The future of telematics for off-highway OEMs

In today’s fast-paced, data-driven world, telematics has become a game-changer for industries that rely on heavy machinery and equipment. For off-highway OEMs, telematics is no longer just about fleet management—it’s about unlocking new levels of efficiency, productivity, and innovation. 

But not all telematics solutions are created equal. While basic telematics provides foundational insights, advanced telematics takes it a step further, offering real-time data, predictive analytics, and remote control capabilities that can transform your operations. 

This white paper explores the key differences between basic and advanced telematics, highlights the benefits of advanced solutions, and provides actionable steps to help your business stay ahead of the curve.

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The key difference between basic and advanced telematics lies in how deeply they integrate with the machine. Basic telematics, often installed after manufacturing, provides limited insights such as GPS tracking, speed, and general usage data. These systems rely on external sensors to estimate performance metrics, making them a quick retrofit option but restricting the depth of available insights. 

Advanced telematics, on the other hand, is built directly into the machine during manufacturing, connecting to its internal systems for precise, real-time data. Instead of estimating fuel consumption or engine performance based on external factors, advanced telematics pulls data straight from the machine’s core components, enabling remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and deeper operational insights. While basic telematics offers a broad overview, advanced solutions unlock the full potential of data-driven decision-making—boosting efficiency, reducing costs, and driving innovation. 

The future of off-highway OEMs lies in data-driven innovation, from predictive maintenance to automation. But before these advancements become the industry standard, a strong foundation must be built. This starts with accurate data collection through reliable TCUs and CAN Bus integration, ensuring clean and precise insights. Next, robust infrastructure is needed to process and store this data, making it accessible for real-time decision-making. Finally, an intuitive platform is essential to visualize and manage data, enabling OEMs to unlock actionable insights. While the full potential of advanced telematics is still evolving, solutions like Proemion’s Global Telematics Solution already provide the essential data needed to drive innovation – helping OEMs optimize operations today while preparing for the future. 

Transitioning to advanced telematics doesn’t have to be complicated. Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting started: 

Data Science is an interdisciplinary field that involves extracting insights and knowledge from data using scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems. It encompasses several fields such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, and domain-specific knowledge to make sense of the complex data collected. By leveraging various techniques to identify patterns, trends, and relationships in data, it enables organizations to make data-driven decisions. These techniques include data mining, machine learning, statistical modeling, visualization, and predictive analytics. Data Science also involves data cleansing, processing, and preparation to ensure that data is reliable, accurate, and consistent. 

Proper data science creates the baseline for the three following examples of beneficial innovations in the off-highway OEM industry. 

Data integration combines data from different sources, formats, and locations and transforms it into a unified and consistent view. Data integration aims to provide a comprehensive view of data to support business intelligence, analytics, and decision-making. This involves extracting, transforming, and loading data from various sources into a common data model. Data integration can be achieved through various methods, such as manual data entry, data warehousing, data migration, and data virtualization, and allow for the introduction of beneficial features such as interoperability.  

Already today, Proemion uses the REST API to make this possible. As the standard interface between Proemion’s DataPlatform and various web interfaces, it delivers the data where you need it.  

Data analytics is the process of analyzing and examining large and complex data sets to extract insights and draw conclusions. It involves using various statistical and quantitative methods to identify patterns, trends, and correlations within the data, providing valuable information for decision-making. Data analytics encompasses several fields, including business intelligence, data mining, and predictive analytics. With technologies like real-time data analysis, organizations are able to identify and solve problems, improve operations, and optimize performance.   

Proemion offers the DataPortal as a means of visualizing and managing the collected data and making it easily assessable for OEMs.  

The future of the off-highway industry is here, and it’s powered by advanced telematics. From predictive maintenance to remote control and beyond, the possibilities are endless. 

But the time to act is now. By implementing advanced telematics today, you can: 

• Improve operational efficiency
• Reduce costs
• Enhance customer satisfaction
• Prepare for future innovations

Don’t get left behind. Take the first step toward a smarter, more connected future with Proemion’s advanced telematics solutions. Our solution covers all three steps integral to advanced telematics by collecting, processing, and visualizing clean machine data. Moreover, since they are built into the machinery, they collect first-hand data from the machine, making it clean and reliable.