Success stories
Rental companies turning machine data into results
Anonymised cases from machinery rental companies improving control, maintenance, availability or billing. Every figure belongs to the specific case described and is not a guarantee of results.
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
Machinery rental customer
More than 200 machines- Challenge
- Repeated breakdowns from DPF clogging, with constant technician trips and lost machine hours.
- Deployment
- Telematic devices across the fleet, anomaly analytics and automatic DPF protection with start inhibition.
- Operational change
- The fleet moves from reacting to breakdowns to being warned before the filter clogs, with remote diagnostics before any trip.
- Reported result
- 180 technician trips avoided per year
- €27,000 annual saving (180 × €150 per trip)
- +18% availability
- 0 DPF cloggings after automatic protection
- €25,000 extra billing from machine hours previously lost to breakdowns
Machinery rental company
800 machines · 5 branches- Challenge
- No visibility over a fleet spread across several branches.
- Deployment
- Rollout of B'Smart devices with a 10-minute installation per machine.
- Operational change
- Full fleet tracking from a single platform.
- Reported result
- Full fleet tracking
- +20% productivity
- Device installed in 10 minutes
Full fleet tracking, 20% more productivity and installation in 10 minutes.
Machinery rental company · 800 machines · 5 branches Machinery rental company
300 machines- Challenge
- Out-of-hours machine usage that never reached an invoice.
- Deployment
- Usage monitoring and real machine hours.
- Operational change
- Real fleet usage is recorded and verifiable with the customer.
- Reported result
- Billing for 30% of the machines operating at weekends
We can now bill for 30% of the machines operating at weekends.
Machinery rental company · 300 machines Machinery rental company
600 machines- Challenge
- Recurring cost from DPF obstruction across the fleet.
- Deployment
- DPF saturation detection and automatic protection.
- Operational change
- Obstructions are avoided before they force an intervention on the machine.
- Reported result
- €3,000 saved per month by avoiding DPF obstruction
Machinery rental company
350 machines- Challenge
- Maintenance and operational decisions without real-time data.
- Deployment
- Fleet telemetry and usage analytics.
- Operational change
- The team acts on real-time data instead of after-the-fact reports.
- Reported result
- Improved productivity and operational efficiency
- Fewer technical visits thanks to real-time data
Machinery rental company
500 machines- Challenge
- Traction battery management without visibility of real condition.
- Deployment
- Traction battery monitoring across the fleet.
- Operational change
- Battery condition is followed continuously instead of checked occasionally.
- Reported result
- Traction battery monitoring
- Improved operational efficiency
Machinery rental company
800 machines- Challenge
- A large fleet with no digitalisation and limited operational control.
- Deployment
- Complete fleet digitalisation with B'Smart.
- Operational change
- Centralised operational control and optimised maintenance.
- Reported result
- Complete fleet digitalisation
- Better control and optimised maintenance
- Notable cost reduction
Large machinery rental company
Purchasing and Fleet Management department- Challenge
- A requirement for a stable technology partner sustained over time.
- Deployment
- Ongoing collaboration with the purchasing and fleet management team.
- Operational change
- Supplier relationship reviewed on a recurring basis.
- Reported result
- Rated 'EXCELENTE' for 7 consecutive years
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