Fleet Management
Efficient fleet management, encompassing heavy equipment, specialized tools, and logistical resources, represents a fundamental challenge in sectors such as construction, the oil industry, machinery rental, and general services. In addition to optimizing the utilization of each asset, it is essential to implement robust systems that allow strategic allocation aligned with the needs of projects and clients, ensuring accurate traceability of movements, status, and responsible parties at all times.
To achieve these goals, it is essential to have comprehensive solutions that offer real-time visibility into the location, usage history, and operating conditions of each piece of equipment, leveraging current telemetry standards such as those established by AEMP 2.0 under the ISO 15143 standard. An efficient fleet management system allows you to proactively schedule preventive and corrective maintenance, plan asset renewal, and monitor key indicators such as operating hours, usage cycles, and compliance with technical or safety requirements.
Full asset traceability throughout their lifecycle not only helps maximize their useful life and residual value but also reduces risks associated with unforeseen failures, unproductivity, or regulatory noncompliance. Furthermore, integrating these systems with enterprise platforms (ERP, EAM, among others) allows for the digitalization of key processes such as allocation recording, document management, inventory control, and the generation of customized analytical reports for strategic decision-making.
In short, professional fleet management not only focuses on operational administration, but also drives the digital transformation of the area, fostering transparency, efficiency, and a culture focused on operational excellence and maximum use of company resources.
In the context of the digital transformation facing companies in asset-intensive sectors, our strategic partner BearingPoint, in partnership with SAP, has developed a cutting-edge solution based on the cloud-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS) concept: ETM.next. This application represents a significant evolution in the comprehensive management of fleets, equipment, tools, and logistics resources, providing a centralized, real-time view of each asset throughout its operational lifecycle.
ETM.next is designed to strictly comply with SAP's Clean Core principles, ensuring native, secure integration without invasive customizations, allowing organizations to maintain the agility and scalability of their enterprise systems. The solution covers all critical fleet management processes, from equipment allocation and tracking, planning and executing preventive and corrective maintenance, to document management, inventory control, and the generation of advanced analytical reports for strategic decision-making.
Thanks to its modular and scalable architecture, ETM.next facilitates interoperability with other enterprise systems such as ERP, EAM, and telemetry platforms, also complying with international standards such as ISO 15143 and the AEMP 2.0 protocol. This enables companies to digitize and automate movement recording, ensure complete asset traceability, and optimize resource utilization based on the specific needs of each project or client.
The platform not only increases operational efficiency and transparency, but also contributes to risk management, reducing costs associated with unforeseen failures, and ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards. Ultimately, ETM.next drives operational excellence and fosters an organizational culture focused on maximizing resource utilization, innovation, and continuous improvement within fleet management processes.
Why Iquant?
Fleet management represents one of the most recurring and strategic use cases within the industrial and operational maintenance field. Aware of the complexity and challenges this process entails, Iquant has established a specialized practice with extensive experience implementing advanced solutions, including the previous version of ETM and the transition to ETM.next.
Iquant's team is comprised of experts in technology consulting, maintenance engineering, logistics operations, and asset management, allowing them to approach each project with a comprehensive approach tailored to the specific needs of each sector. Thanks to the expertise gained from implementing fleet management platforms for industries such as construction, machinery rental, general services, and oil operations, Iquant has perfected methodologies that streamline the adoption of new technologies, minimize associated risks, and ensure operational continuity.
Iquant's ability to interpret its clients' technical and operational requirements, coupled with a deep understanding of ETM.next's capabilities, enables frictionless integration with enterprise systems such as ERP, EAM, and telemetry solutions. This approach facilitates the complete digitalization of critical processes, from equipment and tool traceability to intelligent maintenance scheduling and the generation of customized analytical reports for strategic decision-making.
Furthermore, Iquant stands out for its support throughout the digital transformation process, fostering an organizational culture focused on operational excellence, transparency, and maximum use of corporate resources. This accumulated experience enables its consultants to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, optimize asset allocation, and strengthen risk management, thus contributing to the competitiveness and sustainability of the organizations that rely on its services.
What are the Expected Benefits?
The ETM.next platform offers comprehensive, real-time visibility, facilitating faster, more accurate decision-making thanks to analytical dashboards on availability, usage, and maintenance needs, allowing you to anticipate bottlenecks and prevent unexpected failures.
Equipment utilization increases significantly, as digitization and lifecycle control optimize resource planning, allocation, and use. All of this is enhanced through a SaaS offering on SAP BTP.
Planning and dispatch efficiency is improved through centralized request management, intelligent resource matching, and automated allocation, reducing downtime and budget overruns.
The rental, redistribution, and billing processes are fully integrated into the platform, supporting modalities such as internal provisioning, rental, leasing, digital deliveries and returns, as well as configurable end-to-end billing.
Thanks to its native integration with SAP, ETM.next is endorsed by SAP and available in the SAP Store, functioning as a side-by-side extension for SAP ERP/S/4HANA and facilitating interaction with maintenance, finance and logistics modules.
The solution incorporates IoT and telematics capabilities, enabling direct connections with platforms from leading manufacturers such as Volvo, Liebherr, or Wirtgen-Vögele to monitor odometers, hour meters, geofencing, track & trace, and even performance-based charging schemes.
Mobility is a key aspect, enabling paperless operations and digital management of deliveries and returns, which improves damage control, field traceability, and deadline compliance.