Michigan-based Clarience Technologies and German global tech company ZF have announced a strategic alliance to improve fleet performance through comprehensive product performance data sharing. The announcement was made during the opening of the 2024 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Las Vegas.
The collaboration will enable both companies to leverage each other’s telematics data from their respective solutions and access component-level data, fostering enhanced operational insights and efficiencies for fleet operators. Fleet customers of Clarience Technologies will gain access to critical information on ZF brands, including WABCO brakes, brake controllers, sensors measuring brake pad wear, and ABS data. This product performance data will be integrated into Clarience Technologies’ proprietary ‘Fus1on’ platform, the software system that powers its Road Ready telematics business today. ZF fleet customers will have access to telematics data originating from Clarience Technologies’ Road Ready trailer telematics solution, along with tyre and wheel-end health solutions from P.S.I. ZF customers will access data from Clarience Technologies’ brands through SCALAR, the proprietary fleet data platform developed by ZF.
Sharing her thoughts on the alliance, Nada Jiddou, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Clarience Technologies, said, “We are thrilled to embark on this strategic alliance with ZF, as it underscores our commitment to providing unparalleled value to our customers. By sharing data sources between companies, our analytical models can more quickly find the relevant insights in the data that will drive operational excellence and enhance fleet performance.”
“ZF is pleased to partner with Clarience Technologies in the telematics space making our collective suite of products, services, and related insights available to our shared customer base,” said Benjamin Brown, Vice President and Head of Trailer OEM & Digital Sales at ZF.
The initial phase of integration is projected to be completed by the second half of 2024, marking a significant milestone in advancing fleet management capabilities.