The TcConnect GPS geolocates your machine in real time and warns you in case of suspicious movements, thwarting the risk of theft.
Construction machinery thefts: chip crisis and black market for spare parts
It is a phenomenon that is growing, especially for machinery that is worth between 80 and 300 thousand euros. The construction machinery is stolen by the hirers, who report serious economic losses together with their customers on site, who also suffer from the difficulty in continuing the work operationally, causing delays and interruptions to the companies.
Until last year the cars were stolen and taken abroad to be resold. The most recent trend instead sees stolen vehicles dismantled and illegally resold in pieces. Above all, the larger vehicles are dismembered to favor the market for electronic components and chips, parts that are currently difficult to find and therefore attractive to criminals.
In this context, it is easy to understand that often it is not the complete vehicles that are stolen, but the individual accessories directly: the excavators are stripped of their buckets or shovels and the hooks of the telescopic handlers disappear, even when the machines are stopped at the who rents them out.
Protect yourself from theft of construction machinery: GPS localisation
The critical trend of thefts has led workers in the sector to opt for solutions that were effective for protecting their assets.
GPS tracking technology has proven effective in thwarting and solving the problem of theft, helping companies not only locate machines, but also recover them along with the equipment.
The features that allow GPS to be decisive are many and are all based on the possibility of providing operators and charterers with a series of information in real time to intervene quickly in the event of unforeseen events:
– Real-time monitoring: thanks to satellite signals, GPS technology makes it possible to precisely determine the position of vehicles and equipment in real time. This information can be viewed at any time from any device, smartphone, tablet or computer.
– Real-time alerts: the possibility of setting real-time alerts, which are activated on the basis of various circumstances or events, such as the suspicious movement of a vehicle, allow information on the position of the moving vehicle to be sent almost instantly to the police, to facilitate the recovery of the stolen property
– Geofencing: it is also possible to configure an imaginary boundary (which can be an entire construction site, for example) beyond which vehicles and equipment cannot move. In the event that the GPS detects one of the machines leaving this designated area, you are immediately alerted.
TcConnect GPS technology: geolocation and safety
Tecnoter Group has developed its own geolocation system via an online platform: TcConnect.
TcConnect, as written in this article, allows you to communicate, control and manage all the characteristics of construction machinery, attachments and vehicles that are connected to it.
In addition to receiving alerts on the position or on unexpected movements, TcConnect improves safety for the construction site and for the operators. In fact, the system is able to distinguish between correct or incorrect driving of the vehicle by the driver and to report safety problems involving not only the operator but also other road users.
The decision to rely on online geolocation technology is making more and more progress and we at Tecnoter follow this path for two main reasons: we support the safety that technology brings with it and the advantages that make it an increasingly reliable tool for protecting one’s assets.
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