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» Live Tracking: Integrated GPS for real-time tracking of Which customer segments and application areas are you
vehicle movement and delivery status, which is essential targeting through your product and technology offerings,
for Ready-Mix Concrete (RMC) logistics. especially in the context of India’s expanding infrastructure needs?
» Maintenance Scheduling: Alerts for battery voltage and SSI’s core strategy is to serve both traditional organizational
maintenance due dates displayed via the CAN-based segments and behavioral customer types through tailored
controller on a multi-colour display. product and service solutions, all focused on supporting India’s
infrastructure boom in highways, metros, housing, and industrial
The vast amount of data collected from the fleet is critical for projects.
SSI’s future Research and Development (R&D) efforts, influencing 1. Organizational Segments & Application Areas
product design in three main areas: Customer Core Application
1. Predictive Maintenance and Uptime: By analysing Segment Key Product Offerings Areas
performance data, particularly component stress levels High-capacity Horizontal Mass construction
and usage patterns (e.g., stroke count on pumps), SSI and Mobile Batching projects, high-rise
can transition from scheduled maintenance to predictive RMC Plants, large Transit buildings, integrated
maintenance. This helps engineers identify components Producers Mixers, specialized industrial/logistics
nearing failure, allowing for proactive parts supply and service (Corporates/ Concrete Pumps (Boom parks, and maintaining
continuous supply for
Pumps, Stationary
Institutions)
intervention, which directly reduces downtime and minimizes Pumps), and Concrete urban infra like Metro
customer TCO. Recycling Plants (RA). Rails.
2. Product Optimization and Efficiency: Analysing real-world Full suite of concreting
fuel consumption and operational parameters helps SSI Large and heavy machinery: National Highways,
fine-tune engine performance, hydraulic systems, and control Contractors Boom Pumps, bridges, tunnels, dams,
logic for maximum fuel efficiency (or battery range for EV/ (Institutions/ Excavators, Wheel ports, and major airport
Hybrid models like the upcoming S 36 hybrid Boom Pump). Corporates) Loaders, Piling Rigs, development projects.
Motor Graders, and
For example, data on concrete mixes and pump pressures Slipform Pavers.
informs the design of more robust wear parts. Reliable, lower-cost,
3. Feature Prioritization and Automation: Data reveals which and easy-to-maintain
features are most used, the bottlenecks in the concreting Dealer equipment like Rural road construction,
housing projects,
process, and where operator error is common. This Contractors Compact Batching commercial building
intelligence drives the development of smarter control & Hiring Plants (CP series), Self- construction, and local/
systems, enhanced safety features and moves SSI toward Businesses Loading Mixers (SLMs), last-mile infrastructure.
and smaller Stationary
greater automation and the future integration of AI-driven Concrete Pumps.
analytics to allow machines to self-optimize in real-time

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