Maximizing Operations with Prioritized Asset Tracking

Rugged industries are known for complex, mixed fleet environments that can challenge even the most efficient field operations teams. Characterized by demanding conditions, the breadth of machinery used in the field is significant, requiring constant and vigilant care.

Field operations managing mixed fleets face unique challenges in managing assets across three distinct categories:

• Powered equipment (like excavators and loaders),
• Non-powered equipment (such as tanks and containers), and
• Vehicles (including trucks and fuel tankers).

With different manufacturers, models, and usage patterns, each vehicle or piece of equipment within these categories may have its own unique preventative maintenance intervals and tasks. Ensuring uniform monitoring and management across all asset types becomes complex. This complexity only grows as projects expand and in turn, equipment requirements grow and diversify.

Preventative Maintenance: Not All Assets are Created Equal

Digitized asset tracking and management is not optional for companies operating in rugged terrains such as large-scale construction sites, above-ground mining, or onshore and offshore drilling and exploration. In these complex industries, maintaining and inspecting key equipment isn’t just smart business—it’s a critical element of regulatory compliance.

Companies committed to optimizing operations and improving efficiency despite harsh locations and unpredictable conditions turn to unified asset technology leaders such as Geoforce to manage diverse assets with different lifecycles, usage patterns, and requirements. We’re adept at helping develop an asset tracking landscape for mixed fleet management that unifies and visualizes the location and status of:

• High-value assets (e.g., powered equipment like generators, trailers)
  • Frequently used assets (e.g., vehicles, trucks, vans)
  • Critical non-powered assets that are often misplaced (e.g., containers, compressors, tanks)

The result is a unified platform for asset management that provides:

• Near real-time visibility into the status and location of powered, non-powered, and vehicle assets.
• Preventative maintenance scheduling tailored to diverse equipment lifecycles and usage patterns.
• Enhanced safety through geofencing and location tracking, ensuring critical equipment stays readily accessible even in expansive work sites.

Why Mixed Fleet Tracking Matters

Mixed fleet asset tracking and management visualizes diverse equipment categories—powered, non-powered, and vehicles—into a single pane of glass that enables field managers to quickly determine asset readiness, allocate resources efficiently, and respond quickly to changes or emergencies. Without this visibility, it’s easy to lose track of asset location and utilization when operating in rugged industries. When implementing or reinforcing your asset tracking and management strategy, Geoforce can help by developing a tracking landscape that prioritizes the investment by focusing on the assets that matter most to your operations. For example:

Keeping the focus on “asset ROI” such as optimized lifespan, cost savings, and personnel safety delivers benefits such as:

• Reduced downtime by proactively managing high-value and powered assets.
  • Prevention of loss and misplacement of critical non-powered equipment.
  • Streamlined fleet operations with real-time visibility of vehicles.

Managing diverse, mixed fleets in demanding conditions is complex due to varying equipment types, manufacturers, models, and preventative maintenance needs. This complexity only grows with project expansion and diversification.

Contact us to discuss how Geoforce simplifies mixed fleet tracking by delivering visibility where it matters most. Book a demo to see it in action!