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Prevent breakdowns before they stop your rental machinery

Fleet digitalisation and associated processes for equipment rental companies: predictive maintenance, remote diagnostics and real-time monitoring. Less downtime, higher availability and more billable hours.

Predictive maintenance · Remote diagnostics and DTC codes · Post-rental inspection · Connected multi-brand machinery

The financial impact of operational efficiency: the impact of fleet digitalisation on a 1,000-machine fleet

Savings + additional revenue

€660,000 potential annual benefit

Operational savings

  • 2 avoided interventions per machine/year
  • €150 per intervention

€300,000 annual savings

Additional revenue

  • 15% of machines operate every weekend
  • €30,000 additional revenue per month

€360,000 additional annual revenue

  • Less downtime → more availability
  • Fewer breakdowns → lower costs
  • Higher productivity → greater profitability
  • Higher revenue → greater benefit

Illustrative example based on operating assumptions from the B’Smart presentation. This is not guaranteed ROI; actual results depend on each fleet’s size, usage and operation.

B'Smart platform

Fleet digitalisation and associated processes in a single map

This is the fleet digitalisation interface: every marker is a rental machine with its real status, location and alerts. These are not B'Smart offices — they are your assets in real time.

  • Status of every machine: operational, alerted or at the branch
  • Anomaly, DTC and maintenance alerts shown on the map
  • Data from any brand of machine, with or without CAN BUS
Rental fleet · operational status
LIVE
Branch / return

Fleet management

Location + hours

Fleet digitalisation

Inspection + DTC + anomalies + prediction + availability

Machinery rental companies already digitalise their operations with B'Smart

Fewer breakdowns, higher fleet availability, better rental profitability

  • Fewer breakdowns at customer sites

    We detect the abnormal condition during the rental, before the stoppage.

  • Faster turnaround

    Return inspection and workshop work prioritised by real condition.

  • Fewer technician trips

    Remote diagnosis avoids on-site visits and reduces costs.

  • More billable hours

    Real usage recorded: fewer machine hours left uninvoiced.

Total cost of ownership

Lower your TCO. Increase billable hours.

The real cost of a machine is not its purchase price: it is breakdowns, technician trips, downtime and the service life you lose. Fleet digitalisation acts on all of them.

  1. Predictive maintenance and remote diagnostics
  2. Less downtime and lower intervention cost
  3. Higher utilisation and more billable hours
  4. Lower total cost of ownership
  5. Greater profitability per asset
  • Lower direct fleet costs

    Fewer breakdowns, fewer site visits and planned workshop repairs instead of emergencies on site.

  • Lower hidden cost

    Every stoppage burns technician hours, hurts the customer and leaves machine hours uninvoiced.

  • Better cost per operating hour

    More availability and utilisation spread the asset's fixed cost across more rental hours.

  • Longer asset life

    Running without critical conditions or overdue maintenance extends each machine's lifecycle.

Solutions

Solutions for the critical moments of a rental

Features

How it works

One digital cycle for every rental

  1. 01

    Prepare delivery

    Connect the machine and document its condition with inspection, delivery note and digital signature.

  2. 02

    Monitor the rental

    Capture usage, hours, CAN BUS, sensors and location while the machine works at the customer site.

  3. 03

    Resolve incidents

    Detect DTCs and anomalies, guide by mobile and diagnose before dispatching a technician.

  4. 04

    Receive the return

    Compare post-rental condition and create a structured damage and condition inspection.

  5. 05

    Rent it again

    Prioritise maintenance and preparation to recover availability and billing sooner.

Latest innovations

Innovations that accelerate every rental cycle

  • Automatic AI machine inspection

    Machine condition documented on return, without a different judgement at every branch

    When the rental ends — and before delivery where it applies — the machine is photographed from a mobile phone and computer-vision models identify visible damage and apparent condition issues. The output is not a loose photo: it is a structured inspection result, comparable between check-out and check-in and tied to the rental.

    • Visible damage and condition anomalies detected from images
    • Structured, comparable inspection result for delivery and return
    • Objective evidence when there is a dispute with the customer
    • Linked to the digital delivery note and signature on mobile
    Operational impactFewer disputes and less time between return and the next rental
  • Automatic ECU trouble code capture

    The machine's own fault code, visible in the platform without connecting to it

    On machines that support it, B'Smart reads the fault and diagnostic codes generated by the control unit over CAN BUS. Where the machine exposes no standard data, we decode the bus or capture the signal with direct sensors. The code reaches the platform with machine, timestamp and operating context.

