FINNING has revealed that customers across the UK and Ireland have seen gains on fuel efficiency of up to 47% and a reduction in idle time by up to 50% over the past two years thanks to its VisionLink telematics software.
The latest iteration of VisionLink – launched in August 2023 – marks the first platform of its kind to be solely developed by Caterpillar. VisionLink has helped customers to gain visibility of their assets and operations with condition, location and service history monitoring, and remote diagnostics. The system also reports on idle time and fuel burn rates to highlight cost savings opportunities and cut carbon emissions.
Becky Wallis, digital applications and support manager at Finning UK & Ireland, said, “Over the past two years we have seen significant benefits to our customers thanks to the insights that VisionLink provides. In particular, we have seen numerous cases where idle time has been greatly reduced. Thanks to daily data reports, machine owners are able to identify where assets are sitting idle, with VisionLink highlighting any trends in idle time to allow owners to address this with operators.
“Recently we have seen some customers achieve impressive reductions in idle time from 60% to 40%, with others able to make a 50% saving, reducing their idle time from 40% to 20%. Not only has this impacted on cost savings, but it has reduced fuel burn and CO2 emissions, as well as extended the maintenance intervals and service life of the machine.”
VisionLink is available for owners with one machine, or large companies with an entire fleet, and is available as a mobile app.
