automation”. This is the key role that telematics can play by providing “connectivity” of FMS (Fleet Management Solutions) systems while enabling automation.


Becoming the “Connectivity Hub”


The first step of automation is “information”. Data, regardless of the source (vehicles, drivers, cargo, customers, cloud, etc.) and the means of acquisition (telematics tags/modems, IoT/ connectivity devices, connected sensors, etc.) is crucial for the evolution from Descriptive to Predictive to Automated Dispatchers and, eventually, to Automated Fleets. Therefore, it is important to consider telematics in a broader concept than we do today.


It is becoming increasingly essential for telematics devices to broaden their scope of application. Relaying CAN (Controller Area Network) information or Driver location is not nearly enough. Telematics should become the “Connectivity Hub” for all major sensors and peripherals that may improve the overall safety, security, efficiency, and transparency standards on the road. For instance, it is important that telematics devices can connect to ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) sensors or DBMS (Driver Behaviour Monitoring Systems) sensors in order to relay all necessary safety information to the back office, to enable dispatchers to take the correct decisions, when required.


Regardless of which part of the supply chain fleets operate in, whether it is first mile, intermodal, long-haul or last mile, it is important to broaden the horizon of connectivity altogether to ensure the highest levels of transparency across the entire logistics eco-system.


While becoming the ‘Connectivity Hub’ is the key enabler for enriched supply chain intelligence, transparency, by itself, is not sufficient. Descriptive intelligence is now the norm, not the future. For an industry where operational efficiency, relies heavily on optimization, “automation” is the key to evolution.


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