Topcon Fills Niche in Job Site Management

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Established in 1997, Divitech is an experienced softwaredevelopment and management company with a global footprintproviding analysis, design, realization and installation of fleetmanagement systems, as well as value-added, web-based solutions.

"Topcon Tierra(TM), along with its myriad application is theproduct of the TPS telematics business unit," Bittner said."It uses advanced GPS technology to form a two-way, web-basedcommunications system with unlimited commercial, core-to-clientapplications.

"Topcon Tierra takes information available from any piece ofmachinery - regardless of age, make or model, analog or digital -and sets up two-way communications, transmitting data about thetracking or operation of the vehicle, plus behavioral aspects ofthe machines," Bittner said.

He described Topcon Tierra as a "tool to increase productivityand reduce costs, allowing users to access a 'window' into machineoperations from anywhere in the world, via the web."

Gianluca Fiori, founder of Divitech and a pioneer in webapplications for job site management, said, "Telematics willbecome the decisive factor in job site management information inthe future. With Topcon Tierra telematic service, what you do atthe machine will be available from a remote location and all thatyou do in a remote office will be directly available on theoperating vehicle.

"In this way you can have complete monitoring and control ofall phases of every job," he said. "Adopting andutilizing the best technology for a business will help everyoperator increase productivity and profitability like neverbefore."

Topcon has been "working hard to get into this marketsegment," Bittner said, "and now we're doing it in asubstantial way. It's a major priority for Topcon PositioningSystems and a key component of our managed services offering."

Construction companies worldwide are looking "to Topcon togive them a total management solution to better track and analyzetheir entire operations. With Topcon Tierra, we are giving them thesame around-the-corner solutions in the telematics area that wehave in machine control."

The beauty of the Topcon Tierra system is that "it literallyputs you in the passenger seat of every single machine on virtuallyevery job site, anywhere in the world."

Bittner described Topcon Tierra as a"return-on-investment-based solution, guaranteeing eachcustomer measurable time savings in machinery upkeep and repair, inman-hours expended and in increased productivity. Companies realizemeasurable productivity increases and real return-on-investmentfrom day one. The payback is in months, not years.

"It's a total solution for every construction firm, big orsmall, allowing for you to stay competitive through improvedoperations."