John Deere Construction & Forestry Company, the world"s leading manufacturer of forestry equipment and a major manufacturer of construction equipment, and QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading provider of business-to-business wireless enterprise platforms, applications and services, announced an alliance to create an equipment and machine monitoring and information delivery system that will be sold across North America by certified John Deere construction and forestry dealers. Beginning in the fall of 2006, customers can order factory- or dealer-installed JDLink™ on select John Deere construction and forestry equipment.
JDLink automatically collects, transmits and manages information about where and how construction and forestry equipment is being used, as well as critical machine health data for superior equipment utilization, improved productivity and increased revenue. The system leverages QUALCOMM"s GlobalTRACS® equipment management system to provide customers with vital information about equipment location, machine health and service status. Additionally, it issues special alerts to notify customers if equipment moves outside pre-set boundaries.
"Having this realtime information system will enable customers to save time and costs, maximize their equipment utilization and uptime, and improve their overall service," said Ken Poppe, product marketing manager, advanced technology for John Deere Construction & Forestry Company.
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