AEM Telematics
The International Organization for Standardization has approved a mixed-fleet telematics standard developed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and the Association of Equipment Management Professionals.
The new ISO standard will enable users to gather more original equipment manufacturer data into their fleet management or business software, said a news release this July from the OEM. The new standard will provide easier access, improve the management and analysis of fleet management, and help companies “save time and money on the job site or within their operations,” the release said.
The ISO was expected to post the standard to its website within 60 days, the July 21 release quoted John Somers, AEM’s director of product management – construction, mining, utility. That would put the expected posting date around mid September.
In the meantime, AEM and AEMP are recommending that equipment users take the three following steps to get ready for the standard’s final publication:
• Check with manufacturers to find out when or if they plan to comply with the standard and offer data through the standard’s application programming interface, or API.
• Check with suppliers of business or fleet management software for their plans “to support integration of the new API to enable retrieval of their machine data.”
• Bookmark the expected landing page for the standard on the ISO website, and check back periodically for updates. The page is at www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=67556.
The ISO mixed-fleet telematics standard will be part of a new section — Part 3: Machine Data — of IS0/DTS 15143 (Earthmoving machinery and mobile road construction machinery – Worksite Data Exchange). While that standard focuses on earthmoving equipment, the data can apply to other machinery types, the AEM release noted. Data points, for example, include location, idle time, distance traveled, operating hours, fuel usage, engine operation times, idle codes, and various diagnostic codes.
Plan includes expanding the standard, which is based on a draft API standard that the two industry groups developed, beyond earthmoving, the release said. The goal was provide a standard that all industry stakeholders — including fleet managers, manufacturers, and equipment users — “can use confidently” in any global market.
“Today’s equipment management professional understands telematics data is having a huge impact on operational efficiencies, maintenance, safety and more,” the release quoted AEMP chairman John Meese, who is senior director of heavy equipment at Waste Management Inc. “This ISO standard is a critical tool for a fleet team to embrace in order to more effectively and efficiently manage their fleet.”
Domenic Ruccolo, a senior vice-president with Deere & Company and a director on AEM’s construction equipment sector board, said in the release that the new standard’s common format “allows end users to access telematics data from any machine in their fleet and aggregate it in one place.” That capability enhances productivity and improves decision-making, he added.