Tracking location and condition of mobile welfare units across the rail network
Battery-powered IoT trackers and Foretrack Connect give High Motive remote visibility of welfare-unit location, movement and condition — reducing unnecessary site visits while improving service planning.
High MotiveWhat had to change.
High Motive needed to address the operational issues below.
Mobile welfare units distributed across the railway network
No reliable way to know whether units were in use without visiting them
Maintenance and sanitisation decisions based on manual inspection
Assets operating in remote and exposed outdoor environments
Designed around the operation.
Foresolutions designed the deployment around High Motive’s workflow, combining the required hardware, software and implementation support.
Installed long-life battery-powered IoT trackers on welfare units
Linked each tracker identity to the relevant unit in Foretrack Connect
Used movement, tilt, door and environmental data to indicate use and condition
Created exceptions and alerts for servicing, inactivity and repositioning
The technology behind the outcome.
The project used the following technology as part of the deployed solution.
What the customer gained.
High Motive gained the following operational improvements from the deployment.
Fewer unnecessary servicing journeys to remote sites
Better maintenance and sanitisation planning
Improved sustainability by reducing avoidable travel
A better customer experience through more reliable unit availability and condition
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