Efficient use of equipment is critical when it comes to the economic side of things: calculating cost per hectare and working time. That is exactly why the AGCO / Fendt group keeps returning to technical solutions that help use equipment more efficiently and save valuable working time. The new Fendt Connect digital platform is aimed at agricultural companies and contracting organizations, and is designed to improve control over the condition and use of equipment, as well as simplify analysis and management processes.
Farmers, heads of agricultural enterprises or contracting organizations can now review the usage pattern and technical data of each of their Fendt machines via a PC, smartphone, or tablet: where are the machines right now? How much longer will they still be needed for this or that job? How profitably is the equipment being utilized?
The Fendt Connect app (for iOS and Android) lets you track fuel consumption, travel speed, and each machine’s continuous operating time in real time. The app also displays the machine’s location on a map, its travel path, and information about its condition. In addition, a Fendt Connect platform user receives information about service intervals and machine-fault notifications.
Collecting data on equipment use makes it possible to manage the enterprise’s fleet more efficiently. Analyzing the information received makes it possible to ensure fuller equipment utilization and monitor its use and operable periods more effectively. Maintenance dates can be planned right from your desk. The Fendt Connect platform lets farmers and contractors analyze and optimize equipment use. And that boosts profitability, and saves time and fuel and lubricant costs.
The Fendt Connect platform will be trialed in 2018 by a hundred selected customers. The prerequisites for using it are having an integrated ACM Box module (AGCO Connectivity Module), which transmits the necessary CAN-BUS parameters and machine data to the Fendt Connect digital platform. The ACM Box module is installed as standard on Fendt IDEAL combines, and is also available as optional equipment for Fendt 500–1000 Vario series tractors.
Data security
The Fendt Connect app will initially be presented in German, English, and French. Data security is very important for the Fendt brand as a manufacturer of agricultural machinery that has earned users’ trust. The entire Fendt Connect concept is built on the basis of high European safety standards for the technology of collecting, processing, and transmitting information.
