Problem definition:
A manufacturer of floor cleaning machines found that customers often complained that cleaning was not carried out due to a lack of battery charge. Furthermore, a remarkably large number of “accidents”, i.e. damage to furniture and the cleaning machine, were reported.
Solution approach:
The manufacturer’s development department then developed an IoT/M2M-based solution that uses an IoT/M2M connection to record the battery status of the machine and requests battery charging at the end of a shift. In addition, the drivers received individually coded keys in the form of iButtons so that the driver-specific operating and movement data (GPS) could be recorded.
Result:
The fact that the driving behaviour of the individual can be documented in this way led directly to a much more careful use with significantly fewer accidents, thus greatly reducing costs. And the original problem of forgotten battery charges was also a thing of the past.