TECHNOLOGY
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• The Editor's Comment column in Commercial Motor dated December 13 1986 and Peter Capon's reported statement at Aston University in Birmingham on December 8
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• • • we need feedback. exactly mirrors Lucas Kenzie's views in its own field of data collection for vehicle fleet management. In some segments of the industry, the benefits of knowing how a vehicle is being driven, where
it is and how efficiently its daily tasks are being defined and performed, are clear cut. In others, the benefits are less obvious and the vehicle operator will only invest if, in addition to the perceived and maybe relatively unexciting benefits, some additional cost saver can be identified.
This latter can often be specific to the particular industry in which the operator works and may necessitate the addition of a non-standard sensor/actuator, and changes in methods used to upor download data to and from the vehicle and in the software used to process that data.
Lucas Kenzie is currently making presentations to the various segments of the industry to explain the state of the art in our particular field and to stimulate an examination by the end user of his needs, with particular emphasis of the one problem that may be costing him a lot, but which he has not yet fully identified.
From the information gleaned we shall then modify or extend our existing prototype on-board computer systems and software to the needs of the various segments of industry.
It would be of great help to us, if representative fleets and trade associations were to write to us with their views on this difficult problem of translating known technology worthwhile benefit for their particular operation.
F Kay Director and General Manager Lucas Kienzle Instruments Birmingham