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RF Solutions Combine Advanced GPS with Wireless WAN Communications
Fleet operators must manage large vehicle fleets in geographically challenging situations. Advantech TREK products integrate Assisted GPS (A-GPS), dead reckoning, Bluetooth, and WWAN protocols (GPRS/GSM or CDMA/HSDPA), ensuring effective operation near tall buildings, mountains, canyons, in tunnels and in underground parking lots—improving management and competitiveness. The equipment is also designed to withstand a wide range of operating temperatures, as well as handling shocks and vibration. Advantech solutions are ISO/TS16949 and ISO16750 certified, with a quick time to first fix on satellite and very effective accuracy.
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In-Vehicle TREK-743s Boost Long Haul Trucking Efficiency
Managing vehicle fleets in the long haul trucking industry is challenging: vehicles and drivers are spread out geographically; central offices need to consolidate information for billing and invoicing; and customer service needs to stay on top of deliveries to be able to communicate with clients. It seems there is never enough time in the day to get the work done in this highly competitive business. A large company in the United States was trying to sort out just these types of challenges to improve their operating efficiency and maintain their competitive edge. Billing and invoicing for the company is done at the end of the driving day, when the bills of lading are collected from drivers.
Fleet Management
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Zetes Gets Proof of Delivery Using Advantech's TREK-743R Vehicle Mounted Computer
Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS),a leading pan-European provider of solutions and services for automatic tracking of goods and positive identification of personnel,recently announced the launch of its new electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) solution to optimize traceability across the supply chain. The ePOD solution is based on Advantech's TREK-743R,a robust vehicle mounted terminal that integrates RFID, wireless communication, smart card and barcode technology,
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Mobile Data Terminal Solutions for e-Bus Systems
Customers looking for smart vehicle solutions for sophisticated e-Bus systems have a diverse set of needs. Advantech is helping system integrators design e-Bus systems as part of a sophisticated wireless infrastructure to bring mobile onboard computing and back-office communications in the transportation industry to the next level. Advantech uses its knowledge to deliver an Intel® Atom™ processor based, in-vehicle box computer ideal for municipal and inter-urban bus fleets.
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TREK-775 Helps Manage Harbor Operations at the Yantian International Container Wharf
Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) located in Shenzhen, China, is responsible for operating and managing the multi-phased expansion project and the west port of Yantian. YICT is a member of the HPH Group, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL), the world’s leading investor/operator of ports throughout the world. As globalization increases, this harbor is becoming a distribution center for large-scale freight. The dock and harbor process hundreds of large cargo ships, thousands of large containers,
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TREK-743 Increases Safety in the Mines with Proximity Warning System
The mining industry faces many challenges among which, first and foremost, is safety. Conditions in mineshafts are often cramped and grueling, with workers facing a dark, damp, and uncomfortable environment. Here, equipment, vehicles, and personnel all operate near one another, excavating with equipment from large trucks to picks. In Australia, one mining customer was looking for a solution to increase worker safety, as well as provide a means to monitor mining trucks.
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Taipei’s eBus System Powered by the VITA-350P
Managing the logistics, scheduling, and whereabouts of a bus fleet in a large urban city is no easy task. Traffic and congestion, bus mechanical failure, driver behavior, and other factors make it difficult to keep buses on route and on time. In addition, providing up-to-date information to passengers is a formidable service goal. The ability to know when and where a bus is via the internet, telephone or at the bus stop itself can make all the difference to a busy commuter. The Taipei City Public Transportation Office set out with the goal to create a system which was both time saving and easy for passengers to use, as well as effective for central dispatch and backend controllers to use.
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Cut Fuel Usage and Reduce Operating Costs with Advantech Mobile Data Terminal Solutions
In the face of economic recession, and with the recent fluctuation of global fuel prices, it has become an increasingly important task for dispatchers to come up with solutions for maximizing fuel efficiency and reducing operation costs. More and more, dispatch clients are not satisfied having only an AVL (Automatic Vehicle Locator) device as their main vehicle tracking system. Additionally, they are seeking more sophisticated, value-add devices to aid in navigation, two-way interaction between driver and dispatcher, and data collection from vehicle performance metrics, so that they can also maximize fuel usage.
Mobility
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MARS-3100 Monitors Ventricular Assist Devices Monitoring in the Medical Industry
HeartWare, Inc. develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps, or Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), designed to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure. Prospective patients are generally bed-ridden, and treatment with an LVAD may allow them to return to an active lifestyle while they waitfor a heart transplant.
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MARS-3100S Increased Performance and Efficiency in a Harsh Environment
In recent years, environmental protection has become an increasingly important issue in the development of new energy. To meet increased demand, wind power has become a booming source of renewable energy in China.
Most wind power generator farms are located in deserts or near the seaside. In order to ensure that power generators operate stably in harsh environments involving dust, salt air, vibration, heat and electrical noise, the generator’s own self-protection diagnostics are important, as are detailed daily inspections by site operators. The timeliness of daily inspection is crucial, and entails staff members recording operational data and sending it to back-end data center servers for data analysis and proactive monitoring of system status. Advantech’s MARS-3100S meets all these critical requirements perfectly.
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