With AI-based recommendations, skilled fleet drivers, operations and service managers, and mechanics can make better decisions and keep your fleet in the fast lane. By working alongside humans, AI provides employees with needed information and recommendations for action. When you put AI in the passenger seat, your workers can improve their performance and generate better outcomes. Here are some of the ways that AI can keep your fleet rolling:
AI and predictive analytics give drivers real-time weather, traffic and road condition data and identify the fastest route to their destination. The same technologies can help operations managers refine fleet-wide dispatching, allowing them to analyze and improve fleet activities and to quickly adjust time and delivery of goods and people when unplanned events occur.
AI-based internet of things (IoT), data analytics and predictive maintenance are transforming fleet vehicle repair. AI can anticipate an engine problem and report it before the driver notices that anything is amiss, providing recommendations for repairs and upkeep and optimizing the overall cost of maintenance. With predictive maintenance, recommendations can help service managers ensure that repairs are performed only when needed, not routinely, resulting in less downtime and lower operational costs – and that can translate to big savings. According to the latest industry estimates, predictive maintenance systems enabled by AI can increase asset productivity by 20% and reduce overall maintenance costs by 10%.2
With an integrated AI system in place, you can eliminate silos and seamlessly access the data you need across different areas of fleet operations, from planning to monitoring and maintenance. Not only does this improve your agility by giving your personnel the information to support good decisions in real time, it provides your enterprise with insights into operations altogether, clearing the road for end-to-end planning and optimization.
The predictive algorithms used by AI can detect operational issues and proactively identify problems with equipment, cargo or passengers, providing timely suggestions that operators can evaluate and act on to prevent unplanned downtime, injury or damage. AI can analyze routes and incorporate data to give drivers and pilots real-time alternative routes when dealing with unplanned events. In addition, new technologies such as video-based onboard safety monitoring systems use IoT and AI to help drivers make better decisions, preventing up to 63,000 crashes annually and making the road safer for everyone.3
The need for automotive and diesel technicians is expected to grow by 45,9004 and 25,8005, respectively, between 2016 and 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The American Trucking Association estimates that the U.S. will face a shortfall of 175,000 truck drivers by 2026.6 The industry is desperate for an influx of younger workers as older workers prepare to retire. AI can ameliorate the brain drain by capturing the skills and knowledge of long-time workers, including technologists and mechanics, before they retire, while providing new technologies that drive the younger generation to your door.
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