{"id":2974,"date":"2015-08-24T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forkliftaccessories.com\/forkliftblog\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:20:39","slug":"toyota-sprint-team-create-wireless-forklift-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forkliftaccessories.com\/forkliftblog\/toyota-sprint-team-create-wireless-forklift-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota, Sprint Team Up to Create Wireless Forklift Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A manufacturing company with multiple facilities has a fleet of forklifts that are rotated from site to site. Managers need information on where, how and when each individual vehicle is being used.<\/p>\n

Until now, collecting this information was a cumbersome process that involved a series of phone calls, taking endless notes, and spending hours — if not days — compiling data into a format that could be used to make decisions about how best to utilize the fleet.<\/p>\n

Today, thanks to a new wireless vehicle management system created by Toyota Industrial Equipment and the wireless carrier Sprint, all of this can be done instantly using a smartphone, tablet or other mobile devices.<\/p>\n

Instant Decision Making<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toyota and Sprint spent two years developing its new T-Matics vehicle management system, which was recently introduced into the marketplace and is now available as both embedded and aftermarket technology on many of its industrial vehicles.<\/p>\n

The T-Matics MOBILE network uses cellular signals to create monitoring and analytic capabilities that allow fleet managers to instantly and continually access information about both individual forklifts and entire fleets, said Jewell Brown, Toyota’s national manager of fleet management, in a\u00a0news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“T-Matics \u00a0MOBILE works on a cellular signal for companies that rotate forklift fleets between facilities,” Brown said. “Sprint is the perfect partner to help T-Matics MOBILE customers instantly gather data across multiple facilities to make decisions to increase forklift fleet efficiency, uptime, and overall safety.”<\/p>\n

Data Managers Can Use<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wireless data collection enables the vehicle maintenance system to compile reports that fleet managers can use to:<\/p>\n