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CATERPILLAR INC. 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW
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Caterpillar has built a reputation for excellence by listening to its
customers, understanding their needs and challenges and delivering
products, services and solutions that help them succeed. Today,
Caterpillar is not only meeting those needs, but exceeding them with
technology at the forefront.
Caterpillar has been offering technology-enabled solutions to our mining
customers for some time via Cat® MineStarTM. Recently, Caterpillar
introduced a new framework of technologies and services – called Cat®
Connect – to help customers in other industries monitor, manage and
enhance their operations, which will in turn improve their bottom line.
“Using connected data from technology-equipped machines, customers
now have the ability to get a true view of what’s going on at their job site,”
explains Caterpillar Technology & Solutions Manager John Carpenter.
“They can monitor everything from the productivity of their machines
to fuel consumption and maintenance to the overall availability of their
fl eet, regardless of the size and complexity of their operation and
regardless of whether it’s a piece of Cat® equipment or from one of
our competitors.”
Cat Connect offers improvement in four areas: equipment management,
productivity, safety and sustainability.
• Equipment Management helps customers increase uptime and
reduce operating costs by monitoring fuel burn, location and
utilization of machines, as well as health and maintenance issues
like hours and fl uid contamination.
• Productivity monitors production and manages job site effi ciency
by using technology to measure payloads and cycle times to optimize
production and reduce loading and hauling costs. It also utilizes
grade and compaction control technologies so operations get done
faster with more accuracy and less rework.
• Safety increases job site awareness to encourage safe practices
for people and equipment. This includes on-board camera systems
and object/proximity-detection systems that signifi cantly increase
the operator’s view point, contributing to a safer job site.
• Sustainability reduces environmental impact and simplifi es
compliance reporting. By monitoring fuel burn and carefully
managing resource consumption, customers can reduce
operating costs and improve job site effi ciency while considering
environmental impact.
These solutions are tailored to meet customer requirements and are
either factory installed on machines or offered as aftermarket retrofi t
options offered through Cat® dealers’ SITECH channel, the only
technology-focused distribution channel of its kind.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
Cat® Connect Optimizes
Customer Operations