Sime Darby Industrial Released Caterpillar’s Remote Equipment Monitoring Capabilities in Malaysia

Rolled out mobile application for remote control over fleet site operations for Malaysian Construction Players

Kuala Lumpur, 25 June 2013 - Caterpillar Inc. (‘Caterpillar’), the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, today launches its VisionLink™ 2.7 for Malaysian construction players to remotely monitor their fleet and equipments site operations.

In Malaysia and Brunei, Sime Darby Industrial Sdn. Bhd. is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar heavy machinery and associated products including Product Support, Finance and Insurance under the Tractors Malaysia dealership.

Being the 50th largest Caterpillar dealer in the world, Sime Darby Industrial operates the largest Caterpillar dealership network in the Asia-Pacific region, with over 100 branches covering more than 20 countries.

To Support the Mobility Trends under Malaysian Construction Industry

Yoong Kee Sin, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Sime Darby Industrial Sdn. Bhd. shares, “The new launched VisionLink™ 2.7 mobile application is in line with our company’s strategy to empower customers further in their usage of Caterpillar’s equipment and machinery in a construction market that is undergoing a mobility trend.

As part of the Caterpillar’s Cat® Product Link™ solution, the VisionLink® 2.7 provides an optimized mobile web application that allows construction players to remotely monitor the data from the fleet site operations and assets. The mobile application is currently available on iOS, BlackBerry, Android/Chrome and Windows operating systems.

Note: Cat® Product Link™ is a robust remote monitoring and asset management solution, enabling powerful tools that transform data from an entire fleet into the essential information required to boost productivity, reduce costs and manage risks in contraction management and operation.

VisionLink® 2.7’s introductory functionality enables viewing the assets location on a map, track scheduled services, viewing fault codes and open alerts, and accessing idle, working and runtime through a smartphone. Leveraging the existing onboard payload systems for wheel loaders and off-highway trucks, its new productivity functionality can remotely monitor information such as total payload moved per day, total payload per hour and per unit of fuel.

Jeff Fitch, sales and marketing manager of Caterpillar Construction Technology and Solutions Asia Pacific, also added, “As a world leading construction equipment brand, Caterpillar constantly improving our asset monitoring and management systems to empower our customers in the thriving construction and quarrying industries.”

卡特彼勒推出远程监控功能设备

卡特彼勒在马来西亚市场推出旗舰平台远程移动控制应用程序

吉隆坡，2013年6月25日 讯 - 卡特彼勒公司（“卡特彼勒，Caterpillar Inc。”），世界领先的建筑和采矿设备制造商，今天推出其VisionLink®2.7，让马来西亚建筑业者可以远程监控自己的旗舰设备的现场操作。

作为卡特彼勒公司的Cat® Product Link™ 解决方案的一部分， VisionLink®2.7提供了一个具有高度直观的用户界面的移动网络应用程序，远程监控整个舰队的数据，也可放大在个别资产以进行详细观察。该移动应用程序目前可用于iOS，黑莓，Android/ Chrome和Windows等操作系统。

注：Cat® Product Link™是一个监控和资产管理解决方案，用于转换舰队操作数据成所需的基本信息，以提高生产力，降低成本和操作风险管理。

据卡特彼勒工程科技和解决方案亚太区销售和营销经理，杰夫·惠誉 （Jeff Fitch）表示，卡特彼勒在马来西亚的客户在资产的管理层面有极严格的标准。

“他们了解信息的准确度和及时性能如何提高其设备的利用率，及最终增强其盈利能力。”

新功能提供更高的操作效率

VisionLink®2.7的入门的功能可以查看资产在地图上的位置，跟踪服务进度，查看故障代码和开放的警报，并通过智能手机彻查空档，工作和运行。

利用现有轮式装载机和非公路卡车的机载有效载荷系统，它还能提供新的生产力，远程监控信息，如有每天，每小时，和每单位燃料的有效载荷总。

此外，VisionLink®设有每日，每周和每月的报告表功能，通过电子邮件传递所需资料于决策者。

“作为国际领先的建筑设备品牌，卡特彼勒不断改良其资产监控和管理系统，以协助我们的客户在建筑和采石业蓬勃发展。”