    • Manufacturer DTCs received automatically over CAN BUS
    • Bus decoding and reverse engineering when required
    • Event context: hours, temperature, load and location
    • Notification routed by hierarchical alarm
    Operational impactBetter-prepared technicians and fewer inspection visits
  • Mobile operator guidance

    Whoever stands next to the machine understands what happened and what to do

    When a trouble code or anomaly is detected, the operator or technician opens the alert on their phone and gets a plain-language explanation of the detected problem and the recommended action. No physical connection and no diagnostic equipment on site.

    • Mobile alert explaining the code or anomaly detected
    • Recommended action and urgency level for the operator
    • No physical connection or diagnostic tool required
    • Escalation to technical service when the incident needs it
    Operational impactFaster response at the customer and less downtime
  • Predictive maintenance

    Plan the intervention before the machine stops

    Using each machine's history and current data we anticipate degradation and maintenance needs, and turn them into planned services instead of urgent repairs. Planning follows real usage, not a theoretical calendar.

    • Models over each machine's historical and current data
    • Services planned by real usage
    • Prevention of critical conditions such as DPF clogging
    • Heat maps of pending maintenance and inspections
    Operational impactMaintenance fitted between rentals and more availability
  • Automatic anomaly detection

    Deviations detected before a threshold or an obvious failure

    Analytics learn each machine's normal behaviour in its usual work and continuously compare incoming data against that pattern. Abnormal consumption, temperature, load or usage surfaces before any fixed threshold would flag it.

    • Continuous analysis of each machine's real behaviour
    • Abnormal patterns flagged without waiting for a fixed threshold
    • Genset overloads, traction batteries, temperature or consumption
    • Hierarchical alarms by severity and recipient
    Operational impactFewer unexpected breakdowns and greater fleet profitability

How it fits the rental cycle

Delivery, customer-site work, incidents, return and preparation: data follows the machine throughout the rental.

  1. 01

    Delivery

    AI inspection and digital delivery note with signature on mobile: condition documented on the way out.

  2. 02

    On site

    Continuous analytics: ECU trouble codes and automatic anomaly detection over real usage.

  3. 03

    Incident

    Alert with explanation and recommended action on the operator's phone; remote diagnosis by the technician.

  4. 04

    Return and turnaround

    Post-rental inspection, prioritised maintenance and preparation to start billing again sooner.

The shift

From reacting on site to preparing the next rental

From reacting on site to preparing the next rental
Reactive rental operationDigital rental operation with B'Smart
The breakdown appears at the customer site without warningThe anomaly is detected before it interrupts the rental
The workshop receives the machine with no contextThe intervention is prepared before the return
Every incident requires a site visitRemote diagnosis avoids on-site visits and reduces costs.
The machine waits before it can go out againFaster turnaround and more rentable hours
Delivery and return rely on loose photosStructured, comparable inspections: the system automatically detects damage, documents it, and informs the customer based on objective data.

Flagship example · DPF

DPF clogging: detect, notify and, where configured, inhibit start-up

  1. Detect

    Filter saturation level monitored continuously.

  2. Notify

    Alert to the fleet manager and workshop before the fault becomes critical.

  3. Protect

    Configurable start inhibition so the machine's condition does not worsen.

  4. Save

    Fewer technician trips and fewer complaints over stopped machines.

Multi-brand rental fleet

One solution for your entire rental fleet

  • Plug & Play installation

    A 10-minute installation standard, with training and follow-up for your staff.

  • With or without CAN BUS

    CAN BUS, direct sensors, ModBus/RS485 or API, depending on each machine.

  • Any brand and year

    Excavators, platforms, forklifts, gensets, rollers or cranes on a single platform.

  • OEM API integration

    We also unify factory-device data without forcing a single hardware route.

Real case · Rental company with more than 200 machines

180 trips avoided per year and €27,000 saved

A real B'Smart customer with more than 200 machines. After enabling automatic DPF protection and anomaly analytics, the customer reports these figures. The data belongs to this customer only and is not a guarantee of results.

Technician trips avoided per year
180Technician trips avoided per year
Annual saving (180 × €150 per trip)
€27,000Annual saving (180 × €150 per trip)
Fleet availability
+18%Fleet availability
DPF cloggings after automatic protection
0DPF cloggings after automatic protection
Additional billing from hours previously lost to breakdowns
€25,000Additional billing from hours previously lost to breakdowns
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References

Results reported by machinery rental companies

  • Full fleet tracking, 20% more productivity and device installation in 10 minutes.

    Machinery rental company

    800 machines · 5 branches

  • We can now bill for 30% of the machines operating at weekends.

    CEO, machinery rental company

    300 machines

  • €3,000 saved per month by avoiding DPF obstruction.

    Machinery rental company

    600 machines