feature one single language that is used for communication across the country. But with a country like India where there is no unifying language and different language is spoken in every district and state, it becomes counter productive to have all instructions about the machine in a single language. This simple customisation helps interact better with the operator.
Machine abuse and fuel theft are a major issue across the country. Uncertified operators tend to work the machines inappropriately. Simple software customisations help keep a log of the machine’ s data for future reference. It also helps keep track of the machine’ s numbers in terms of efficiency and fuel consumption. The customisedsoftwares help run trouble shooting and diagnostic measures to ensure safety ad efficient of the machines.
The operator friendly console of the RoadMaster provide sms service so that the owner can keep track of the machine’ s location and fuel consump-tion amongst other things. The console sends the owner an sms when the machine is running low on fuller when there is something wrong with the machine and requires repair. The console provides instructions to trouble shoot the issues with the machine to reduce the down time of the machine and catch trouble in its initial stages.
Internet of things is becoming increasingly popular with construction equipments too. This kind of technology integrated with the machine lets the operator get a better
picture of the job site anyhow to get it done best and fastest. Software have been developed to bring down the time required to get a certain job at hand done. Small customisations go a long way with a developing nation on the fast track.
Communication between machines will most likely change the way humans are required to operate the machine. Machine to machine communication will reduce the onsite human interactions while increasing efficiency and safety on the sites. While it is already happening the developed nations, India still has to go a long way to be able to utilise this kind of technology to its helm given the current lack of connectivity infrastructure in rural parts of India.
There is no doubt that customisation is now key when it comes to the world of development. Customisations have to be in sync with the market and the on ground realities for making the most of it.
With the aim to provide customized solutions Mahindra Construction Equipment studied the road construction machinery. Current road making machineries are dominated by imports and foreign manufacturer where the products are being made keeping in mind the needs of the developed worlds. Whilst in the developed world 60 % of roads fall in our category of the multilane express and state and national highway, they constitute only 6 % of overall roads when it comes to India. The equipment currently available are too large and expensive hence grossly unutilized and nonviable for most village and unsurfaced road projects which constitute 58 % of total roads in developing countries like India. This also results in very low sales volume of equipment in spite of the large quantum of road work. Absence of tailormade equipment suitable for our needs lead to suboptimal methods with limited mechanization and large labour force deployment. This leads to issues such as bad quality of roads and speed of road making apart from availability and control of labour force in large numbers. Truly living the spirit of Make in India for the developing world, we at Mahindra aim to provide optimized solutions which offer affordable uncompromised mechanization catering to our road making needs. You would soon hear from us about our range of category creating products suitable for our market laced with the most modern technology offering exactly what our customers requires ie. higher profits and ROI with lesser investment.
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