01 Tipping point: Setting the stage for smarter waste management
Remote diagnostics and custom rules Using telematics, you can enhance efficiency by diagnosing vehicle problems from virtually anywhere. Remote diagnostic capabilities use your garbage trucks’ onboard diagnostics systems and wireless communication to report issues as they happen, accelerating the troubleshooting process. With automatic detection and notification of potential problems, your staff can analyze reported fault codes by accessing your telematics platform through a mobile app or web portal. Fault enrichment data also helps decrease downtime and related costs by helping you analyze fault severities and potential impacts to other vehicle parts. With automated prioritization and actionable insights, you can stay ahead on potential repair needs to keep your trucks in top condition. Custom rules additionally allow you to tailor maintenance needs to particular vehicle requirements. For example, you can set a rule in your telematics platform to alert you when a truck’s filter has reached 40% saturation. In doing so, a regeneration cycle to burn off the harmful particulates can be automatically scheduled, saving you money that would otherwise
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Keeping trucks ticking: Maximizing garbage fleet longevity Reducing waste in your waste operations: From routing to right-sizing Fueling efficiency: Slashing costs and emissions in your waste collection fleet Clean record, clean streets: Avoiding legal landfills from liability and risk
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need to be spent replacing the entire filter altogether. Maintenance reminders
The last stop: Moving toward a leaner, more efficient waste management fleet
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Avoid missing important maintenance milestones with a telematics platform backing your operations. If vital upkeep appointments for oil changes or components are soon approaching, a fleet management solution can help keep you aware of their scheduled times. Text and email reminders can be scheduled to make managing varying maintenance schedules easier. Failure to keep track of and execute routine maintenance might result in parts wearing down faster over time and potentially cause lasting damages to more critical (and expensive) components of your garbage trucks. Using maintenance reminders, dump out paper-based service schedules from your operations and keep your finger on the pulse of your trucks’ individual maintenance needs. Inventory management Digital inventory management with a telematics platform makes it easy to keep track of all the parts or supplies needed for your garbage trucks. Using a well-organized digital platform to manage necessary parts and equipment, you can better prevent clerical errors from poor handwriting, reduce paperwork costs and meticulously monitor all inventory.
Work order management Fleet management solutions that offer work order management capabilities make both your life – and the lives of your mechanics – easier by helping to centralize and streamline all maintenance work orders. For example, Geotab’s Work Order Management capability enables fleet managers to schedule, track and report on maintenance tasks in a single place. Service requests can be converted into work orders, and costs and downtime metrics can be carefully studied to identify areas where maintenance costs are unoptimized. Digitized work order management also enhances productivity by speeding up the repair process and helping you limit unplanned downtime. With the right telematics solution, you can integrate work order data with your existing fleet management information system (FMIS) to study key insights holistically.
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