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How to Select the Right Equipment Tracking System

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As the heavy construction equipment have to perform in extremely hectic work schedule and they are more or less mobile, it is quite difficult to keep a track of these equipments. A good heavy construction equipment tracking system makes it quite easy for the owner to have a clear idea of the performance of the equipment. When you implement a tracking system to your heavy construction equipment, it not only helps you in keeping a track record of the equipment, but also you can increase the productivity and efficiency of the equipments to increase the business of your company. There are many equipment tracking systems that might help you with all the services, but most often the owners get confused about which would be the right tracking device for their company. Following the simple steps and tips mentioned below, you can find the right tracking system for your device.

  1. Most of the ordinary tracking systems are based on solo services. It means that these tracking systems will serve single equipment at a time. So, if you want to track two devices, then you will have to assign another tracking device. Therefore, if you want to track your heavy construction equipments, then you must buy a tracking system that offers multiple applications.
  2. Many times the tracking systems work exclusively on proprietary devices only. In such a case they work only on those very equipments. But if any time the owner is unhappy with the service and wants to buy new equipments, these tracking systems might not work on them, and the entire system or hardware technology might need a change. To avoid this, the owner must always find a tracking system that is not exclusive for proprietary devices.
  3. The next most important factor for choosing the right tracking system for your heavy construction equipment is to make sure that your tracking systems providing company gives you ample support, post the installation of the equipments. If the company fails to provide you a support and servicing facility after the tracking system has been installed, then it will not be very favourable for you.

Features of a good tracking system:

  • To locate the equipment’s position, the tracking system works wonders. Both the satellite and cellular tracking system are very helpful for this purpose.
  • When you assign the run-time analyser, you can get to know about the exact time span of the working hours of the equipments. How long your equipment has been performing in the field, must be known to you, so that you can charge the customer accordingly.
  • A good tracking system will also denote you about the working condition of the equipment. If there is damage in the equipment and it becomes quite late before you get to know it, the equipment might get severely damaged. A tracking device can help in reducing the maintenance cost to a large extent in these situations.

 

Oils and gas industry should use equipment tracking system

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It is not an easy process to drill oil because it needs almost 10 different companies that provide different services. Actually, if you want to drill oil properly then you have to gather several crews and equipment. However it is difficult to know how to work with these devices. In order to maintain real time visibility into the remote operations oil and gas companies are taking help from equipment tracking software. Such technologies have many advantages as it give a chance to the businesses to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the equipment. There are five different reasons to utilize equipment tracking services. Check it out:

It helps you to find out equipment and related data easily:

If you want to start your construction business or involved with Oil and Gas industry, then it is really important to purchase equipment that can help you to run your business.  Sometimes people forget to take care of such equipment and it can be lost at the jobsite. You may forget that where you put the equipment so these can really make you nervous. So, if you start to search the missing machines manually then it can take your huge time and money. Workers are always busy to work on the site, move the dirt and give priority to their job. So, it is always good to buy an equipment tracking system. It will help you to find out your equipment properly and maintain your business without any disturbances. You can even use any device that has internet connection to access every single data related to your equipment from your screen.

Improve customer service

When you are running your business then you always have to think of your customers and clients. It is really important to keep your customer happy to maintain your business. In the industry of oil and gas, you have to deal with hundreds of machineries and trucks. Sometimes, due to all such transactions delays can happen. Due to many other reasons such as traffic congestion, problems in the worksite customers may have to wait a long time to get their order. In such cases, if you can take help from an equipment transaction then it will allow you to take care of all your machines. You can keep the updated information on your machine at your hand. So, your customers will get excellent service from you. It is the best thing that the construction companies should take care of and always apply this equipment track system to get many advantages.

Improve the relationship between clients and workers:It helps you to improve the relationship between client and workers. To run oil and gas industry, it is really essential to manage good relationship with the customers. So, the equipment tracking system is highly important for this business as it helps to maintain the business properly. There are many other advantages that you can get from equipment tracking system.

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