A manufacturer of a wide range of utility trucks, lifts, boom and crane material handling vehicles, and digger derricks wanted to provide its customers with enhanced data-based asset management capabilities. The primary goals were to support users of their utility trucks and equipment in maximizing utilization, reliability, productivity and return on investment. The manufacturer wanted to implement a proven mobile machine IoT (MM-IoT) solution designed for industrial and heavy equipment. The solution needed to make deploying vehicles, with the equipment needed to do the work, easy and hassle-free. Prioritizing allocation of the available equipment was also important, particularly when the vehicles were operated in disaster recovery environments.

Now users get the right equipment to the right location efficiently, ensuring that power is back online after storms. With Elevāt, users can immediately see where equipment is currently deployed and quickly direct the needed equipment asset to the next critically impacted location. Knowing the on-board configuration of every vehicle asset means the right resource gets to the right place faster. In addition, Elevāt monitors vehicle parameters to ensure safe operation of boom, crane, and aerials to address proper use of outriggers, load distribution, and avoidance of hazards like high voltage power lines.

Today, Elevāt Machine Connect provides the utility truck manufacturer and their operators and users with the tools they need to maximize utilization, increase reliability, and optimize productivity, all while ensuring every piece of equipment deployed in the field delivers excellent return on the investment. Customer satisfaction improved as the number of outages addressed per hour increased and response times decreased. In addition, Elevāt also tracks user performance. The tailored solution has pre-programmed operational safety protocols and parameters. This keeps operators safe, while protecting equipment and property. For example, Elevāt can monitor the conditions of Load Moment Indicators (LMI) and Rated Capacity Limiters (RCL) so operators won’t inadvertently stress the equipment to the point of failure. With bucket aerial device operation, monitoring envelope control ensures those working on power lines stay safe too. In addition, maintenance for the utility vehicles is now completed on time leading to less downtime and in-field failures of highly utilized on-board equipment.