OneView Cloud-based Application Uses M2M Technologies to Optimize Equipment Maintenance

Tuesday, November 8 2011

(Fargo, N.D.) November 8, 2011 - Pedigree Technologies today released the first cloud-based maintenance application capable of using current and past equipment health data and maintenance history to schedule maintenance work by its owners, operators and service providers. 

The Maintenance Manager application uses real-time monitoring and historical data of sensor enabled equipment to schedule maintenance while at the same time centralizing maintenance records and work history in a single repository that remains tied to the equipment. The result is a cost effective means for optimizing maintenance and move from preventative to predictive maintenance. The OneView Maintenance Manager uses M2M technologies to optimize maintenance based on engine hours and equipment health or scheduled intervals.

Pedigree's One ViewMaintenance Manager gives service providers the ability to create new maintenance and repair contracts and allows operations managers and equipment operators to effectively monitor and assess the performance of their equipment. Equipment operators can reduce equipment downtime, increase efficiencies, prevent equipment failures and even improve fuel efficiency (MPG) by as much as 25%.

"We are moving companies from preventative to predictive maintenance, which extends the life of capital equipment and lower the cost of service," according to Alex Warner, CEO of Pedigree Technologies.  "This is especially powerful for companies that own or lease mobile equipment."

Pedigree Technologies OneView Maintenance Manager uses technology specifically designed to: 

• Continuously monitor all equipment and assets, regardless of manufacturer, including generators, compressors, heavy equipment, vehicles and any serviceable piece of equipment;
• Schedule maintenance based on critical variables including engine hours and runtime, odometer readings, pre-determined hours or days in service, regularly scheduled  calendar dates;
• Combine performance-based alarms with satellite asset tracking to diagnose and dispatch service for mobile assets and field technicians;
• Allow service technicians to respond faster, with remote diagnostics, reducing mean time to repair and the downtime for their customer;
• Create monthly reports, including cost of operations, historical performance, and operational efficiency; and ultimately,
• Create a competitive advantage for service contractors, connecting with their customers�? equipment through on-going predictive maintenance.

"The Maintenance Manager application highlights our focus on closing the service loop, which is valuable to both the equipment owner and service contractor." said Ian McPherson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Pedigree.  "This also ensures that service and maintenance records are tied to the piece of equipment and available to everyone instead of remaining the locked in the service companies' record management system."

OneView's maintenance application is a turnkey solution for equipment monitoring, including cloud-based application software, tracking and monitoring hardware as well as IT support. The solution provides a significant cost reduction over traditional client-server maintenance packages and underscores Pedigree's value as a solution for today's economy by improving operational efficiencies, reducing costs and increasing customer profits.

About Pedigree Technologies
Pedigree Technologies is a provider of cloud-based solutions that give organizations real-time visibility into operations and empower them to locate, track and control stationary and mobile assets worldwide. Built on a unique and scalable platform, Pedigree solutions provide an operations command center that increases operational efficiencies, improves workflow, manages inventories and logistics and maintains equipment - all in one simple system.

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