It costs a lot of money to own and operate construction equipment. It costs, even more, when they idle unnecessarily, break down or get lost or stolen. Tenna asset tracking can reduce these costs in three critical areas.
- Asset Management
Example: Articulate Hauler
- Total Cost of Ownership Over 5 Years: $521,800
(includes purchase price, insurance, interest and depreciation minus resale value)
- Total Cost of Operations Over 5 Years: $1,127,800
(includes operator wages, fuel, tires, maintenance and repairs)
- Proper care and maintenance of assets can significantly reduce operational costs.
How Tenna Tracking Reduces Asset Management Costs
- Identifies the location of every asset
- Makes it easy to schedule preventive maintenance
- Reduces repair costs, which average 5 times more than maintenance costs
- Employees are more accountable; take better care of tools and equipment
- Keeps assets more organized
- Reduces amount of equipment lost or left behind on job sites
- Idle Time
- Idle equipment can use up to one gallon of fuel per hour.
- One hour of idle time every day costs up to $1,000 per year, per asset.
- These costs go up as idle time increases.
% Idle Time
for 1 asset Idle Hours Annual Cost 5-Year Cost
20% 400 $1,560 $7,800
25% 500 $1,590 $9,570
30% 600 $2,340 $11,700
35% 700 $2,730 $13,650
40% 800 $3,120 $15,600
- 10 assets idling 40% of the time costs $31,200 per year.
- 10 assets idling 40% of the time costs $156,000 over 5 years.
- 100 assets idling 40% of the time costs $312,000 per year.
- 100 assets idling 40% of the time costs $1,560,000 over 5 years.
How Tenna GPS Tracking Reduces Idle Time
- Monitors location and performance of equipment 24/7
- Automatically tracks idle time (requires plugging into onboard diagnostic port)
- Idle time reports make employees more aware of operating costs
- Employees become more proactive about shutting down engines when idling
- Asset Theft
- Vandalism and theft cause 1/3 of all equipment loss dollars
- Only 21% of all stolen equipment is recovered
- Total industry theft losses estimated at more than $1 billion annually
How Tenna Tracking Reduces Theft and Vandalism
- Identifies location of assets when they were stolen
- Improves inventory control
- Sends alerts for off-hours or unauthorized equipment movement
- Sends alerts when equipment goes outside established “geo fences”
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