Members of the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and representatives from across a wide spectrum of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are putting their heads together to develop key fleet management information and an automation plan to standardize how it is migrated into maintenance management or enterprise software.

The aim of the AEMP Technology Committee is to allow fleet managers an easier, more efficient way to access basic fleet information from multiple OEMs and to integrate their telematics systems data into their business management software.

After two Technology Summits, representatives from the AEMP and OEMs have agreed upon solutions for several issues of standardized data and data delivery.

Working out these kinds of details takes a true Equipment Triangle approach: Manufacturer - Dealer Contractor.  We are pleased to report that all of the participants attending our second summit in February expressed a willingness to make progress on these issues as quickly as possible, said Stan Orr, CAE, AEMPs Executive Director. Considering today's business environment, were seeing a tremendous commitment on the part of the OEMs and telematics suppliers. 

End users had expressed some frustration with the lack of standardization and integration of telematics information," said AEMP President Dick Brannigan, CEM. Brannigan was also quick to point out that, although that concept is relatively simple, every OEM and/or telematic provider has a unique collection of data points, different definitions, different polling methods, time/date stamps, etc.