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	Telematics for a greener world with Cumulocity IoT Software AG

Telematics for a greener world with Cumulocity IoT

Software AG

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Vehicle Telematics Fleet Management Energy Management System
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	TRAILAR, a subsidiary of DHL, developed an innovative solution that uses solar energy to power the onboard electrical equipment of commercial vehicles, thereby reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions. However, the company needed a partner to help them leverage the data generated by their solution to offer new services and solutions. They required an all-in-one IoT platform that could manage devices, collect data, calculate fuel savings, and visualize data in real time. They also needed to prove the cost/usability benefit for customers and execute immediately without long lead times. Read More
About Customer	TRAILAR is an award-winning startup founded in 2018 by two DHL employees as part of the company’s “Startup Lab”. With never-been-done-before technology, TRAILAR takes fuel savings to a whole new level by utilizing cutting-edge solar technology. The systems are used to generate solar energy to provide clean energy to the vehicle’s onboard electrical equipment, such as tail-lift and lights. With the heavy goods vehicles still years away from being able to go fully electric, TRAILAR is catching the market’s eye. Operating as an independent DPDHL subsidiary, TRAILAR is enhancing its niche even further. From its headquarters in Manchester, the company is focusing on international logistics and public services. The call to action: Innovate Today Save Tomorrow. Read More
Solution	TRAILAR partnered with Software AG and implemented their Cumulocity IoT platform. This platform collects the telematics data of the installed solar mats in the cloud and visualizes them in a dashboard. It also calculates the fuel savings and the respective carbon emissions saved per year. The platform can also be used to organize device management across the entire fleet and to integrate additional applications. With streaming analytics, TRAILAR can stream the fuel consumption analytics and integrate and present them simply and clearly to the end customer. The implementation on the customer side did not take longer than a few hours, and with Software AG’s IoT competence center, the experts helped to determine their entire GTM. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Vehicle Telematics

Fleet Management

Energy Management System

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

TRAILAR, a subsidiary of DHL, developed an innovative solution that uses solar energy to power the onboard electrical equipment of commercial vehicles, thereby reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions. However, the company needed a partner to help them leverage the data generated by their solution to offer new services and solutions. They required an all-in-one IoT platform that could manage devices, collect data, calculate fuel savings, and visualize data in real time. They also needed to prove the cost/usability benefit for customers and execute immediately without long lead times.

About Customer

TRAILAR is an award-winning startup founded in 2018 by two DHL employees as part of the company’s “Startup Lab”. With never-been-done-before technology, TRAILAR takes fuel savings to a whole new level by utilizing cutting-edge solar technology. The systems are used to generate solar energy to provide clean energy to the vehicle’s onboard electrical equipment, such as tail-lift and lights. With the heavy goods vehicles still years away from being able to go fully electric, TRAILAR is catching the market’s eye. Operating as an independent DPDHL subsidiary, TRAILAR is enhancing its niche even further. From its headquarters in Manchester, the company is focusing on international logistics and public services. The call to action: Innovate Today Save Tomorrow.

Solution

TRAILAR partnered with Software AG and implemented their Cumulocity IoT platform. This platform collects the telematics data of the installed solar mats in the cloud and visualizes them in a dashboard. It also calculates the fuel savings and the respective carbon emissions saved per year. The platform can also be used to organize device management across the entire fleet and to integrate additional applications. With streaming analytics, TRAILAR can stream the fuel consumption analytics and integrate and present them simply and clearly to the end customer. The implementation on the customer side did not take longer than a few hours, and with Software AG’s IoT competence center, the experts helped to determine their entire GTM.

Impact #1	Measurable evidence of TRAILAR’s value proposition
Impact #2	Big data in the cloud
Impact #3	Real-time dashboarding of actual fuel savings

Impact #1

Measurable evidence of TRAILAR’s value proposition

Impact #2

Big data in the cloud

Impact #3

Real-time dashboarding of actual fuel savings

Benefit #1	Fuel savings ranging from between 2.5 and 7.5 percent per vehicle
Benefit #2	Respective carbon emissions saved per year

Benefit #1

Fuel savings ranging from between 2.5 and 7.5 percent per vehicle

Benefit #2

Respective carbon emissions saved per year

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Telematics for a greener world with Cumulocity IoT

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