Gone are the days of laborious suffering for any farmer – young or old. The technological world of today simply makes things easier and hyper efficient.

CLAAS TELEMATICS is an easy application (app) used by farmers to collect useful data. The application assists the farmer via the internet to collect all the required information regarding his implements, no matter where his implements, or he himself, are. TELEMATICS can also analyse the farmer’s work processes on the farm and assist him to optimise the performance of all his implements.

An example: When a farmer is busy harvesting he can, at the touch of a button, get access from anywhere to be informed on how the process is proceeding. This information includes the present position of the combine harvester and a wide-ranging overview of performance and capacity, yield/ha, and the moisture content of the grain. The app is especially handy for a farmer with various farms and wide-spread lands to keep abreast with how all his machines perform.

Studies in Germany and the United Kingdom proved that TELEMATICS in a combine can improve a farmer’s available harvesting time by up to 10%, increase the throughput by up to 10%, cut losses by up to 5% and save up to three harvesting days per season.

Reasons why a farmer should use TELEMATICS:

• It improves the farmer’s work processes work by providing accurate data on where, when and how implements perform.
• A report with every day’s data can be sent to the farmer by e-mail.
• Optimises settings: It provides a detailed analysis of performance and adjustment parameters.
• It simplifies documentation and improves understanding through data-uptake.
• It lowers maintenance time and increases dependability by distance fault detection.
• It saves time: It is of especial importance for contractors to manage a large data output efficiently and to process invoices; also for the farmer to establish his running costs accurately.
• TELEMATICS makes it easy to do it online.

The TELEMATICS website

The farmer can visit all his implements connected to TELEMATICS effortlessly – the web page has easy shortcuts to all available functions.

Advantages of the website:

• The TELEMATICS website is available in English or Afrikaans
• Easier to utilise all available functions
• Clear oversight and self-explaining structure
• Information available at a glance
• Simplified usage of historical data
• Quick, direct viewing
• Modern design
• Secure data storage

TELEMATICS for mobile application

To enable the farmer to utilise TELEMATICS when he/she is on holiday with no computer available, CLAAS also offers a smartphone and tablet program for iOS and Android operating systems. The application is easy to use, similar to how the farmer would utilise the website. It is free for all CLAAS clients who are already users of TELEMATICS. Potential users, who want to know more about the application, can download a free demonstration version from the App store or Google Play store.

TELEMATICS is available in two different packages in South Africa (basic and professional):

• TELEMATICS basic for tractors

This package includes all the important information needed for field logistics and support by CLAAS service partners. The information supplied also includes the position of the implement and its progress on the chart; activity status and present fuel level. The usage of the TELEMATICS application, specifically its most important basic functions and field navigation, is also included. Further it has access to 24 hours’ data.

• TELEMATICS professional for harvester combines

This package is for farmers desiring the complete package, such as access to all data. This also offers an analysis function enabling the farmer to optimize the deployment of his implements, as well as advanced analysing functions which is able to provide answers to highly specific questions. The complete range of historic data can be used in the analyses. The TELEMATICS application is also included in this package.

For more information regarding CLAAS TELEMATICS, contact your nearest CLAAS dealer.